Store request methods/URIs as values

Since filtering by these values is very rare (they're mostly just
displayed as-is) we don't need to waste any index space by saving them
as tags. By storing them as values we also greatly reduce the number of
series in InfluxDB.

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/rack_middleware_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/rack_middleware_spec.rb
index a143fe4cfcd..4e6dfc73df2 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/rack_middleware_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/rack_middleware_spec.rb
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ describe Gitlab::Metrics::RackMiddleware do
       expect(transaction).to be_an_instance_of(Gitlab::Metrics::Transaction)
     end
 
-    it 'tags the transaction with the request method and URI' do
-      expect(transaction.tags[:request_method]).to eq('GET')
-      expect(transaction.tags[:request_uri]).to eq('/foo')
+    it 'stores the request method and URI in the transaction as values' do
+      expect(transaction.values[:request_method]).to eq('GET')
+      expect(transaction.values[:request_uri]).to eq('/foo')
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/transaction_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/transaction_spec.rb
index 0c98b8f0127..3a27f897735 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/transaction_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/transaction_spec.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ describe Gitlab::Metrics::Transaction do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#set' do
+    it 'sets a value' do
+      transaction.set(:number, 10)
+
+      expect(transaction).to receive(:add_metric).
+        with('transactions', { duration: 0.0, number: 10 }, {})
+
+      transaction.track_self
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#add_tag' do
     it 'adds a tag' do
       transaction.add_tag(:foo, 'bar')