Monitor transactions

Transactions let you keep track of any process inside your application with a beginning and an end. For example, a transaction could be a process such as registration, login, or a purchase.

A transaction is basically an event that starts and then finishes in one of three ways:

• The transaction is completed normally, resulting in a status of "SUCCESS".
• The transaction is cancelled by the user, possibly because the process took too much time to complete, resulting in a status of "CANCEL".
• The transaction failed because the app crashed, resulting in a status of "FAIL".

Use the following methods to work with transactions.

• To start a transaction, use the transactionStart: method.
• To stop a transaction, use the transactionStop: method.
• To cancel a transaction with a reason, use the transactionCancel:reason: method.

To identify slow transactions that negatively affect the user experience, monitor how long transactions take to complete by going to the Transactions dashboard in Splunk MINT Management Console.

Example code

// Objective-C

NSString* c = @"MintTransaction";
[[Mint sharedInstance] transactionStart:transactionId andResultBlock:^(TransactionStartResult *transactionStartResult)
{
    NSString* message = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Transaction with ID:%@ %@", transactionId, transactionStartResult.transactionStatus == SuccessfullyStartedTransaction ? @"started successfully" : @"failed to start"];
    NSLog(@"%@", message);
}];
// Continue your code...
// Do something in a block method. End the transaction so you can track that
// in your dashboard to resolve an issue or for monitoring.
[[Mint sharedInstance] transactionStop:transactionId andResultBlock:^(TransactionStopResult *transactionStopResult)
{
    NSString* message = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Transaction with ID:%@ %@", transactionId, transactionStopResult.transactionStatus == UserSuccessfullyStoppedTransaction ? @"stopped successfully" : @"failed to stop"];
    NSLog(@"%@", message);
}];

// Swift 

let transactionID:String = "MintTransactionID"
Mint.sharedInstance().transactionStart(transactionID, andResultBlock:
{ (transactionStartResult: TransactionStartResult!) -> Void in let result = transactionStartResult.transactionStatus.value == SuccessfullyStartedTransaction.value ? "OK" : "Failed" println("Transaction Started: \(result)") }

)

Mint.sharedInstance().transactionStop("TransactionId", andResultBlock:
{ (transactionStopResult: TransactionStopResult!) -> Void in let result = transactionStopResult.transactionStatus.value == UserSuccessfullyStoppedTransaction.value ? "OK" : "Failed" println("Transaction Stopped: \(result)") }

)