mPulse system dimensions

mPulse provides built-in, system dimensions that are automatically captured and stored in the mPulse beacon.

mPulse system dimensions are available in the filter bar at the top of the dashboards. Dimensions are categorized in a variety of ways such OS families as shown in this example.

System dimensions

This table lists the mPulse system dimensions that are common to most dashboards.

Name Description
A/B Test If A/B testing is used, this variable specifies the test bucket the visitor was in when they sent the beacon.
Action Indicates the name of the action, as defined by the mobile app owner using the SDK.
Akamai Adaptive Acceleration Denotes whether Adaptive Acceleration was applied to the requested page. Adaptive Acceleration uses real user monitoring (RUM) navigation and timing data to intelligently cache content that viewers will likely need ahead of when it’s actually needed. This approach shortens delivery times, reduces the load on the network, and renders web pages faster. Requires Akamai CDN.
Akamai FEO Denotes whether FEO was applied to the requested page. FEO reduces the number of HTTP requests, compression, and optimizing browser rendering, all of which can help you improve performance, especially on smartphones and tablets. Requires Akamai CDN.
Alert The name of the alert that was triggered.
Alert Severity The severity of the alert that was triggered.
App Error Code The error response status code.
App Error Message The error response message.
App Error Source The component that generated the error. For example, Global, Handler, Network or Manual.
App Error Type The error type that is parsed from the error message. For example ReferenceError or SyntaxError.
Bandwidth Block The bandwidth of the requesting browser's connection.
Beacon Type Beacon types include; page view, SPA hard or soft navigation, XHR, and error.
Boomerang Version The version number of the Boomerang that fired the beacon.
Browser The browser name and browser version that are requesting the object.
Browser Family The name of the browser requesting the object.
Connection Type The mobile connection type.
Country The country from which the request originated.
Device The full device name and model. For example, Samsung Galaxy S8.
Device Manufacturer The mobile device manufacturer. For example, Apple, Samsung and LG.
Device Type The form factor of the device on which the requesting browser is running. For example, mobile desktop, tablet, and console.
Full URL The entire raw URL of the page that sent the beacon.
HTTP Protocol The HTTP protocol used to deliver the page (1.1/2/2+QUIC/.../etc).
IP Address Identifies the IP address of the visitor or the proxy they’re connected through.
IP Version The IP version used to deliver the page. Requires Akamai CDN.
ISP If the page was requested over a mobile data connection, this is the mobile service provider.
Network Errors 4xx client errors. Note: This dimension is present only when XHR instrumentation is enabled (see Set up page groups).
OS The OS and OS version of the platform on which the requesting browser is running.
OS Family The platform on which the requesting browser is running.
Page Groups The groups that are either auto-defined by mPulse or user defined in the web app configuration, on the URLs tab.
Region The area of a country from which the request was sent.
Site Version For mobile applications, this is the version of the application installed on the visitor’s device. For web applications, site owners may use this to specify a release number for their site.
TLS version The version of the transport layer security (TLS) protocol that the visitor uses to connect to the Akamai network (edge).
URL For web apps, this is often the domain of the page that sent the beacon. For mobile apps, if URL patterns are configured, it is the URL pattern of the network request that sent the beacon.
Landing Page Whether or not this was the first page of the session. The first page is likely to be one of the slowest pages views because it may not have cached data and may require a full DNS/TCP/TLS connection. This data gives you insight into where the optimize for first-time visitors and landing pages.
Early Beacon Whether or not this beacon's data was from an Early Beacon (and the full beacon data did not arrive). Early Beacons allow you to capture as much data as is available when mPulse first loads on the page, which is superseded by the full beacon page load. This dimension allows you to filter to just the Early Beacons that never reached a full beacon.
Visibility State

The visibility state of the page: Always Visible, Partially Hidden, or Always Hidden.

If the page was loaded in the background tab, you might want to exclude the performance metrics from the page view, because browsers can throttle non-visible tabs, which has potential to skew results.
Navigation Type The type of the navigation: Navigate, Reload, or Back-Forward. Indicates if the user navigated to the page, refreshed the page, or navigated back through their history to find the page. Excluding refreshed pages and back/forward navigations could give a more realistic performance distribution for your pages.
Akamai Property Version Available when using mPulse Edge Injection. This allows you to compare performance and roll out speed between versions of your CDN configuration, automatically collected from Akamai with every page view. This only works if mPulse is enabled via your property configuration.