diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_views.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_views.py
index 4dfbaac28b..3eab8bdc42 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_views.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from django.urls import reverse, reverse_lazy
 from freezegun import freeze_time
 from markupsafe import escape
 from milestones.tests.utils import MilestonesTestCaseMixin
-from mock import MagicMock, PropertyMock, create_autospec, patch
+from mock import MagicMock, PropertyMock, call, create_autospec, patch
 from opaque_keys.edx.locator import BlockUsageLocator, CourseLocator
 from pytz import UTC
 from six import text_type
@@ -3162,12 +3162,16 @@ class DatesTabTestCase(ModuleStoreTestCase):
             deadline=now + timedelta(days=2)
         )
 
+        self.user = UserFactory()
+        self.client.login(username=self.user.username, password=TEST_PASSWORD)
+
     def _get_response(self, course):
         """ Returns the HTML for the progress page """
         return self.client.get(reverse('dates', args=[six.text_type(course.id)]))
 
     @RELATIVE_DATES_FLAG.override(active=True)
-    def test_defaults(self):
+    @patch('edx_django_utils.monitoring.set_custom_metric')
+    def test_defaults(self, mock_set_custom_metric):
         enrollment = CourseEnrollmentFactory(course_id=self.course.id, user=self.user, mode=CourseMode.VERIFIED)
         now = datetime.now(utc)
         with self.store.bulk_operations(self.course.id):
@@ -3210,7 +3214,15 @@ class DatesTabTestCase(ModuleStoreTestCase):
                     'mode': enrollment.mode
                 }
 
+                expected_calls = [
+                    call('course_id', text_type(self.course.id)),
+                    call('user_id', self.user.id),
+                    call('is_staff', self.user.is_staff),
+                ]
+
                 response = self._get_response(self.course)
+
+                mock_set_custom_metric.assert_has_calls(expected_calls, any_order=True)
                 self.assertContains(response, subsection.display_name)
                 # Show the Verification Deadline for everyone
                 self.assertContains(response, 'Verification Deadline')
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views/views.py
index 03961b27e1..0fcbba66c0 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views/views.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from django.views.decorators.clickjacking import xframe_options_exempt
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import ensure_csrf_cookie
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_GET, require_http_methods, require_POST
 from django.views.generic import View
+from edx_django_utils import monitoring as monitoring_utils
 from edx_django_utils.monitoring import set_custom_metrics_for_course_key
 from edxnotes.helpers import is_feature_enabled
 from ipware.ip import get_ip
@@ -1060,8 +1061,13 @@ def dates(request, course_id):
     Display the course's dates.html, or 404 if there is no such course.
     Assumes the course_id is in a valid format.
     """
-
     course_key = CourseKey.from_string(course_id)
+
+    # Enable NR tracing for this view based on course
+    monitoring_utils.set_custom_metric('course_id', text_type(course_key))
+    monitoring_utils.set_custom_metric('user_id', request.user.id)
+    monitoring_utils.set_custom_metric('is_staff', request.user.is_staff)
+
     course = get_course_with_access(request.user, 'load', course_key, check_if_enrolled=False)
     course_date_blocks = get_course_date_blocks(course, request.user, request,
                                                 include_access=True, include_past_dates=True)