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New Relic NRDB actions

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This page provides a reference for New Relic NRDB actions available in the workflow automation actions catalog. These actions enable you to query the New Relic database.

Prerequisites

Before using New Relic NRDB actions in workflow automation, ensure you have:

  • A New Relic account with appropriate permissions.
  • A New Relic license key (if sending data to a different account).
  • The necessary permissions for the specific New Relic services you plan to use.

See License Key for information on how to create and manage your New Relic Account License Key.

Query NRDB

The action identifier is newrelic.nrdb.query.

Executes a cross-account NRQL query through the NerdGraph API.

The following table describes all available input fields for this action.

Input

Type

Description

Example

query

String

Required. The NRQL query statement.

accountIds

List of int

Optional. New Relic Account IDs specifying the target accounts for query execution. If not provided, the query runs against the workflow's execution account.

format

Enum

Optional. The output format for results. Accepts JSON, CSV, PSV, or TSV. Defaults to JSON.

selectors

List

Optional. The selectors to get only the specified parameters as output.

steps:
- name: queryForLog
type: action
action: newrelic.nrdb.query
version: 1
inputs:
accountIds: [12345]
query: FROM Log SELECT * WHERE message LIKE 'DEMO%'
selectors:
- name: resultsAsString
expression: '.results | tostring'

The following table describes all output fields returned by this action.

Output

Type

Description

results

List

An array of objects containing the results of the query. See Expressions property for more information.

success

Boolean

Status of the request.

errorMessage

String

Failure reason as message. Example:

{
"success": true
results=[
{ message=[INFO] - Workflow: test has ended, messageId=39af98 },
{ message=[INFO] - Workflow: test - Step query has started, messageId=649c612 },
...
]
}
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