Pega cloud database storage reporting

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Hello,

I would like to know if there is any reporting/metric available for gathering information on the points below.

We are in Pega cloud and there are 5 apps used. From PDC system resources->Database and my pega cloud portal, the DB storage allocation and usage with regards to an environment can be seen. Would like to know if any metric or report exists for DB storage used data grouped by applications.

1.Gather DB storage usage data for each application and environment.

2.Analyse historical storage growth trends.

  1. Storage predictions for each application.

Thanks.

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@AsifN213

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Based on research of the current documentation, Pega Cloud doesn’t currently offer built-in predictive analytics specifically for forecasting future database storage needs per application. The monitoring tools are primarily focused on current and historical usage rather than predictive modeling.

Current Database Storage Reporting Capabilities

1. Gathering DB storage usage data by application and environment:
The Pega Diagnostic Center (PDC) and My Pega Cloud portal provide visibility into database storage usage, but with some limitations:

  • In PDC, under System Resources > Database > Metrics, you can review database space used over time for your environment as a whole
  • The My Pega Cloud portal (Environments section > View details) shows the amount and percentage of database storage used for each environment

However, these tools don’t currently offer built-in functionality to automatically group or categorize database storage usage by individual applications within an environment. The metrics primarily focus on environment-level database utilization rather than application-specific breakdowns.

2. Historical storage growth trends:
PDC does offer historical trend analysis capabilities:

  • You can evaluate usage trends for the last month and the last three months
  • The system calculates the average amount of additional space consumed and the average increase per day
  • This data can help identify if your database space usage is continually trending upward

Again, these trends are provided at the environment level rather than broken down by individual applications.

3. Storage predictions for each application:
Based on my research of the current documentation, Pega Cloud doesn’t currently offer built-in predictive analytics specifically for forecasting future database storage needs per application. The monitoring tools are primarily focused on current and historical usage rather than predictive modeling.

Possible Approaches

Since you’re looking to understand storage usage across your five applications, you might consider:

  1. Using PDC’s database table metrics (System Resources > Database > Tables > Schema) to analyze which tables correspond to which applications and manually track their growth over time
  2. Implementing custom tracking or reporting using Business Intelligence Exchange (BIX) to extract application data into formats that can be analyzed with external BI tools
  3. Opening a support case with Pega to inquire if there are any upcoming features or custom solutions available for application-specific database storage reporting

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@MarijeSchillern - Thank you for the information.