An operations team is analyzing the effort needed to set up monitoring of their application...

To monitor an application network and predict issues without custom scripts, policy violation metrics are critical. They provide insights into potential problems by tracking instances where API usage does not conform to defined policies. Here’s why this approach is suitable:

Predictive Monitoring:

Tracking API policy violations (such as rate limits or spike controls being hit) can indicate surges in traffic or misuse, which may lead to throttling or service degradation if not addressed.

By monitoring these violations, teams can proactively adjust limits or optimize API handling to prevent actual failures.

No Custom Scripting Needed:

Policy violation metrics are available within MuleSoft’s Anypoint Monitoring, meaning there’s no need to implement custom solutions or external tools to gather and interpret this data.

Explanation of Incorrect Options:

Option B (effectiveness based on reuse) does not directly predict failures.

Option C (past invocation counts) offers historical usage data but does not inherently identify issues.

Option D (ROI from API invocation) is a business metric and does not provide technical insights for failure prediction.

ReferencesFor more details on leveraging policy violation metrics for proactive monitoring, refer to MuleSoft documentation on Anypoint Monitoring​​.