Required Signals for App Insights

Although there are many fields that are relevant to signals, this topic describes which fields are required for each type of signal. Without these fields, reports and dashboards may not function as expected.

Report	Signal Types Used	Required Field	Type	Description	Example
Search queries	✘ Annotation ✅ Click ✘ Login ✅ Request ✅ Response	query	string	Terms of the query.	physics
Facets used	✘ Annotation ✘ Click ✘ Login ✅ Request ✘ Response	filter_field	array of string	List of filters associated with the query, which in turn is associated with signal.	["categories_s"]
Facet filters applied	✘ Annotation ✘ Click ✘ Login ✅ Request ✘ Response	filter	array of string	List of applied filters associated with the query, which in turn is associated with signal.	["categories_s/math.OA"]
Application servers	✘ Annotation ✅ Click ✘ Login ✅ Request ✘ Response	host	string	Host name of the server that is hosting the app, which in turn is generating the signal.	lucidworks
Response times	✘ Annotation ✘ Click ✘ Login ✘ Request ✅ Response	time	number	Response time (in milliseconds).	17
URLs clicked	✘ Annotation ✅ Click ✘ Login ✘ Request ✘ Response	url	string	URL of the page that was selected from the search results. This typically results from a click signal.	http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0611688v1
Search pages	✘ Annotation ✘ Click ✘ Login ✅ Request ✘ Response	page_title	string	Title of the page that the signal originated from.	Search Preview
Search platforms	✘ Annotation ✅ Click ✘ Login ✅ Request ✅ Response	platform	string	Name of the search platform.	fusion
Visitor countries	✘ Annotation ✅ Click ✘ Login ✅ Request ✘ Response	geo_country_name	string	Originating country of the user.	United States
Visitor cities	✘ Annotation ✅ Click ✘ Login ✅ Request ✘ Response	geo_city_name	string	Originating city of the user.	San Francisco
Browsers	✘ Annotation ✅ Click ✘ Login ✅ Request ✘ Response	browser_name	string	Name of the browser that generated the signal.	Firefox
Operating System	✘ Annotation ✅ Click ✘ Login ✅ Request ✘ Response	os_name	string	Name of the operating system used by the user.	Ubuntu
Device types	✘ Annotation ✅ Click ✘ Login ✅ Request ✘ Response	os_device	string	Type of the device used by the user.	Computer
Websites people are coming from	✘ Annotation ✅ Click ✘ Login ✘ Request ✘ Response	referrer_domain	string	URL of the page that the signal originated from.	http://www.google.com
Users	✘ Annotation ✅ Click ✘ Login ✅ Request ✘ Response	user_id	string	Unique ID for the user that generated the signal.	admin
User domains	N/A	domain	string	Domain of the user that generated the signal.	lucidworks.com
Types of event	✅ Annotation ✅ Click ✅ Login ✅ Request ✅ Response	type	string	Type of the signal.	click
Head Tail analysis	✘ Annotation			This report is populated by running a head tail job in Fusion. With a collection called foo, for example, run the foo_head_tail job.	N/A
✅ Click	type	string	N/A
✅ Click	query	string	N/A
✘ Login			N/A
✘ Request			N/A
✅ Response	count_i	number	N/A

The fields mentioned above are defined as follows:

Field Name	Example Value	Description
count_i	1	Number of times an interaction event occurred with this item
doc_id	NMDDV	Product ID or Item ID
query	xwearabletech	A query string from the user
session_id	91aa66d11af44b6c90ccef44d055cf9a	Id for session in which user generated the signal
type	quick_view_click	Type of session the user used to interact with the platform
user_id	11506893	ID of user during the session
timestamp_tdt	2018-11-20T17:58:57.650Z	Time when signal was generated

Some signal types, including custom signal types, may include additional fields.