Source Event Metrics

Get detailed metrics on event ingestion.

Important consideration

The event metrics covered in this guide may not reflect real-time events due to reporting latency.

Click the Events tab on your source page to view detailed metrics for the ingested events along with their details.

Events tab for sources in RudderStack dashboard

Events ingested

The Events ingested section shows the following metrics:

  • Number of events ingested and blocked by the source.

  • Number of bot events ingested and blocked by the source.

  • If you have a Tracking Plan connected to the source, you also see the following details:

    • Number of events validated by the Tracking Plan.
    • Number of events containing Tracking Plan violations.
    • Number of events dropped as a result of these violations.
Events Ingested view

Filtering window

You can filter the above metrics for the past 2 hours, 1 day, 7 days, and 30 days.

The 2-hour filtering window is available only in RudderStack’s Growth and Enterprise plans.

For Free plan users, the default filtering window is 1 day.

Event filtering window options

Event flow graph

An event flow graph highlights the event ingestion and processing trends over the selected time period.

Event flow details

Event details

The Event details section shows the ingested events and violations arising due to non-compliance with the connected Tracking Plan.

You can search for specific event names or sort all events by type, name, count, and last occurred.

Event details section

Event metrics

The Events tab includes the following details:

Column nameDescription
Event typeType of event, for example, identify, track, etc.
Event nameName of the event in case the type is track.
CountNumber of events received in the selected time period.
Last seenTime since the event last occurred.

Violation details

The Violations tab includes the following details:

Column nameDescription
Event nameName of the event in case the type is track.
Event typeType of event, for example, identify, track, etc.
Events validatedNumber of events validated against the connected Tracking Plan.
Events with violationsNumber of events containing any Tracking Plan violations.
Events droppedNumber of events dropped as a result of violations.
Last seenTime since the event that caused the violation last occurred.

Click a row to see the violation details, including the violation type and a sample payload.

Required permissions

Admins have full access to view the Tracking Plan violation details.

Members must have the Tracking Plan Violation Samples PII permission to see the violation details.

Source violation details

Blocked events

The Blocked tab includes the following details:

Column nameDescription
Event nameName of the blocked event.
Block countNumber of times the event was blocked.
Last blockedTime since the event was last blocked by RudderStack.

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