Creating the Next Version of an Existing Metric Extension

Before creating the next version of an existing metric extension, you must have Edit privileges on the extension you are versioning or be the extension creator.

To create next version of an existing metric extension:

  1. From the Enterprise menu, select Monitoring, then select Metric Extensions.
  2. From the Metric Extensions page, determine which extensions are accessible. The page displays the list of metric extensions along with target type, owner, production version and deployment information.
  3. Select the metric extension to be versioned.
  4. From the Actions menu, select Create Next Version.
  5. Update the metric extension as needed. The target type, and extension name cannot be edited, but all other general properties can be modified. There are also restrictions on metric columns modifications. See Note in Creating a New Metric Extension section for more details.
  6. From the Test page, add available test targets.
  7. Click Run Test to validate the metric extension. The extension is deployed to the test targets specified by the user and a real-time collection is executed. Afterwards, the metric extension is automatically undeployed. The results and any errors are added to the Test Results region.
  8. Repeat the edit /test cycle until the metric extension returns data as expected.
  9. Click Finish.