Generating metric data streams from spans ingested by a cloud deployment of an instrumentation analytics engine

• Main Authors: Karis, Steven, Smith, Charles, Stewart, Scott, Petazzoni, Maxime, Pound, Matthew William, Ross, Joseph Ari
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 13.12.2022
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS

A method of generating metrics data associated with a microservices-based application comprises ingesting a plurality of spans and mapping an ingested span of the plurality of spans to a span identity, wherein the span identity comprises a tuple of information identifying a type of span associated with the span identity, wherein the tuple of information comprises user-configured dimensions. The method further comprises grouping the ingested span by the span identity, wherein the ingested span is grouped with other spans from the plurality of spans comprising a same span identity. The method also comprises computing metrics associated with the span identity and using the metrics to generate a stream of metric data associated with the span identity.