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A community member asks...  "I would like to know how the licensing works when instrumenting AppD and lambda.  Is it just another agent license consumed?"    Answer:  Lambda monitoring does not consume APM agent licenses, but is charged on a consumption basis through Marketplace: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B07TDBFM5Q?qid=1571885810549&sr=0-1&ref_=srh_res_product_title ... View more

What is the Idea Exchange? The Idea Exchange is a place for AppDynamics customers to submit, vote, and discuss product enhancements and problems that need innovative thinking. Once an idea is submitted, customers are able to vote and comment on all ideas.   Here's what you need to know to participate in the Idea Exchange: How do I Access the Idea Exchange?  How does the Idea Exchange work?  What information do I need to include in my Idea submission?  Idea Status  Idea Labels    How do I Access the Idea Exchange? First, sign in to the community and then navigate to the Idea Exchange: https://community.appdynamics.com/t5/Idea-Exchange/idb-p/ideas            Please note: the Idea Exchange is currently only accessible to a small group of early-access customers. If you're among this small group of early-access customers, you'll be notified by your AppDynamics rep or receive an email invitation. The Idea Exchange will be more widely available in the coming months.   How does the Idea Exchange work? Search Idea Exchange. If your idea or a similar idea already exists in the Idea Exchange, add comments and vote for the existing one. Please don't submit duplicate ideas. Community managers will merge duplicate ideas together.   Upvote and Comment. If the idea already exists, vote it up and add your own experiences and details. The more we know, the better the chances the idea may come to fruition. Please come back often to review and vote on submitted ideas. Read Guidelines and Submit a New Idea. Read through this guide and submit a well-thought-out idea. Rally for votes. Once your idea has been submitted, we encourage you to influence your peers and fellow community members to bolster your idea. Keep tabs on status. It is our commitment to you to be as transparent and communicative as we can be regarding Idea Exchange submission processes and status. While we can make no promises, we can help you be heard. See the list of possible idea status and their descriptions , below.   What information do I need to include in my Idea submission? Be sure to start with a clear problem statement. Rather than jumping to a solution, tell us what's causing you pain and why you need this idea to be implemented in the product. Including use cases, business impact, and workaround(s) used can strengthen your idea.   Product Label>> Also, choose at least one from the predefined list of product labels to help categorize the idea. See that list of predefined labels and their descriptions, below.    Idea Tags>> You may choose to write-in a freeform tag for the purpose of calling out keyword(s) that might help further identify and help someone find your idea. There is no need to duplicate the product label as a tag. Tags is not a required field.    Note: if an idea is submitted missing some or all of the information above, you will be contacted to complete before your idea may be ready to vote on.   Idea Status New: First 30 Days This idea is in its initial 30-day period from the date of submission. Please vote on and provide comments and feedback. Your inputs give this idea as much visibility as possible and it's best shot! Need More Info Additional information is required to determine the customer impact of this submission. This idea cannot be further evaluated without more information. Help out where you can to unstick this idea! Open For Comment After the initial 30-day new idea period, aging submissions will receive a status of Open for Comment. It's important to keep the momentum going on this idea to move it along, so please continue to actively vote and give feedback on this idea submission. Get this idea noticed! We're Working On It This idea submission is now in the product backlog. The product management team is in active conversation to work on this idea with the community. Please continue to vote, provide comment/feedback to further bolster or otherwise help the process along. Watch for AppDynamics product team comments as applicable.   Not Planned Yet This idea may have been reviewed and deemed as “not planned yet” for various reasons including: it does not fit with the current product roadmap, low demand, lack of strategic fit, lack of tech feasibility, too heavy of a lift, etc. Please continue to actively vote on and give feedback on this idea submission. Please provide more use cases that could bolster it back into contention. Now Available Success! This idea has come to fruition and is now available in the AppDynamics product./span> Thanks for influencing and contributing to this customer-driven enhancement.   