[Goal] Build the Metrics Platform control plane
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	Feb 22 2023, 11:25 PM

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Background

As part of the Data Platform Product Vision and Roadmap for FY 23/24, the Metrics Platform Clients will be managed by a control layer UI (heretofore Control Plane) that will enable centralized administration of instrumentation, schemas, etc.

See Phases 3+4 of the Data Platform Product Vision and Roadmap

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Metrics Platform control layer (web app) requirements (high level)

Metrics Platform Clients can be used for easy instrumentation of events
Centralized and consistent way to run experiments (AB Tests, MAB Tests etc).
Control layer UI allows for centralized management of instrumentation schemas, including privacy and security enforcement.
Custom Data can be configured from within the control layer
Destination of where to write data can also be selected.

Not just stream creation but feature mgm't as well

Specific: What do we want to achieve?

Build a control plane interface for administering instrumentation of events using Metrics Platform client libraries.

Measurable: How will we know when we've reached our goal?

When the UI is in production and end users can effectively dispatch events to specified streams by submitting a form.

Achievable: What support will we need to achieve our goal?

Database for backend
Frontend interface for submitting events to specific streams

Relevant: Is this goal worthwhile?

As part of the improvement effort of WMF's infrastructure platform, the Metrics Platform Client libraries and an associated centralized management system will dramatically reduce the friction of rolling out instruments for feature management, A/B testing, experiments.

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Open	None	T330354 [Goal] Build the Metrics Platform control plane
Open	None	T331514 [Goal] M1: Metrics Platform: Control Plane: Analytics instrumentation stream management UI
Resolved	cjming	T331516 Design and get approval for database schema
Declined	cjming	T331518 Read views
Resolved	cjming	T331531 Build the create view of the MPIC
Invalid	None	T331533 Read view: One-click renewal
Resolved	cjming	T331534 Build the update view of the MPIC
Invalid	None	T331537 Make the EventStreamConfig API return instrumentation streams from the database
Open	None	T333829 Format log entries on Special:Log/…
Invalid	None	T333830 Restrict access to Special:InstrumentationStreams
Invalid	None	T333834 Read view: One-click disable
Duplicate	None	T334865 Read view: One click disable
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Open	None	T334196 [Goal] M2: Analytics instrumentation stream management UI: Show live and historic event rates
Open	None	T334241 Create a service to serve live and historic event rates

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cjming created this task.Feb 22 2023, 11:25 PM

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I met with @AnneT for a preliminary discussion about what Codex components are available and which components are being planned.

Taking a stab at initial requirements for the control plane, we'll likely need the following components:

Buttons - currently available
Dropdown menu - available as a Select component
Table to display tabular data - currently in planning stages (see T303320)
Datepicker for expiring instruments - not yet planned, no task

As we plan for building the control plane (most likely as a MediaWiki page), we can help contribute/upstream components back to Codex.

AnneT added a project: Design-System-Team.Feb 23 2023, 2:43 PM

AnneT moved this task from Inbox to Following on the Design-System-Team board.

cjming updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 23 2023, 5:11 PM

phuedx mentioned this in T331069: [Spike] What is the best way for our analyst to visualize active schemas?.Mar 3 2023, 10:31 AM

phuedx moved this task from Metrics Platform Kanban to Event Stream Control Plane on the Metrics Platform Backlog board.Mar 16 2023, 2:44 PM

phuedx edited projects, added Metrics Platform Backlog; removed Metrics Platform Backlog (Metrics Platform Kanban).

@cjming FYI, we're working on a task to enable the use of more input type attributes in the TextInput component, including date and a few other date-time-related types. This would enable you to use the TextInput component as a date input with the browser-provided datepicker UI. You can test out an example here. This might be a workable solution if you didn't want to build a full DatePicker component!