Changes to Dimensions

Earlier, Discover supported the creation and reporting of four sets of references: TLT_Application, TLT_URL, TLT_Server, and TLT_Host. Essentially, these reference sets were data dimensions. In earlier releases, these reference dimensions were common to all events.

When the Discover Reference session agent was enabled in the pipeline, you can map detected values for the following dimensions to a predefined list of values. The mapped value was inserted into the corresponding name-value pair in the [TltRef] section of the request.

The reference dimensions from earlier releases are available in the following dimensions, which can be added to reports:

Table 1. Changes to Dimensions

REQTEXT

Dimension Old Version New Version
Application TLT_Application Application
Path TLT_URL URL
Server TLT_Server Server
Host TLT_Host Host

These predefined lists can be generated from values that are detected in session data and logged. Various reports and multiple Discover products used these reference dimensions.

The new reporting model provides much greater flexibility in the dimensions that you can use.