Multi-application SaaS metering engine
An accurate monitoring system for a multi-tenant system monitors each data stream of the multi-tenant system and determines the identity of the tenant using each of the data streams, and the application that the tenant is accessing. Aspects of each data stream are aggregated by a bucket aggregator to track and record trends for each tenant and/or each application. The aggregated data could be filtered, sorted, and reported for accurate subscription billing for each of the tenants and/or applications within a multi-tenant system.
1. A system for measuring a usage event of at least one computer resource within a multi-tenant system, comprising:
a metering engine configured to monitor a plurality of data streams generated by monitored events of the multi-tenant system;
an identity engine configured to identify a first user who initiated an event captured by a portion of the plurality of data streams from a group of users as first user instances uniquely mapped to the first user;
a bucket aggregator configured to aggregate activity from the first user instances to create a total activity aggregate of the first user comprising monitored events;
a subscription engine configured to generate a summary of the total activity aggregate of the first user and a total activity aggregate of all instances that belong to a same zone as the first user;
a rendering engine that presents a representation of the generated summary of the total activity aggregate of the first user and the total activity aggregate of all instances that belong to a same zone as the first user to a user interface;
wherein the metering engine, the identity engine, the bucket aggregator, the subscription engine, and the rendering engine comprise stored program instructions embedded in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, and
wherein the stored program instructions are executed by a computer processor to execute a function.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the representation of the summary comprises an audible notification.
3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a throttle engine configured to shut off an access of the first user when the total activity aggregate of the first user exceeds a threshold.
4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an identity database configured to store an identity of each user in the group of users.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the representation of the summary comprises a visual notification.
6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a throttle engine configured to shut off an access of any user of the same zone when the total activity aggregate of all instances that belong to the same zone exceeds a threshold.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the captured event comprises an application event.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the captured event comprises an external event.