How to create a dashboard in Appdynamics based on specific REST URLs of one endpoint

Question

I have a Spring application monitored by Appdynamics. This application has a Service Endpoint recognized by Appdynamics, named lets say: /general/endpoint

Now within the application there are multiple endpoints like:

• /general/endpoint/do-something-1
• /general/endpoint/do-something-2

Now back to Appdynamics: Within the Service Endpoints menu I can find my /general/endpoint and click on it. Then I see a table with the actual REST API calls, their respective execution time, the specific URL (like /general/endpoint/do-something-1) and some more information.

If I am interested in monitoring the requests for a specific URL I can do the following:

1. Select Filters
2. Add Criteria > HTTP Request > URL
3. Click on the added Criteria and enter the actual URL (/general/endpoint/do-something-1)
4. Apply

Now I see what I want, all the requests and their potential problems for a specific URL inside my application.

Now comes my actual question:

How can I achieve the same for Dashboards?

I was only able to create a dashboard with the Calls per Minute for the /general/endpoint but not for a specific URL like /general/endpoint/do-something-1. Is there a way to apply the more fine grade filter for dashboards as well?

Answer 1

The only way I could see to be able to get the ability to cut up your Service Endpoint data within a Custom Dashboard would be to use Analytics with a Custom Schema.

Steps to implement would be:

• Export Service Endpoint Data using API -> https://docs.appdynamics.com/21.9/en/extend-appdynamics/appdynamics-apis/metric-and-snapshot-api
• Import the data into a Custom Analytics Schema -> https://docs.appdynamics.com/21.9/en/analytics/adql-reference/adql-data/analytics-custom-events-data
• Then you will be able to use ADQL queries to write SQL-like queries against the data -> https://docs.appdynamics.com/21.9/en/analytics/adql-reference/adql-queries
• Using these within Analytics Widgets in a Custom Dashboard will then give you what you need -> https://docs.appdynamics.com/21.9/en/analytics/using-analytics-data/visualize-analytics-data

For this you would need Analytics Licensing in addition to your APM licensing.