Viewing API event data in API Connect

The gateway generates API event data for every API invocation and forwards this data to its associated analytics service. The captured event data can be viewed in the Cloud Manager UI, API Manager UI, from the toolkit CLI/REST API, or offloaded to third-party systems.

You can view API event data within API Connect in the following ways:
  • The Analytics view of the Cloud Manager UI, which is accessed by clicking Analytics icon in the navigation pane. API event data across all organizations, catalogs, and spaces is presented on dashboards. Each dashboard contains a set of related visualizations that depict analytics data as a graphical or metric representation, see Cloud Manager analytics view
  • The Analytics view of the API Manager UI, which is accessed by clicking Manage > Catalog_name > Analytics.

    Analytics data for each Catalog or Space is collected into dashboards. Each dashboard contains a set of related visualizations that depict analytics data as a graphical or metric representation. Dashboards are provided for viewing analytics data for APIs, Plans, Products, Catalogs and Spaces. For more information about accessing and working with the API event data shown in API, Plan, and Product dashboards, see Managing your Products.

  • By using the debug function for the integrated test tool that is provided in the API Manager user interface.

    The debug function is typically used to view information about the API configuration in order to identify possible causes for an API invocation failure.

  • Using the toolkit CLI or REST API: Using the analytics toolkit CLI

API consumers who are members of a consumer organization can also view analytics data within dashboard views in the Developer Portal user interface. The dashboard views depict API invocation metrics about the APIs used either by a single application or within the entire consumer organization. For more information about accessing the analytics data for APIs that are invoked by developer applications, see Analytics in the Developer Portal.