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61 changes: 38 additions & 23 deletions src/platforms/javascript/guides/angular/components/tracehelpers.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -4,28 +4,7 @@ title: Track Angular Components

To track Angular components as part of your transactions, use any of these three options:

1. `TraceDirective` to track a duration between `OnInit` and `AfterViewInit` lifecycle hooks in template:

```javascript
import * as Sentry from "@sentry/angular";

@NgModule({
// ...
declarations: [Sentry.TraceDirective],
// ...
})
export class AppModule {}
```

Then, inside your components template, (remember that the directive name attribute is required):

```html
<app-header [trace]="'header'"></app-header>
<articles-list [trace]="'articles-list'"></articles-list>
<app-footer [trace]="'footer'"></app-footer>
```

2. `TraceClassDecorator` tracks a duration between `OnInit` and `AfterViewInit` lifecycle hooks in components:
1. `TraceClassDecorator` tracks a duration between `OnInit` and `AfterViewInit` lifecycle hooks in components:

```javascript
import { Component } from "@angular/core";
Expand All @@ -41,7 +20,7 @@ export class HeaderComponent {
}
```

3. `TraceMethodDecorator` tracks a specific lifecycle hooks as point-in-time spans in components:
2. `TraceMethodDecorator` tracks a specific lifecycle hooks as point-in-time spans in components:

```javascript
import { Component, OnInit } from "@angular/core";
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -87,3 +66,39 @@ platformBrowserDynamic()
}
})
```

3. `TraceDirective` tracks a duration between `OnInit` and `AfterViewInit` lifecycle hooks in template:

<Alert level="warning" title="Important">

Using `TraceDirective` or `TraceModule` currently causes a compiler error at application compile
time of your Angular application if AOT compilation is enabled in your application config (which it is by default).
This is a [known limitation](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/issues/3282) of our current
Angular SDK (v6.*) and it will be [adressed and fixed](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/issues/4644)
in our next major Angular SDK release (v7).
In the meantime, please use options 1 (`TraceClassDecorator`) and 2 (`TraceMethodDecorator`)
above to track your Angular components.

</Alert>

Import `TraceModule` either globally in your application's `app.module.ts` file or locally in the module(s)
you want to track your components:

```javascript
import * as Sentry from "@sentry/angular";

@NgModule({
// ...
imports: [Sentry.TraceModule],
// ...
})
export class AppModule {}
```

Then, inside your components template, (remember that the directive name attribute is required):

```html
<app-header [trace]="'header'"></app-header>
<articles-list [trace]="'articles-list'"></articles-list>
<app-footer [trace]="'footer'"></app-footer>
```