Idea Labels When you submit an idea/feature enhancement request to the Idea Exchange, please choose at least one label from this list. You can also choose an optional secondary label from these options.   Accounts Admin An AppDynamics administrator’s ability to register their users and manage those user’s access to AppDynamics.com services (e.g., Learn, Help, Community).   Agents An agent is code that collects and reports data. Agents can refer to languages (Java, Node.js, Python, etc), machines (hardware and network data), databases, etc. Tag and Agent: All Agents; SAP; IBM; DCI (Deep Code Insights) Powered by Rookout   Alerts and Health Rules An alert is an Email, SMS, or customized external notification interface that notifies you of a problem or event.   Analytics and BiQ Business Impact. This provides business performance correlation with application performance. Includes Analytics Search, Business Journeys, Experience Level Management, Transaction Analytics, Custom Data Collection, Log Analytics.   Browser Real User Monitoring   Browser Synthetic Monitoring   Connected Devices (Mobile) All mobile apps and devices — e.g., Mobile Phones and IoT sensors/devices    Controller Collects, stores, analyzes and baselines performance data collected by agents. UI and Display.   Controller Admin An account owner’s ability to administer controller identity settings, users, groups, and permissions.   Dashboards and Reports This covers all dashboarding within AppDynamics, including Dash Studio, the legacy Custom Dashboards, and the Analytics dashboard builder.    Databases  Relational and/or NoSQL databases being monitored by AppDynamics Database Visibility. Databases can include Couchbase, DB2, MongoDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQLand Sybase, as well as cloud-hosted DBaaS offerings from Amazon, Microsoft or Google.   Extensions Monitoring modules that are plugged into a machine agent or machine agent enabled for Server Visibility (sometimes called a SIM agent) to push "custom metrics" into the AppDynamics platform. Custom metrics are metrics not provided by default from AppDynamics agents.   Integrations Modules that integrate AppDynamics with third party systems by exporting AppDynamics business entities like applications, tiers, nodes, business transactions, backends, events, metrics, etc. into the third party platform. It may also include importing some of the third party systems' business entities into AppDynamics. May also include Software Development Kits (SDKs).   IoT for Connected Devices   Licensing   Mobile Apps Native mobile apps provided by AppDynamics for iOS and Android. These apps provide mobile-tailored user experiences and are available to all users of AppDynamics.   Mobile Real User Monitoring   My Profile and My Account All things related to your AppDynamics profile and your preferences. Note: this is your profile/account for appdynamics.com services. NOT the controller account or profile.   Networking   Notifications   On premises (On prem) Refers to an AppDynamics installation where the Controller is installed on machines under the company's own administration.   Other Use it for catch-all purposes. If you are not able to find a relevant label in the available selections. Please do add relevant freeform tag(s) to help us categorize and surface your idea.   Root Cause Analysis (RCA)   SaaS AppDynamics platform and applications delivered as SaaS - includes security of SaaS environment (i.e. SOC 2 items), data privacy requirements for SaaS specifically, upgrade experience, maintenance notifications and availability reporting via the status page.   Servers ... View more

Table of Contents Feature Enhancements Heads Up - What Else You Should Know BETA Programs Resolved Isses Get Started Ask a Question   In April, we released the v4.5.9 Controller and Enterprise Console. Below are key enhancements, recent Agent updates, and resolved issues associated with this release. Please note: customers are advised to check backward compatibility in the Agent and Controller Compatibility documentation.   What are the highlights I should know about? These release highlights are the newest features and capabilities at-a-glance this month. In the grid below, we’ve flagged who may be most interested or impacted in your organization by feature enhancement.   Product Enhancement User and Performance Analyst Admin and Implementer Developer Serverless APM for AWS Lambda End-to-end business transaction visibility through Java microservices deployed in the AWS Lambda environment ✓ ✓ ✓ Database Monitoring Couchbase: Bucket Visibility ✓ ✓   ✓  Blocking Sessions ✓ ✓   ✓   Analytics (Business iQ) Role-based Access Control for Business Journeys and Experience Level Management   ✓   ✓   Application Performance Java support enhancements ✓ ✓ ✓   Serverless APM for AWS Lambda: Limited Availability We’re bringing the power of the AppDynamics end-to-end Business Transaction context to microservices deployed in the Amazon serverless environment.  