Splunk® ITSI Module for Continuous Delivery

Install and Configure the Splunk ITSI Module for Continuous Delivery

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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