Application Tracing Skill Overview Distributed traces in Dynatrace consist of spans - building blocks representing units of work. With Traces in Grail, every span is accessible via DQL with full-text searchability on all attributes. This skill covers trace fundamentals, common analysis patterns, and span-type specific queries. --- Use Cases 1. Investigate Slow Requests - Goal: Find and diagnose requests exceeding a latency threshold - Trigger: "slow requests", "high latency", "p99 response time", "find traces over 5 seconds" - Done: List of slow traces with duration, endpoint, service, and tr…