What is the concept of requests within NAM monitors?

Platform Synthetic Monitoring
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How do requests differ from steps?

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Steps are the concept present in all Synthetic monitors already, while the requests are a new concept introduced especially for NAM. The main difference between those two:

  • Steps within NAM monitors are executed sequentially as for all synthetic tests. Failure of step n causes failure of the whole monitor, and as a result, steps n+1 and further are not executed.

  • Requests within a single step are executed in parallel. Failure of a single request does not prevent Dynatrace from executing other requests.