Introduction - SaaS

Question 1

What is Grail

Answer 1

Grail is a data lake house, which has the benefits of a data lake & data warehouse, designed for observability data. Key features include.
Any data can be ingested
Almost limitless storage
No schema required
MPP

Question 2

What are the different Grail steps to ingest data?

Answer 2

Ingest: Data ingested into Dynatrace is forwarded to Grail data Lakehouse
Process: Data is processed
Storage: Records are stored in buckets
Query: Dynatrace interface uses DQL to query data

Question 3

What are the different types of Grial Buckets?

Answer 3

Built-in Buckets: created and managed by Dynatrace, starts with default_ or dt_system_
Custom Buckets: can be created using Dynatrace API, upto 80 buckets per env

Question 4

What is Dynatrace Platform Subscription (DPS)?

Answer 4

Dynatrace Platform Subscription (DPS) is a licensing model where you make a minimum annual spend commitment (Annual Commit) at the platform level and then consume that commit based on actual usage and a straightforward rate card.
DPS lets you consume any service, only in case of overspent you will pay the on-demand charges.

Question 5

What are the “Account” level permissions required to view an account?

Answer 5

Any one of the following:
View Account
View and Manage user and groups
View and Manage Account & Billing information

Question 6

What is Dynatrace Notebook?

Answer 6

Dynatrace Notebook is an interactive, powerful, data-driven document for creating custom analytics.