Automated Reporting for Dynatrace Dashboards

Scheduled email reporting to export Dynatrace dashboards as PDF and PNG files.

NOTE: This documentation is out of date and is in progress of being updated for the new K8S support.

In an effort to empower Dynatrace dashboards for reporting use cases, I want to introduce an automated reporting feature. This gives users the ability to receive dashboard reports via email on a configurable schedule (e.g. daily, weekly, monthly). Dashboard report emails will include a snapshot of the dashboard attached as a PDF and PNG.

This CLI tool is designed for Dynatrace administrators to configure automated reporting for their users.

Installing / Getting started

Here is a quick introduction of the setup you need to get automated reporting up and running.

• Clone this repository onto a Linux VM or Linux ActiveGate.

git clone https://github.com/geoteo/dt-automated-reporting

• Inside the repo directory install all the required dependencies.

npm i

• Run the app.

node index.js

NOTE: To run the script in the background on Linux use nohup, this allows us to the run node application in the background.

$ nohup node index.js > /dev/null 2>&1 &

Afterwards the following wizard will present itself where you will walkthrough the configuration setup.

Features

• Automated reporting of dashboards on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.
• Persistent configuration settings for SMTP and Dashboards.
• Attaches a PDF and PNG of the dashboard to the email.

Configuration Files

SMTP Configuration

~/.config/configstore/dt-automated-reporting.json

Dashboard Configuration

config.json

Application Dependencies

• chalk → colorizes the output
• clear → clears the terminal screen
• clui → draws command-line tables, and spinners
• figlet → creates ASCII art from text
• inquirer → creates interactive command-line user interface
• configstore → easily loads and saves config
• puppeteer → provides a high-level API for headless Chrome
• nodemailer → sends emails
• node-cron → schedule tasks using full crontab syntax

Files

• index.js → where the app initializes and listens for input in the terminal
• dt-auto-report.js → automated reporting functions
• inquirer.js → list of questions to prompt user for configuration

Links

• My GitHub: https://github.com/geoteo
• This Repository: https://github.com/geoteo/dt-automated-reporting
• Issues: https://github.com/geoteo/dt-automated-reporting/issues
  • In case of sensitive bugs like security vulnerabilities, please contact george.teodorescu@dynatrace.com directly instead of using issue tracker. I value your effort to improve the security and privacy of this project!
• Dynatrace Anonymous Dashboard Documentation: https://dt-url.net/anon

Licensing

The code in this project is licensed under MIT license.