RUM resources

A resource event corresponds to a resource or asset fetch on a webpage such as an image, XHR, Fetch, CSS, or JS library. A resource is a child event to an action event. It also has the context of the view that is currently active.

The following properties may be used to analyze and profile resources in a session:

duration

Overall time spent fetching the resource

Usage: Analytics can be performed to get the slowest loading resources
Example: 48ms

resource.size

Resource size

Usage: Analytics can be performed to see the size distribution of the resources
Example: 912B

resource.connect.duration

Time to establish connection to resource server

Usage: Insight into users' reachability of resource
Example: 20ms

resource.ssl.duration

TLS handshake time for HTTPS connections

Usage: Diagnose whether problem lies with the user’s network
Example: 15ns

resource.dns.duration

DNS resolution time

Usage: Diagnose whether problem lies with the user’s network
Example: 23ms

resource.redirect.duration

Time spent on downstream HTTPS requests

Usage: Redirect analytics or filtering
Example: 30ms

resource.first_byte.duration

Waiting time to receive the first byte of the resource

Usage: Can be used to find out the rate determining resource in a view
Example: 30ms

resource.download.duration

Response download time

Usage: Analytics can be performed to determine if the storage solution for the resource is slow.
Example: 24ms

resource.type

Type of resource being fetched.

Usage: Filter analytics based on resource type
Example: javascript, css

resource.method

HTTP method

Usage
Example: POST

resource.status_code

Response code

Usage
Example: 202

resource.url

URL of the resource being fetched

Usage
Example

resource.url_host

URL host

Usage
Example

resource.url_path

URL path

Usage
Example

resource.url_query

URL query parameters

Usage
Example

resource.url_scheme

Protocol type

Usage
Example: HTTP, HTTPS

resource.provider.name

Resource provider name

Usage
Example

resource.provider.domain

Resource domain

Usage
Example

resource.provider.type

The type of content provider

Usage
Example: cdn, first-party