Service Graph Connector for Observability - Dynatrace properties

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  • Updated March 5, 2026
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    Summary of Service Graph Connector for Observability - Dynatrace properties

    The Service Graph Connector for Observability - Dynatrace properties enable users to configure the connector's behavior, facilitating seamless integration between Dynatrace and ServiceNow's Configuration Management Database (CMDB). This configuration allows for efficient data ingestion and management within your ServiceNow environment.

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    Key Features

    • Connection Properties: Manage how data is fetched from Dynatrace, including management zone IDs, names, tags, and service types. You can also enable Grail functionality and determine how to handle REST responses.
    • System Properties: Set global configurations such as appending environment IDs to service names, handling unclassified processes, and defining inactivity days for CIs. These properties enhance your integration's flexibility and responsiveness.

    Key Outcomes

    By leveraging these properties, ServiceNow customers can expect improved data accuracy and operational efficiency. Proper configuration ensures that relevant Dynatrace entities are effectively integrated into the ServiceNow CMDB, enabling better visibility and management of application services and their dependencies.

    Service Graph Connector for Observability - Dynatrace properties control the behavior of the connector.

    Connection properties

    These connection properties are available for Service Graph Connector for Observability - Dynatrace.
    Note:
    To open the Service Graph Connection Properties [sn_cmdb_int_util_service_graph_connection_property] table for the connector, navigate to All > Service Graph Connectors > Dynatrace Observability > Connections and select the connection name. The connection properties are displayed in the Service Graph Connection Properties related list.
    Table 1. Connection properties for Service Graph Connector for Observability - Dynatrace
    Property Description

    managementZoneIds

    Enter a list of management zone IDs to fetch from Dynatrace. For multiple entries, separate the IDs with commas.

    managementZoneNames

    Enter a list of management zones to fetch from Dynatrace. For multiple entries, separate the names with commas.

    tags

    Enter a list of tags to fetch from Dynatrace. For multiple entries, separate the tags with commas.

    grailEnabled

    Set the property to true for a Grail-enabled tenant.

    OAuth Connection

    View the Sys ID of the OAuth connection and credential alias linked to the Service Graph connection record.

    serviceTypes

    Enter a list of Dynatrace service types from where to ingest the data into CMDB. For multiple entries, separate the service types with commas.

    Valid values are:

    • BACKGROUND_ACTIVITY
    • CICS_SERVICE
    • CUSTOM_SERVICE
    • DATABASE_SERVICE
    • ENTERPRISE_SERVICE_BUS_SERVICE
    • EXTERNAL
    • IBM_INTEGRATION_BUS_SERVICE
    • IMS_SERVICE
    • MESSAGING_SERVICE
    • QUEUE_LISTENER_SERVICE
    • RMI_SERVICE
    • RPC_SERVICE
    • WEB_REQUEST_SERVICE
    • WEB_SERVICE

    saveRESTResponseAsAttachment​

    Set the property to true to use the SGO-Dynatrace Fetch Entities For Larger Payload action flow and save the response from Dynatrace as an attachment with a .json extension. ​​

    Set the property to false to use the dedicated action flow and consume the response from Dynatrace as a data stream for processing.​

    • Type: true | false
    • Default value: false

    flowDesignerTimeout

    Set the timeout value (in milliseconds) for a Dynatrace flow, subflow, or action execution.
    • Type: integer
    • Default value: 600000

    System properties

    These system properties are available for Service Graph Connector for Observability - Dynatrace.
    Note:
    To open the System Properties [sys_properties] table, enter sys_properties.list in the navigation filter.
    Table 2. System properties for Service Graph Connector for Observability - Dynatrace
    Property Description

    sn_dynatrace_integ.append_environment_id_to_service_name

    Set the property to true to append the Dynatrace Environment ID to the Service name. Set the property to false to retain the Service name as is.
    • Type: true | false
    • Default value: false
    • Location: System Property [sys_properties] table

    sn_dynatrace_integ.createUnmatchedApplicationCIs

    Set the property to true to add unclassified processes to the Application [cmdb_ci_appl] table. Set the property to false to ignore unclassified processes.
    • Type: true | false
    • Default value: true
    • Location: System Property [sys_properties] table
    Note:
    Classified processes are added to the corresponding child application classes in the Application [cmdb_ci_appl] table regardless of the value of this property.

    sn_dynatrace_integ.default_from_value_days

    Enter the number of days a configuration item (CI) can be inactive before it is ignored.
    • Type: integer
    • Default value: 300
    • Location: System Property [sys_properties] table

    sn_dynatrace_integ.page_size

    Enter the page size used in REST requests to fetch Dynatrace entities.
    • Type: integer
    • Default value: 50
    • Location: System Property [sys_properties] table

    sn_dynatrace_integ.populate_applications

    Set the property to true to populate the Application [cmdb_ci_appl] CIs from Dynatrace processes. Set the property to false to ignore the Application [cmdb_ci_appl] CIs.
    • Type: true | false
    • Default value: false
    • Location: System Property [sys_properties] table
    Note:
    This property is read via scheduled imports. The manual execution of the SGO-Dynatrace Processes and SGO-Dynatrace Process Groups data sources will not consider this property.

    sn_dynatrace_integ.critical_cluster_threshold

    Enter the percentage of an application cluster's nodes that need to be in a state to raise that state to its parent in the service map.
    Note:
    This system property is available only if the Observability Commons for CMDB (sn_observability) plugin is installed. For more information, see Observability Commons for CMDB on the ServiceNow Store.
    • Type: integer
    • Default value: 75
    • Location: System Property [sys_properties] table

    sn_dynatrace_integ.events_for_unmatched_ci.enabled

    Set the property to true to ingest events that don't have a matching CI in CMDB.
    Note:
    This system property is available only if the Observability Commons for CMDB (sn_observability) plugin is installed. For more information, see Observability Commons for CMDB on the ServiceNow Store.
    • Type: true | false
    • Default value: false
    • Location: System Property [sys_properties] table