Start custom transaction in Ruby APM - Atatus Docs

start_transaction function is used to start a new transaction. For supported frameworks, Atatus Ruby agent will automatically capture the transactions. This function can be used to instrument unsupported frameworks or background operations.

Compatibility

Rails 4.2 and above.
Sinatra 1.0 and above.

Syntax

Atatus.start_transaction('Name')

Parameter	Type	Description
name	String (Required)	Transaction name.

Example

Example for sample custom transaction

def handle_request

    Atatus.start_transaction("Name");
    # TODO: your operations
    Atatus.end_transaction();
end

See also

End Transaction.