New Relic data dictionary

This data dictionary defines some of our default-reported data stored in NRDB and queryable via NRQL. This includes events like Transaction, MobileRequest, and BrowserInteraction, and our Metric, Log, and Span data types. These definitions are also available from our query builder UI by mousing over applicable data type and attribute names.

This dictionary doesn't contain:

  • Data from our infrastructure integrations (for that, see docs for a specific integration)
  • Custom data
  • Detailed integration-specific attributes for Metric data

NetworkSample

Data source:

NetworkSample event captures the descriptive and state information for each network device associated with a server. It includes the device's interface and address information, as well as current usage data. New Relic samples this data every 10 seconds for each attached network interface and packages it into a NetworkSample event, then sends the raw data to New Relic's collectors.

Attribute nameDefinitionData types
agentName

The name of the agent (Infrastructure).

agentVersion

The version of the New Relic Infrastructure agent.

criticalViolationCount
count

The number of times that alert conditions violated critical thresholds, causing critical violations and opening incidents. If this attribute does not exist on the sample, it has zero violations.

entityID
ID

New Relic's unique ID number for the entity that is reporting data. This is used by New Relic to distinguish between customers and their entities.

fullHostname

The fully qualified (DNS) hostname.

hardwareAddress

The unique hardware address of the interface.

hostname

The short version of the entity's name.

interfaceName

The interface name as reported by the operating system.

ipV4Address

The IP version 4 address.

ipV6Address

The IP version 6 address.

kernelVersion

The Linux kernel version, in string format.

This attribute is available only for systems on a Linux platform.

linuxDistribution

The name of the Linux distribution the server is using.

This attribute is available only for systems on a Linux platform.

operatingSystem

The operating system on which the agent is installed.

receiveBytesPerSecond
bytes (B)

The number of bytes per second received during the sampling period.

receiveDroppedPerSecond
count

The number of received packets per second dropped during the sampling period.

receiveErrorsPerSecond
count

The number of receive errors per second on the interface during the sampling period.

receivePacketsPerSecond
count

The number of packets per second (as defined by OS) received during the sampling period.

state

The state of the entity: either up or down.

timestamp

The time (date, hour, minute, second) at which the interaction occurred.

transmitBytesPerSecond
bytes (B)

The number of bytes sent per second during the sampling period.

transmitDroppedPerSecond
count

The number of dropped send packets per second during the sampling period.

transmitErrorsPerSecond
count

The number of send errors per second on the interface during the sampling period.

transmitPacketsPerSecond
count

The number of packets per second as defined by OS) sent during this sampling period.

warningViolationCount
count

The number of times that alert conditions violated warning thresholds, causing warning violations.

windowsFamily

The Windows family indicates whether the OS is a server or desktop targeted system.

This attribute is available only for systems on a Windows platform.

windowsPlatform

The full product name of the installed version of Windows.

This attribute is available only for systems on a Windows platform.

windowsVersion

The combined Windows version and build-number string of the OS.

This attribute is available only for systems on a Windows platform.