Dynatrace Plugin - how does it work?

[donbonin]

My question is specifically around HOW the silk timer is tagged to the request in Dynatrace.  

With the Dynatrace plugin enabled, any request that has a TIMER, as shown below, will show up with a purepath name matching the timer name.

With the plug-in disabled, the generic URL is used for the purepath name.   

WebPageCustomRequest ("GET", "https://URL/PRAjax.action",   WDCJ009, "PatRev3_1Fac5Pop_PatLvlSrch.action", WDCJ010);

WebPageCustomRequest( in sMethod : string,

                      in sUrl     : string,
                      in formBody : form optional,
                      in sTimer   : string optional,
                      in formUrl  : form optional ): boolean;

Is it something inserted in the header?  I'll be asking Dynatrace support this same question and will report back what I find.

Thanks!

Don

[NeilM · Accepted solution]

Hi Don,

Silk Performer's dynaTrace integration works by adding dynaTrace information in the headers to tag the requests.

For example:

X-dynaTrace:+VU=1;PC=.53;ID=258554980;NA=Click,+IMG,+id=ext-gen6+(#1)

When the dynaTrace plugin is enabled you should be able to view this header information in the "Out Header" tab of the TrueLog.

Best Regards,

Neil