Best Dashboarding Practices for Generic Type Metrics

Nick-Montana — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 09:11:10 GMT

Team,

I've successfully configured an application to use Micrometer to send metrics to the Dynatrace tenant. These metrics are received by Dynatrace and fall under the classification of "generic types". This means that in the data explorer these metrics display a description rather than the metric-prefix itself.

I am wondering what the best tile types are for each of the following metrics. At the moment I am currently just creating single values and line charts. Any advice is appreciated!

# Threads

ext:jetty.threads.config.min

ext:jetty.threads.config.max

ext:jetty.threads.busy

ext:jetty.threads.idle

ext:jetty.threads.current

# Messages

ext:spring.integration.channels

ext:spring.integration.handlers

ext:spring.integration.sources

# Connections

ext:hikaricp.connections - Total Connections

ext:hikaricp.connections.timeout - Connection timeout total count

ext:hikaricp.connections.acquire.avg - Connection Acquire Time

ext:hikaricp.connections.acquire.count - Connection Acquire Time

ext:hikaricp.connections.acquire.sum - Connection Acquire Time

ext:hikaricp.connections.acquire.max - Connection Acquire Time

ext:hikaricp.connections.creation.avg - Connection Creation Time

ext:hikaricp.connections.creation.count - Connection Creation Time

ext:hikaricp.connections.creation.sum - Connection Creation Time

ext:hikaricp.connections.creation.max - Connection Creation Time

ext:hikaricp.connections.idle - Idle Connections

ext:hikaricp.connections.max - Max Connections

ext:hikaricp.connections.min - Min Connections

ext:hikaricp.connections.active - Active Connections

# Cache

ext:cache.gets - the number of times cache lookup methods have returned an uncached (newly loaded) value, or null

ext:cache.puts - The number of entries added to the cache

ext:cache.removals - Cache Removals

ext:cache.evictions - Cache Evictions

Messages - Spring metrics

Threads - Jetty

Re: Best Dashboarding Practices for Generic Type Metrics

ChadTurner — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 17:35:02 GMT

It really depends on your organizations needs for monitoring of those metrics. You can further enhance your dashboard with threshold colors and backgrounds. a sample of what you can do is documented here: https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Dynatrace-tips/PRO-TIP-New-Hex-Code-Color-Picker/m-p/201388#M639

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