Scope

This document describes the Core Data Feed (CDF) in Beeks Analytics. The CDF enables you to stream analytics data like network telemetry, network session information, network metrics, and business information, e.g., correlated business transactions, for visualisation and insights.
The purpose of this document is to explain the supported data streams, their use, format, and configuration. 

Audience

This document has been created for technical users that want to understand the capabilities of Beeks Analytics Core Data Feed, our recommended data transport mechanisms, configuration, and advice for troubleshooting.

Document Highlights

• The Overview of Beeks Analytics Interfaces section summarises the interfaces to Beeks Analytics, including the Core Data Feed.

• The Key benefits of the CDF and Beeks Analytics architecture section explains the value you will gain by using the Core Data Feed.

• The CDF key concepts section explains each of the data streams and the type of data they stream, provides a short overview of how data flows to the consumer, and the format that the data takes.

• The Core Data Feed can be set up to use a variety of data transport solutions including Apache Kafka. These are described in section Supported Data Transport solutions

• In section Implementation and Configuration, we provide implementation instructions that use Kafka to send data from Beeks Analytics to the Consumer.

• Finally, in section Insights we provide a brief description of how we enable you to monitor performance of the CDF data streams.