Splunk® ITSI Module for Continuous Delivery

Install and Configure the Splunk ITSI Module for Continuous Delivery

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Adjust KPIs and thresholds for the ITSI Continuous Delivery module

The default KPI calculation window for this module is Last 15 minutes, and calculation interval is Every 5 minutes. Adjust the search calculation interval for each supported add-on to match the five minute ITSI module calculation interval.

Adjust the search calculation time for this module:

  1. Within ITSI, click Configure > KPI Base Searches.
  2. Navigate to the KPI you wish to modify, and select Edit > Clone.
  3. Name your cloned KPI base search and click Clone Page.
  4. Click on the KPI you wish to modify.
  5. Navigate to KPI Search Schedule, and select Every 5 Minutes from the dropdown menu.
  6. Click Save.

KPIs for the Continuous Delivery Module are broken down into five groups:

  • Continuous Delivery: Build
  • Continuous Delivery: Development
  • Continuous Delivery: Planning
  • Continuous Delivery: Release
  • Continuous Delivery: Test

When creating a service, select the KPIs you want from the groups listed on the Create Service page.

CD Module KPI groups2.png

Continuous Delivery: Build

KPI Name Description Unit Type Threshold Values
Average Build Duration Amount of time the builds take. minutes Adaptive
Build Success Rate Percent of builds succeeding % Normal > 90

High > 50 Critical > 10

Continuous Delivery: Development

KPI Name Description Unit Type Threshold Values
Critical Issues Number of critical issues remaining. N/A Adaptive
Efforts in Progress Equivalent of number of stories or epics in progress. N/A Adaptive
Incoming/outgoing Resolution Ratio Ratio of under/overutilized dev capacity. % Critical > 1.5

High > 1 Normal > 0

MTTR Mean time to resolve a ticket. hrs Adaptive
Percentage Efforts In Progress Equivalent of number of stories or epics in progress. % Adaptive


Continuous Delivery: Planning

KPI Name Description Unit Type Threshold Values
Effort Scoped Equivalent of number of stories that have story points. % Normal > 90

High > 50 Critical > 10

Total Effort This is equivalent of total story points for a feature. N/A Adaptive

Continuous Delivery: Release

KPI Name Description Unit Type Threshold Values
Time to Effort Completion Mean time to close a ticket from progress start. hrs Adaptive

Continuous Delivery: Test

KPI Name Description Unit Type Threshold Values
Average Test Duration Amount of time the tests take. minutes Adaptive
Incoming/outgoing Closing Ratio Ratio of under/overutilized test capacity. % Critical > 1.5

High > 1 Normal > 0

MTTC Mean time to close a ticket. hrs Adaptive
Test Success Rate Percent of tests succeeding. % Normal > 90

High > 50 Critical > 10

Last modified on 05 August, 2019
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® ITSI Module for Continuous Delivery: 1.0.0


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