Feature Request
Ability to view summary of distinct values of a field across all error instances in a group
OmerRaviv
I would like to request a feature that I believe will solve the needs of many others who have requested similar things:
https://raygun.io/thinktank/suggestion/13644
https://raygun.io/thinktank/suggestion/2486
https://raygun.io/thinktank/suggestion/1536
https://raygun.io/thinktank/suggestion/5755
https://raygun.io/thinktank/suggestion/7548
I suggest that next to EVERY field in an error report, including Custom fields there will be a button for "View Field Summary". This will print out a summary of the distinct values that field receive for every error in that error group. So for instance, for Browser, it will print out a table that looks like:
Browser | Error Reports | Affected Users
Chrome | 5255 | 18
FireFox | 25222 | 97
I really wouldn't mind if it took a short while for this summary to appear while it's querying the database, but the ability to view the aggregate information about an error group is right now sorely lacking from RayGun. While it is true that this ability is especially important for fields like Tag, Version, Operating System Version etc, it is applicable to almost every field, and especially useful for Custom data. While it is true that custom data in RayGun is unstructured and therefore this feature might produce strange looking results in some cases (e.g. if a field is an arbitrary number like "Available Physical Memory"), the advantages of having it available on every field is enormous.
In my use case, as a Visual Studio extension author, I have a custom field that tells me what version of Visual Studio is being used. Not being able to view the distinct values of this custom field within an error group means I get a LOT less value out of RayGun than I could have, and leaves me (like the others who have posted on your forums) wanting to export my data out of RayGun in order to be able to actually make sense of it.
mike
Posted on
Aug 28 2024
This has been on my Raygun wishlist for years. Airbrake may have plenty of flaws of its own, but it does aggregations very well: https://docs.airbrake.io/docs/features/custom-aggregations/ – this is an incredibly powerful tool for error debugging.