topic Re: Extension activation tag in Extensions

Extension activation tag

AntonioSousa — Mon, 29 May 2023 11:44:04 GMT

In Extensions 2.0, there is a field that references "Extension activation tag".

The documentation has some references about it, but it is still not clear what it does, to me. Has someone used it?

Re: Extension activation tag

Mike_L — Wed, 31 May 2023 10:51:55 GMT

Do you mean this feature where it's possible to limit the OA activation by tag?

Re: Extension activation tag

AntonioSousa — Wed, 31 May 2023 12:52:50 GMT

@Mike_L,

I was referencing in the configuration, in this case for the "Generic network device":

Re: Extension activation tag

Mike_L — Wed, 31 May 2023 12:59:04 GMT

The string in that field is automatically added as the dimension 'activation.tag' to each metric from the configuration. Then you can use it for filtering in the data explorer for example.

It's up to each extension developer to add such filters, so it'll not exist on all extensions.

Re: Extension activation tag

AntonioSousa — Wed, 31 May 2023 13:03:39 GMT

@Mike_L,

Thanks for the clarification! Thought it would be something along that 😉 Being able to tag measurements/monitoring configurations is a great feature!