Create a Troubleshooting MetricSet

Index Tags

To use advanced features in Splunk Observability Cloud such as Tag Spotlight, we’ll need to first index one or more tags.

To do this, navigate to Settings -> MetricSets and ensure the APM tab is selected. Then click the + Add Custom MetricSet button.

Let’s index the credit.score.category tag by entering the following details (note: since everyone in the workshop is using the same organization, the instructor will do this step on your behalf):

Click Start Analysis to proceed.

The tag will appear in the list of Pending MetricSets while analysis is performed.

Once analysis is complete, click on the checkmark in the Actions column.

Troubleshooting vs. Monitoring MetricSets

You may have noticed that, to index this tag, we created something called a Troubleshooting MetricSet. It’s named this way because a Troubleshooting MetricSet, or TMS, allows us to troubleshoot issues with this tag using features such as Tag Spotlight.

You may have also noticed that there’s another option which we didn’t choose called a Monitoring MetricSet (or MMS). Monitoring MetricSets go beyond troubleshooting and allow us to use tags for alerting and dashboards. While we won’t be exploring this capability as part of this workshop, it’s a powerful feature that I encourage you to explore on your own.