Trace Analysis Patterns (Part 239)
Tuesday, December 26th, 2023Trace Temperature is an external quantitative (a number) or qualitative (for example, “hot”, “warm”, or “cold”) trace attribute of a trace or log or its fragment such as Activity Region that measures importance of the incident:

It is one example of Trace Field. Being an external attribute, independent from content, the trace with very few or no messages (Sparse Trace) can still have very high “temperature.” However, this analysis pattern is not the same as News Value which is an internal attribute based on trace content that measures its importance.
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