Datadog Observability tab for Service Observability

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

Application > Service 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.

Table 1. KPIs

Chart	Description	Data source
Requests	Aggregate rate of requests through the service.	Datadog
Errors	Number of transactions that have an error.	Datadog
Latency	Aggregate duration of transactions through the service, in milliseconds.	Datadog

Table 2. Top Transactions

Chart	Description	Data source
Requests	Each line represents the throughput of a key transaction through the service. Hover over a point to view the different transaction names.	Datadog
Errors	Each line represents the number of errors on a key transaction in the service. Hover over a point to view the different transaction names.	Datadog
Latency	Each line represents the response time for a key transaction on the service. Hover over a point to view the different transaction names.	Datadog

Compute > Host dashboard

This dashboard displays metrics for hosts related to the service.

Chart	Description	Data source
CPU Utilization	Percent of the host processing power being consumed.	Datadog
Memory Utilization	Percent of memory the host is using.	Datadog
Disk Utilization	Percent of disk space being used.	Datadog
All Active Servers	Information for all hosts the service is actively using. Select a host link to view more detailed information.	CMDB
All Active VM Instances	Information for all virtual machines (VM) the service is actively using. Select a VM link to view more information.	CMDB

Databases > MySQL

This dashboard displays metrics for MySQL databases related to the service.

Chart	Description	Data source
Max Connections	Maximum number of concurrent connections that can be established with the MySQL database server.	Datadog
Failed Connections	Number of failed attempts to connect to the MySQL server.	Datadog
Slow Queries Rate	Number of database queries that have been categorized as slow by the APM.	Datadog
Data Reads	Number of read operations performed on the MySQL database.	Datadog
Data Writes	Number of write operations performed on the MySQL database.	Datadog
Cache Utilization	Percentage of the cache memory being used by the MySQL database.	Datadog
All MySQL Instances	Information for all databases the service is actively using. Select a database link to view more detailed information.	CMDB

Databases > PostgreSQL

This dashboard displays metrics for PostgreSQL databases related to the service.

Chart	Description	Data source
Connections	Total number of connections to the database server, including all connection states such as active, idle, and others.	Datadog
Connections Used	Number of connections to the database used by this service.	Datadog
Active Waiting Queries	Number of queries in the queue waiting to be executed.	Datadog
Deadlocks	Number of deadlocks encountered by the service.	Datadog
Rollbacks	Number of transactions rolled back by the service.	Datadog
Buffer Hits	Number of times disk blocks were found in the buffer cache, so that a read was not necessary.	Datadog
All PostgreSQL Instances	Information of all databases the service is actively using. Select a database link to view more detailed information.	CMDB