Test Name with SilkPerformer Plugin

Hi Rick

The SilkPerformer integration was built before dynaTrace offered the additional tags Script Name, Geo Location, ... (that all came around the time when we tightened our integration with Gomez).

I dont have SP installed on my machine but I think I remember that the X-dynatrace HTTP Header is set through a BDL script that comes with the plugin. You could try to modfiy this BDL script that creates that header and add the additoinal information you need.

If I am wrong with that BDL script you could just write your own little helper method that generates the X-dynaTrace HTTP Header including all the information you need. SilkPerformer offers a method called WebSetHttpTag where you can set your custom tag

Hope this helps

Thanks Andi,

It does not seem this is exposed/configurable in Silk or at the OS level but I was able to take your recommendation and pair all the available tags SilkPerformer provides with the ones that dynaTrace accepts and we put this in the tinit for the scripts:

dcltrans

transaction TInit

begin

  WebSetHttpTag("x-dynaTrace",

  WEB_TAG_FLAG_RequestId |

  WEB_TAG_FLAG_UserId |

  WEB_TAG_FLAG_PageContext |

  WEB_TAG_FLAG_Timer |

  WEB_TAG_FLAG_Agent);

end TInit;

If it turns out this is not configurable as it seems, can we compile it with the new header values and send a new version over to MF for future releases?

P.S. we still are missing test name here (would be "Project Name" which uses PN instead of TE), I would add the request that if the plugin were to be re-distributed we'd find some way to take this variable and re-assign it to TE, or else allow dynaTrace to see PN.

Thanks,

Rick B

Unfortunately there has not been a whole lot of improvements in that integration as the official partnership between Compuware and MicroFocus ended a while back. Thats why recent extensions to the TAG are not available in SilkPerformer. I will reach out to my former colleagues over there and see if they can still make it happen

On your side - maybe you can talk with the customers so that they also reach out to MicroFocus asking them about ongoing investments in the integration

Andi

FYI - I just heard back from the SilkPerformer Product Manager. He is forwarding this to his engineering lead so that this gets addressed in future Silk versions

Hi Rick

The PM of Silk told me that there are more options available - probably in a newer version of Silk as the one you are using. Here is the list of options with some sample values next to it:

    WebSetHttpTag("x-dynaTrace",

    WEB_TAG_FLAG_RequestId |         // ID=1

    WEB_TAG_FLAG_UserId |            // VU=1

    WEB_TAG_FLAG_PageContext |       // PC=.1

    WEB_TAG_FLAG_Timer |             // NA=Demo+Borland+Com

    WEB_TAG_FLAG_Agent |             // AN=localhost

    WEB_TAG_FLAG_ProjectName |       // PN=DynaTraceTags

    WEB_TAG_FLAG_UserGroup |         // UG=WebUser

    WEB_TAG_FLAG_Profile |           // PF=Profile1

    WEB_TAG_FLAG_Workload |          // WL=Workload1

    WEB_TAG_FLAG_Transaction |       // TN=TWeb

    WEB_TAG_FLAG_BrowserSession |    // SI=1

    WEB_TAG_FLAG_WorkloadType |      // WT=3

    WEB_TAG_FLAG_LineNumber |        // LN=49

    WEB_TAG_FLAG_Time );             // TI=1403008918

Andi