Navigating the Interface
Dynatrace offers a flexible application-driven interface that begins with a launcher.
Commonly used behaviors are situated on the left, and applications are in the main area, and
icons are separated by functionality.
First, we'll look at the static operations. Click on the arrow icon to expand or collapse the
menu. Support resources include documentation, the developer portal, an interactive
community, and live chat. Also in the menu are the latest announcements from Dynatrace,
user settings, dark or light mode, and account management. Hovering over the user icon
displays the logged in user.
At the top left of the page is the Dynatrace logo, which returns us to the launcher. Either click
on the magnifying glass or press control k to search for anything in any context. The entire
array of built-in functions can be displayed along with any other available applications,
including custom operations. Select the drop-down to show the latest tips to explore. These
include navigation, notebooks, dashboards, searches, and other important information.
Select the Dynatrace Hub link for a list of relevant functions. Choose app insights for
documentation about users, application front ends, serverless applications, and incoming and
outgoing applications. The Dynatrace Hub is also available in the side menu and in the what's
new category. The same applications are available either way. Many popular functions,
container platforms, and mobile and web applications are ready to install. Select manage to
examine all aspects and data points throughout your applications.
Next, we'll explore Workflows. Workflows are an automatically generated series of events,
scheduled reports, detected issues, and even migrations based on prescribed triggers. Triggers
are based on API calls or non-public HTTP web services using EdgeConnect.
Dashboards allow users to manage and edit code, markdowns, variables, and DQL Dynatrace
Query Language. These can help to visualize complex data sets.
Notebooks are a dynamic means to query, analyze, visualize, fetch, collaborate, and annotate
metrics. Using DQL, queries can be executed and processed. Many other functions, scenarios,
and documents are available.
Next is the observe and explore menu. This includes the notebooks application, dashboards,
metrics, logs, problems, reports, and other statistics that provide complete environmental
information. The Infrastructure group contains various cloud strategies as well as host
entities. It can also be explored in the Dynatrace Hub. Service Level Objectives, or SLOs,
release inventories, and workflows are identified. Services, databases, message queues, and
synthetic operations are among the applications and microservices that can be accessed.
Select application security to display third-party vulnerabilities and attacks. Choose Digital
Experience to view the performance of web and mobile applications, Session Replay, and
other custom functions. Use Business Analytics to configure, explore, and manage business-
driven use cases. Administer your environment, including deployments, notifications, tokens,
credentials, and settings in the Manage group. The latest Dynatrace information is available
to explore at your convenience.
Finally, any application or custom function can be pinned to the side bar for quick and easy
access. If not pinned, these functions will remain for a few days and then be removed from
the dock.
For more about these options, please refer to the Dynatrace documentation.