What happens when user tracking is disabled in Dynatrace?

When user tracking is disabled in Dynatrace, the correlation of anonymous connections is lost. This means that Dynatrace will no longer be able to associate specific user actions with anonymous user sessions. As a result, it becomes challenging to analyze and understand user behavior within the application, which can hinder efforts to optimize user experience and troubleshoot issues that may arise during interactions with the application.

By tracking user interactions, organizations can gain insights into how users navigate their applications, identify pain points, and enhance usability based on real user data. Without user tracking, this valuable information is not gathered, reducing the granularity of performance monitoring related to user actions. Therefore, while there may be potential implications for server load, application performance, or security, the most direct impact of disabling user tracking is the inability to correlate the activity from anonymous connections effectively.