Platform services

The Dynatrace platform provides a collection of so-called platform services, each with a specific area of responsibility. In this section, you can learn various concepts and understand how a specific platform service works.

About platform services

Details about methods to interact with platform services

API versions

Information about the versioning of Dynatrace platform service APIs

Authentication

Details about the structure of Dynatrace platform service APIs permissions

Error handling

Description of the platform service APIs HTTP error codes and error responses

Filtering and sorting

Details about filtering and sorting strategies through APIs

Locking strategies

Information about using optimistic locking to protect your resources in versions

AppEngine

Basic concepts to understand when working with AppEngine

Notification service

Basic concepts and limitations of email notifications in your app

App settings service

Manage app settings

AutomationEngine

Introduction to AutomationEngine, which manages workflows and runs their executions

Classic environment service

Information about a service that mirrors most Dynatrace APIs so you can use them inside AppEngine and AutomationEngine

Davis AI service

Basic concepts to learn how to use AI and ML capabilities in the Dynatrace platform

Document service

Information about storing all types of data; typically, self-contained data produced and maintained by apps

Grail service

Reference of the Grail query API, which lets you store and query data

Platform management service

Information about retrieving license and settings information in a Dynatrace environment

State service

Information about a key-value storage service that an app can use to store internal states, only available in their corresponding apps