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Business Flow in Dynatrace

Track a business process end to end: steps, delays, exceptions and KPIs.

1. What is Business Flow for? #

Track a business process end to end: steps, delays, exceptions and KPIs.

The principle #

Business Flow models a business process, such as order then payment then shipping, from business events. The app measures end-to-end delays, detects anomalies and tracks KPIs, for technical teams and business owners alike.

Business Flow : Order → Payment → Shipping → Business Flow

2. Key features #

What the app offers.

Overview #

FeatureRole
ÉtapesDefined by event.provider and event.type, five events at most per step
ExceptionsEvents signaling a business incident: payment declined, shipping blocked
VuesTree view per step, Funnel view as a funnel (no branches)
Impact métierFlows activated as entities: impact visible in Problems

3. Getting started #

First steps.

Step by step #

  1. Send business events (OneAgent, API, RUM, logs).
  2. Create a flow and declare each step.
  3. Add business exceptions.
  4. Create alerts on flow KPIs.

Prerequisites #

  • Business events in Grail; storage:bizevents:read permission.
A correlation key. Step events must share an identifier (order number) to be linked: plan it from instrumentation.

Sources #

From the official documentation consulted in November 2026: labels and availability change with platform versions.

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