What is one of the primary uses for host groups?

Host groups in Dynatrace are primarily used to filter and configure multiple hosts. This allows users to manage and organize their monitoring environment more efficiently. By creating host groups, you can group hosts based on various criteria, such as applications they support or geographical location. This grouping facilitates easier management of monitoring settings, alerts, and configurations across multiple hosts simultaneously rather than dealing with them individually.

Additionally, organizing hosts into groups can streamline the analysis and reporting processes. When viewing performance metrics or health statuses, you can quickly focus on a specific group, which can help in identifying issues or trends that may affect a set of related hosts.

This functionality significantly simplifies the administrative workload in larger environments, ensuring that configurations can be applied uniformly and that hosts can be monitored collectively, enhancing overall operational efficiency.