ActiveGate BeaconForwarding Metrics for CustomApp/OpenKit

[Nick-Montana]

Hi,

I'm creating a classic dashboard for two environment active gates that receive our extension traffic behind a VIP. I have been able to create visuals for incoming requests made from our Spring services sending micrometer metrics by filtering by user-agent=micrometer which gives a nice visual you see here. 

dsfm:active_gate.rest.request_count:filter(and(or(eq("host.name","OUR-AG")),or(eq(api_id,ENVIRONMENT_V2)),or(eq(user_agent,micrometer)))):splitBy():sort(value(auto,descending)):limit(20)

We are now using OpenKit-Java to send bizevents and I would like to create the same visualization for beacon forwarding requests. However when I query the dsfm metric I can only filter by the beaconForwardingType=web. Despite our services sending beacons through these active gates, It doesn't appear that custom is ever an option for this metric:

Active Gate - Rum - Beacon Forwarded Count

dsfm:active_gate.rum.beacon_forwarded_count

Can anyone help me get a visualization for beacon forwarding count filtered by custom apps? If this is not possible can this be added to planned dynatrace features?

[Peter_Youssef]

Hello @Nick-Montana 

• On the AG ensure beacon forwarder module is enabled : https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/shortlink/sgw-configure#bf_mod
• after applying the changes on the AG, it will be reflected.
• check this configuration : https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/dynatrace-api/configuration-api/rum/allowed-beacon-cors/get-configur...
• https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/shortlink/beacon-forwarder#agentless-to-server

Hoping it adds value, keep us posted.

KR

Peter.

[Nick-Montana]

Peter,

I appreciate the reply. All these settings are enabled properly if the beacon forwarder was not enabled we wouldn't be sending bizevents. We have been for about 6 months. 

I believe that the dsfm beacon forwarding ActiveGate metric is somehow not registering the custom app dimension filter 

[Peter_Youssef]

Hello @Nick-Montana 

Appreciate your response, I believe checking the logs would refer to the RC, simple adjustment to https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/shortlink/sgw-configure#launcheruserconfig-conf will help.

BR,

Peter.

[Nick-Montana]

Any chance you could look in your environment and check what beacon type dimensions come up when you query that metric?