dt-platform-costs

Measure tenant billing and consumption trends by running DQL queries against dt.system.events to aggregate billing usage events and calculate cost weights. This identifies actual spend across platform capabilities over time.

Analyzing DPS consumption breakdown is best done by filtering dt.system.events for billing usage events and summarizing cost weights by event type. This reveals usage spikes and cost drivers across services.

Yes, you need DQL knowledge to query Dynatrace platform billing data, as the Skill relies on DQL queries against dt.system.events. Familiarity with the Dynatrace billing structure and cost weights is also required.

You can estimate licensing costs for Real User Monitoring by fetching dt.system.events, filtering for BILLING_USAGE_EVENT and Real User Monitoring, then summarizing dt.billing.real_user_monitoring.cost_weight to calculate total spend.

It handles licensing inquiries by clarifying subscription limits and directing users to the correct licensing resources. The Skill focuses on measuring recorded consumption rather than modifying license entitlements.

Actual tenant costs may be higher due to usage spikes or inefficient consumption across capabilities. Querying dt.system.events for billing usage events normalizes unit conversions and cost weights to identify specific cost drivers.