Tracking Down Read Ops Spikes in the new Dashboard

[Joshua Smith]

I just got my January bill for one of my apps, and it was a lot bigger than usual, due to a spike in database read ops. ($11 vs $2, so it’s not like it’s a crisis :)

On the old dashboard, I used to be able to go to the billing section and see charges by day, which would help me narrow in on what happened to cause the spike (or if there was just a generally higher usage, pointing to some cron that needs optimization or something).

On the new dashboard, I don’t see daily ops anywhere. Is that still available? If so, how do I find that?

If you were looking for a lead on what request is causing a lot of read ops, is there a tool in the dashboard you would use to help find that?

-Joshua

[Christian F. Howes]

i don't know where to find the data you seek in the new admin....

but to analyze particular requests have you tried appstats? https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/python/tools/appstats?hl=en (i use python, but i believe this is available for all supported language platforms).  note that in my experience appstats adds measurable latency to requests so i only use it in test and not in my production apps/modules.

cfh

[troberti]

I think it is much better to use Cloud Trace instead of App Stats. Provides the same information but without the drawbacks. https://console.developers.google.com/traces/overview

[Zeehad (Cloud Platform Support)]

Hello Joshua,

Day-by-day billing usage history is not available on the new dashboard. However you can access Cloud Trace or Cloud Monitoring to analyze usage and performance of your App through the dashboard.

I hope it helps. Cheers!