On production environment, you can check database DTU size and monitor usage with standard Dynatrace dashboards.

Here is an example from SAP – Infra Usage dashboard.

These metrics do not work on lower environment (dev or stage).

In this article, we will explain how to create a dedicated dashboard for this.

SAP – DTU monitoring dashboard

Manually create the dashboard

Here are the instructions to create a new dashboard to monitor DTU on lower environment.

• • Connect to Dynatrace on the lower environment

• • Go to Dashboard > Create Dashboard

• • Enter Dashboard Name: “SAP – DTU monitoring”

• • Add two graphs, one called “DTU usage” and another one called “DTU size”

• • For DTU usage, add the metric “MainAzureAverageDtu” and click Saves changes to dashboard

• • For DTU size, add the metric “iops.azure.DB.DTU” and enable connected gaps

Please note, this metric provides only one data point per day, so make sure the selected analysis time frame is at least 24 hours to see any data point. Also you will need at least 48 hours analysis window to get a straight line.

Here is the result:

Import the dashboard

If you want to quickly create the dashboard, you can also import the following JSON file into Dynatrace (Go to Dashboard and click Import dashboard button).

{
  "metadata": {
    "configurationVersions": [
      7
    ],
    "clusterVersion": "1.276.258.20231023-170203"
  },
  "id": "5c26ee8c-d8b4-4d5a-b36c-35ebb90647bf",
  "dashboardMetadata": {
    "name": "SAP - DTU monitoring",
    "shared": false,
    "owner": "i303937",
    "hasConsistentColors": false
  },
  "tiles": [
    {
      "name": "DTU usage",
      "tileType": "DATA_EXPLORER",
      "configured": true,
      "bounds": {
        "top": 38,
        "left": 0,
        "width": 950,
        "height": 342
      },
      "tileFilter": {},
      "isAutoRefreshDisabled": false,
      "customName": "Data explorer results",
      "queries": [
        {
          "id": "A",
          "metric": "ext:custom.jmx.AzureDatabases.metric_MainAzureAverageDtu",
          "spaceAggregation": "AUTO",
          "timeAggregation": "DEFAULT",
          "splitBy": [],
          "sortBy": "DESC",
          "sortByDimension": "",
          "filterBy": {
            "nestedFilters": [],
            "criteria": []
          },
          "limit": 20,
          "rate": "NONE",
          "enabled": true
        }
      ],
      "visualConfig": {
        "type": "GRAPH_CHART",
        "global": {},
        "rules": [
          {
            "matcher": "A:",
            "properties": {
              "color": "DEFAULT"
            },
            "seriesOverrides": []
          }
        ],
        "axes": {
          "xAxis": {
            "displayName": "",
            "visible": true
          },
          "yAxes": [
            {
              "displayName": "",
              "visible": true,
              "min": "AUTO",
              "max": "AUTO",
              "position": "LEFT",
              "queryIds": [
                "A"
              ],
              "defaultAxis": true
            }
          ]
        },
        "heatmapSettings": {
          "yAxis": "VALUE",
          "showLabels": false
        },
        "singleValueSettings": {
          "showTrend": true,
          "showSparkLine": true,
          "linkTileColorToThreshold": true
        },
        "thresholds": [
          {
            "axisTarget": "LEFT",
            "rules": [
              {
                "color": "#7dc540"
              },
              {
                "color": "#f5d30f"
              },
              {
                "color": "#dc172a"
              }
            ],
            "visible": true
          }
        ],
        "tableSettings": {
          "hiddenColumns": []
        },
        "graphChartSettings": {
          "connectNulls": false
        },
        "honeycombSettings": {
          "showHive": true,
          "showLegend": true,
          "showLabels": false
        }
      },
      "queriesSettings": {
        "resolution": ""
      },
      "metricExpressions": [
        "resolution=null&(ext:custom.jmx.AzureDatabases.metric_MainAzureAverageDtu:splitBy():sort(value(auto,descending)):limit(20)):limit(100):names"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "DTU Size",
      "tileType": "DATA_EXPLORER",
      "configured": true,
      "bounds": {
        "top": 380,
        "left": 0,
        "width": 950,
        "height": 304
      },
      "tileFilter": {},
      "isAutoRefreshDisabled": false,
      "customName": "Data explorer results",
      "queries": [
        {
          "id": "A",
          "metric": "iops.azure.DB.DTU",
          "spaceAggregation": "AUTO",
          "timeAggregation": "DEFAULT",
          "splitBy": [],
          "sortBy": "DESC",
          "sortByDimension": "",
          "filterBy": {
            "nestedFilters": [],
            "criteria": []
          },
          "limit": 20,
          "rate": "NONE",
          "enabled": true
        }
      ],
      "visualConfig": {
        "type": "GRAPH_CHART",
        "global": {
          "hideLegend": false
        },
        "rules": [
          {
            "matcher": "A:",
            "unitTransform": "auto",
            "valueFormat": "auto",
            "properties": {
              "color": "YELLOW",
              "seriesType": "LINE"
            },
            "seriesOverrides": []
          }
        ],
        "axes": {
          "xAxis": {
            "displayName": "",
            "visible": true
          },
          "yAxes": [
            {
              "displayName": "",
              "visible": true,
              "min": "AUTO",
              "max": "AUTO",
              "position": "LEFT",
              "queryIds": [
                "A"
              ],
              "defaultAxis": true
            }
          ]
        },
        "heatmapSettings": {
          "yAxis": "VALUE",
          "showLabels": false
        },
        "singleValueSettings": {
          "showTrend": true,
          "showSparkLine": true,
          "linkTileColorToThreshold": true
        },
        "thresholds": [
          {
            "axisTarget": "LEFT",
            "rules": [
              {
                "color": "#7dc540"
              },
              {
                "color": "#f5d30f"
              },
              {
                "color": "#dc172a"
              }
            ],
            "visible": true
          }
        ],
        "tableSettings": {
          "hiddenColumns": []
        },
        "graphChartSettings": {
          "connectNulls": true
        },
        "honeycombSettings": {
          "showHive": true,
          "showLegend": true,
          "showLabels": false
        }
      },
      "queriesSettings": {
        "resolution": "1h"
      },
      "metricExpressions": [
        "resolution=1h&(iops.azure.DB.DTU:splitBy():sort(value(auto,descending)):limit(20)):limit(100):names"
      ]
    }
  ]
}