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Installation of PowerConnect Extension for Dynatrace

Extension Capabilities: Managed vs Saas


Managed (On-Prem)

SaaS

Logs Version

Logs Classic

Grail

Query Language

LQL

DQL

Log Limitations

Log Monitoring default limits (Logs Classic) - Dynatrace Docs

Log Management and Analytics default limits - Dynatrace Docs

Prerequisites

  • Install the PowerConnect ABAP, Java, or Cloud add-on in the required SAP systems.

  • Configure your SAP environment to send data to Dynatrace by following the instructions in each of the provided guides.

  • Create a support ticket with Dynatrace to increase the log metric definition limit to 1,000 (original default is 100 definitions). This is needed to ensure that all metrics are able to operate without exceeding the limit.

Installation Guide

  1. Go to your environment credential vault

  2. Click on “Add new credential”

  3. On “Credential type” select “Public certificate”

  4. Upload the “ca.pem” file

  5. Save changes.

  6. Go to your environment and search for Dynatrace Hub

  7. Go to “Manage & upload extensions”

  8. Scroll down until you see “Upload custom Extension 2.0”

  9. Upload the bundle.zip file

  10. Extension is installed

Post-Installation Configuration (Managed/On-Prem Only)

  1. Go to Settings

  2. Under Log Monitoring, click on “Custom Attributes”

  3. Add the following custom attributes and click “Save Changes”:

    • alglterm_is_not_null_or_empty

    • alguser_is_not_null_or_empty

    • cccoractiv_is_null_or_empty

    • entity_type_is_null_or_empty

    • filter

    • jobname_is_not_null_or_empty

    • lock_state_is_not_null_or_empty

    • nriv_current_level_not_zero

    • older_than_24h

    • sm04_user_sessions_condition

    • sod_violation