Tracking Plan Observability

Get complete visibility into the events passing through your tracking plans and any tracking plan violations.
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This guide walks you through the different tracking plan observability metrics that give you visibility into the events passing through your tracking plans.

Overview

RudderStack gives you complete visibility into the events passing through a tracking plan and details on the tracking plan violations, that is, events that do not comply with the tracking plan rules.

To see these metrics, click the Events tab of the source connected to your tracking plan.

Tracking plan observability

Events ingested

This section shows the tracking plan currently linked to your source and the following details:

MetricDescription
Total eventsCaptures all events that pass through the source.
Events validatedNumber of events validated by the tracking plan.
Events with violationsNumber of events that do not comply with the tracking plan rules.
Events droppedNumber of events dropped due to tracking plan violations.

You can see these metrics for all tracking plans connected to that source and filter them by version and time period (past one day, seven days, or 30 days).

Events ingested section

Event flow

This section gives a graphical overview of all the events ingested per day over the specified period and the number of events with violations.

Event flow section

Event details

Click the Events tab to see the following event-related metrics:

MetricDescription
Event nameName of the event.
CountNumber of events validated by the tracking plan according to filter set in Events ingested.
Last seenNumber of days since the last violation occurred.
Events tab

Violation details

Click the Violations tab to see the following metrics:

MetricDescription
Event nameName of the event.
Event typeType of event (identify, track, group, page, or screen).

Note: Tracking plans do not validate alias events. If you send any alias events, they are shown in this view and returned as is, without any validation.
Events validatedNumber of events validated by the tracking plan according to filtering period.
Events with violationsNumber of events that did not comply with the tracking plan rules.
Events droppedNumber of events that were not allowed to flow through.
Last occurredDate and time of the last observed violation.
Violations tab

You can also click on an event to view the violation type and individual metrics.

Tracking plan observability for individual event

Click the View option for more details, like the violation description and sample payload that caused the violation.

Violation description

FAQ

Which events are supported by the tracking plans?

The tracking plans support identify, track, page, screen, and group events.

Note that the alias call is not supported.


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