Report on Total Requests for a service

[MichaelJenkins]

This might be a stretch for Monitor since it may not be a metric that you could put a logical alert on, but...

ArcGIS Server "Statistics" reports offer "Total Requests" in a  addition to response times and timeouts for services.   Is there any way to see how many requests a service has received via Monitor?

[VenkataKondepati · Accepted solution]

Hi @MichaelJenkins,

The link below helps to setup.

https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/monitor/administration/5-useful-arcgis-server-analysis-ele...

[MichaelJenkins]

Thank you, that looks like just what I needed.

[MichaelJenkins]

A followup question.  The article says to use the metric "requests_received", which is described in Monitor documentation as "Total number of received requests". 

Is that the number of requests received since the last data point?  So in the blog graphic, each bar represents 15 minutes worth of requests counted?  Some of the bars are saying 700 requests in 15 minutes?

I'm trying to understand also why using statistics type "SUM" and "Max" are returning very different numbers.  

[VenkataKondepati]

Hi @MichaelJenkins,

Thanks for accepting my response as solution.

Is that the number of requests received since the last data point?  So in the blog graphic, each bar represents 15 minutes worth of requests counted?  Some of the bars are saying 700 requests in 15 minutes?

Yes, your understanding is correct. It calculates the sum for a given interval.

Yes, 700 requests in 15 mins are correct and it is common for production systems.

SUM Vs Max:
SUM - it calculates total requests received for a given duration. For example, last one hour, we might have 4*700 = 2800 but Max is a given highest number of requests received in a given hour. It doesn't show total but only maximum. It can be 500 or 300.

[AH2]

I'm also using the blog "5 Useful ArcGIS Server Analysis Elements in ArcGIS Monitor" and working to set up the Requests Received Per Service.  I had no issues with creating the date expression, but when I get to defining the serial chart options, it states to select the Category Field  "Observed At" for the Category field.  This exists under the "Data" section in the category drop down.  We only have component and metrics.  So obviously I am missing the Data category.  I have done some research online and esri documentation and can never get to what I need.  Our data store is register with Monitor, but it's under Hosts.  Do we need to register a different way to be able to replicate this serial chart?

[DerekLaw]

Hi @AH2, 

> Our data store is register with Monitor, but it's under Hosts. 

You will need to register the ArcGIS Data Store (relational) as a separate component type with ArcGIS Monitor. I believe what you're describing in the statement above is the host machine where the ArcGIS Data Store is running on. 

Hope this helps,