Dynatrace Observability tab for Service Observability

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Dashboard and charts on the Dynatrace Observability tab of the Service Details page in the SOW.

Dynatrace dashboards are the same for both managed and SaaS environments.

Application dashboard

This dashboard displays performance metrics for the selected service.

Note: If the dashboards have been customized, they might not reflect the information shown on this page.

Chart

Description

Data source

Rate

Aggregate rate of transactions through the service.

Dynatrace

Error %

Percent of transactions that have an error.

Dynatrace

Latency

Aggregate duration of transactions through the service, in milliseconds.

Dynatrace

Client error rate

Rate of errors the service clients experienced.

Dynatrace

Client throughput

Rate of client requests for this service.

Dynatrace

Client response time

Response time for client requests on this service, in milliseconds.

Dynatrace

Total DB connections

Number of databases that this client has connections to.Note: Not available with Grail (DQL) queries.

Dynatrace

DB connection errors

Number of errors received by the client when trying to access databases.Note: Not available with Grail (DQL) queries.

Dynatrace

Time spent in database calls

Duration of requests to databases, in milliseconds.Note: Not available with Grail (DQL) queries.

Dynatrace

|Chart|Description|Data source| |-----|-----------|-----------| |Key Request Count|Each line represents the throughput of a key transaction through the service. Hover over a point to view the different transaction names.|Dynatrace| |Key Request Error %|Each line represents the percentage of errors on a key transaction in the service. Hover over a point to view the different transaction names.|Dynatrace| |Key Request Response Time|Each line represents the response time for a key transaction on the service. Hover over a point to view the different transaction names.|Dynatrace|

Compute dashboard

This dashboard displays metrics for hosts related to the service.

Chart Description Data source
CPU utilization Percent of the host processing power being consumed. Dynatrace
Memory utilization Percent of memory the host is using. Dynatrace
Disk utilization Percent of disk space being used. Dynatrace
Network RX - bytes received Count of bytes received. Dynatrace
Network TX - bytes transferred Count of bytes sent. Dynatrace
All Active Servers Information for all hosts the service is actively using. Select a host link to view more detailed information. CMDB
All Active VM Instances Information for all virtual machines (VM) the service is actively using. Select a VM link to view more information. CMDB
Chart Description Data source
CPU Usage Percent of the host processing power being consumed. Dynatrace
Memory Usage Percent of memory the host is using. Dynatrace
Requests Rate of requests per second Dynatrace
Throughput Size of requests, in megabytes per second. Dynatrace
Latency Aggregate duration of transactions, in milliseconds. Dynatrace
Chart Description Data source
CPU Usage Percent of the host processing power being consumed. Dynatrace
Memory Usage Percent of memory the host is using. Dynatrace
Requests Rate of requests per second Dynatrace
Throughput Size of requests, in megabytes per second Dynatrace
Latency Aggregate duration of transactions, in milliseconds. Dynatrace
All Active Servers Information for all hosts the service is actively using. Select a host link to view more detailed information. CMDB

Database dashboards

These dashboards display metrics for databases related to the service.

Chart Description Data source
CPU utilization Percent of the database's processing power being consumed. Dynatrace
Memory utilization Percent of memory the database is using. Dynatrace
Availability Percent of time the database is available. Dynatrace
Connections Number of connections to the database. Dynatrace
Slow queries Number of database queries that have been categorized as slow by Dynatrace. Dynatrace
All MySQL Instances Information for all databases the service is actively using. Select a database link to view more detailed information. CMDB
Chart Description Data source
Deadlocks Number of deadlocks detected in this database. Dynatrace
Committed Transactions Number of transactions in this database that have been committed. Dynatrace
Active Backend Connections Number of backends currently connected to this database. Dynatrace
Query Conflicts Number of queries cancelled due to conflicts with recovery in this database. Dynatrace
Active Time Time spent executing SQL statements in this database. Dynatrace
Fatal Sessions Number of database sessions to this database that were terminated by fatal errors Dynatrace
All PostgreSQL Instances Information of all databases the service is actively using. Select a database link to view more detailed information. CMDB

Parent Topic:Dynatrace templates for Service Observability

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