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Datadog Observability tab for Service Observability

Dashboard and charts on the Datadog Observability tab of the Service Details page in the SOW.

Application dashboard

This dashboard displays performance metrics for the selected service.

Note: If the dashboards have been customized, they might not reflect the information shown on this page.

ChartDescriptionData source
RequestsAggregate rate of requests through the service.Datadog
ErrorsNumber of transactions that have an error.Datadog
LatencyAggregate duration of transactions through the service, in milliseconds.Datadog
ChartDescriptionData source
RequestsEach line represents the throughput of a key transaction through the service. Hover over a point to view the different transaction names.Datadog
ErrorsEach line represents the number of errors on a key transaction in the service. Hover over a point to view the different transaction names.Datadog
LatencyEach line represents the response time for a key transaction on the service. Hover over a point to view the different transaction names.Datadog

Compute dashboard

This dashboard displays metrics for hosts related to the service.

ChartDescriptionData source
CPU UtilizationPercent of the host processing power being consumed.Datadog
Memory UtilizationPercent of memory the host is using.Datadog
Disk UtilizationPercent of disk space being used.Datadog
All Active ServersInformation for all hosts the service is actively using. Select a host link to view more detailed information.CMDB
All Active VM InstancesInformation for all virtual machines (VM) the service is actively using. Select a VM link to view more information.CMDB

Database dashboards

These dashboards display metrics for databases related to the service.

ChartDescriptionData source
Max ConnectionsMaximum number of concurrent connections that can be established with the MySQL database server.Datadog
Failed ConnectionsNumber of failed attempts to connect to the MySQL server.Datadog
Slow Queries RateNumber of database queries that have been categorized as slow by Datadog.Datadog
Data ReadsNumber of read operations performed on the MySQL database.Datadog
Data WritesNumber of write operations performed on the MySQL database.Datadog
Cache UtilizationPercentage of the cache memory being used by the MySQL database.Datadog
All MySQL InstancesInformation for all databases the service is actively using. Select a database link to view more detailed information.CMDB
ChartDescriptionData source
ConnectionsTotal number of connections to the database server, including all connection states such as active, idle, and others.Datadog
Connections UsedNumber of connections to the database used by this service.Datadog
Active Waiting QueriesNumber of queries in the queue waiting to be executed.Datadog
DeadlocksNumber of deadlocks encountered by the service.Datadog
RollbacksNumber of transactions rolled back by the service.Datadog
Buffer HitsNumber of times disk blocks were found in the buffer cache, so that a read wasn’t necessary.Datadog
All PostgreSQL InstancesInformation of all databases the service is actively using. Select a database link to view more detailed information.CMDB

Parent Topic:Datadog templates for Service Observability