Visualize how services are linked together for each business flow
Yes! There are several ways to visualize service connections and business flows. Let me show you using AWS X-Ray Service Map and a custom Mermaid diagram for business flow visualization.
For more detailed business flow visualization:
And here's how to track these flows in AWS X-Ray:
// Lambda Instrumentation for Token Provisioning
const AWSXRay = require('aws-xray-sdk');
const AWS = AWSXRay.captureAWS(require('aws-sdk'));
exports.handler = async (event) => {
// Create custom subsegment for business flow
const segment = AWSXRay.getSegment();
const subsegment = segment.addNewSubsegment('TokenProvisioningFlow');
try {
// Add business context
subsegment.addAnnotation('WalletProvider', event.walletProvider);
subsegment.addAnnotation('Issuer', event.issuer);
subsegment.addAnnotation('FlowType', 'TokenProvisioning');
// Add business metrics
subsegment.addMetadata('requestContext', {
correlationId: event.correlationId,
requestTime: new Date().toISOString(),
cardProductType: event.cardProduct
});
// Track flow steps
const validationSubsegment = subsegment.addNewSubsegment('RequestValidation');
// Validation logic
validationSubsegment.close();
const tokenizationSubsegment = subsegment.addNewSubsegment('TokenGeneration');
// Token generation logic
tokenizationSubsegment.close();
const storageSubsegment = subsegment.addNewSubsegment('TokenStorage');
// Storage logic
storageSubsegment.close();
} catch (error) {
subsegment.addError(error);
throw error;
} finally {
subsegment.close();
}
};
// CloudWatch Metrics for Flow Tracking
const cloudwatch = new AWS.CloudWatch();
async function trackFlowMetrics(flowStep, status, duration) {
await cloudwatch.putMetricData({
Namespace: 'TokenServices/BusinessFlow',
MetricData: [
{
MetricName: 'FlowStepDuration',
Dimensions: [
{ Name: 'FlowStep', Value: flowStep },
{ Name: 'Status', Value: status }
],
Value: duration,
Unit: 'Milliseconds'
}
]
}).promise();
}
To visualize these flows in Grafana or QuickSight:
Grafana Service Map Panel:
Shows real-time service connections
Indicates request volume through line thickness
Colors indicate service health
Shows latency between services
QuickSight Business Flow Analysis:
Success rates per flow step
Time spent in each stage
Failure points analysis
Volume trends
Monitoring Setup:
Metrics to Track:
- Flow step duration
- Success rate per step
- Error rate per step
- Service dependencies
- Business outcomes
Dimensions:
- WalletProvider
- Issuer
- FlowType
- StepName
- Status
Would you like me to:
Add more detail to specific flow steps?
Show how to set up specific monitoring for each step?
Create dashboard examples for flow visualization?
Add error handling and recovery flows?
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