Identify Transactions Using URI Segments

Splunk AppDynamics offers several options to automatically name web transactions based on the URI. Consider the following URL representing a checkout operation in an online store:

http://onlinestore.example.com/Web/Store/Checkout

You can configure Splunk AppDynamics to identify a more meaningful name using one of the following options:

  • Click Use the first or Use the lastto use the selected number of contiguous segments at the beginning or end of the URI. For example, to identify the checkout transaction using the last two segments of the URI: /Store/Checkout.
  • If you need more flexibility, such as using non-contiguous segments in the name, click Name Transactions dynamically using part of the requests and specify the segments with the Use URI segments in Transaction namesoption.
  • To name the transaction for specific URI segments, clickUse URI segment(s) in Transaction names. This enables you to skip URI segments or use non-contiguous segments in the naming scheme.Enter the segment numbers separated by commas: 1, 3. For example, the following URL represents the checkout transaction requested by a customer with ID 1234: http://onlinestore.example.com/Store/cust1234/Checkout The checkout transaction is the same regardless of the customer, so it makes sense to omit the customer ID and name the transaction based on the first and third segments of the URI: /Store/Checkout.