We have released a new special purpose “Serverless Compute” APM family, the first iteration of which is delivered in the form of a tracer library , focused on supporting AWS Lambda functions implemented in Java. Read more about the limited availability and how to get started .   Couchbase: Bucket Visibility Couchbase is a multi-model database, offering document oriented and distributed key value features. AppDynamics Database Visibility 4.5.0 focused on support for document oriented use-cases; this new feature gives full visibility into both models, with deep-dive drill down into bucket level metrics and other KPI’s required to monitor and manage a distributed key value store. Read documentation for details .   Blocking Sessions AppDynamics Database Visibility has been updated to offer enhanced visibility of locking and blocking in supported relational database environments. Enhancements include the ability to view and analyze more locking events, show increased details of the lock type and locked object, and show the query text of the blocking session (when available). Read documentation for details .   Role-based Access Control for Business Journeys and Experience Level Management Role-based Access Control (RBAC) is now available for Business Journeys and Experience Level Management (XLM). This new capability will allow customers to manage who has access and manage what data they have access to for Business Journeys and XLM. RBAC strengthens data security and safeguards against data leakage. Read documentation for details.   Java support enhancements Java agent v4.5.9 adds support for transaction detection and correlation for applications built on the latest, 3.6, release of the Vert.x framework.  It also provides detection and correlation for HTTP Business Transactions implemented using the latest, 4.1, version of the popular Mule enterprise service bus, extending end to end transaction visibility to applications using these frameworks.    Heads Up - What Else You Should Know There is a new versioning scheme for Mobile Real User Monitoring (MRUM) . The new Agent versioning will reflect the release of features and high priority bug fixes at an increased pace; this means faster access to relevant Agent updates for customers. Since the Agent versioning is not in direct sequence with the Controller, customers should check the Mobile Agent Version and Deployment Support Matrix before upgrades. Documentation is now available in Japanese language for AppDynamics Essentials , Application Monitoring , and Platform . Navigate to docs then switch language preference in the footer (located in the lower left hand side of your screen) to Japanese.   See What’s Coming! Join a BETA today We’re currently running a BETA program and we’re looking for new participants: [update] Network Visibility for Java Applications on Windows is no longer running a beta program.  Resolved Issues The issues below were resolved for improved customer experience. A complete list of resolved issues is available in Documentation Release Notes.    App iQ Platform  Health rule affected entities created using Flex may not be displayed in an HTML screen ( ALERT-2760) Actions get triggered even though action suppression period is on ( ALERT-3103) NullPointerException occurs and health rules continue to be evaluated even after the cron schedule for the health rule ends ( ALERT-3109) Selected color is not displayed consistently by stacked column on account (UIPLATF-6049) .NET node memory HTML screen displays incorrect data unlike the old flex screen ( UIPLATF-5898) Language Agent Not able to edit Thread Dump Collection Interval (APMPLAT-9652) Setting PHP MVC custom match rules in the Controller UI results in exceptions when the backend creates the rule for the agent AND custom STRUTS rule (Java) to use (APMPLAT-10115) Unable to persist segment number for Custom Service Endpoint with payload splitting (APMPLAT-11018) Exception occurs while creating or editing a PHP MVC custom match rule in Java (APMPLAT-11026)  Java Agent ClassFormatError – if any class implementing interface extending serializable, runnable gets instrumented (JAVA-5181) ASM unable to visit class constructor for classes compiled pre-jdk 1.5 after upgrading to agent 4.5.5 (JAVA-5190) Dynamic service fails to start with manifest errors on Java/JRE 11 (JAVA-5218)   End User Monitoring- Browser Real User Monitoring Fetch Monitoring conflicts with Zone.js (BRUM-4744) Get Started Download Essential Components  (Agents, Enterprise Console, Controller (on-prem), Events Service, EUM Components) Download Additional Components  (SDKs, Plugins, etc.) AppDynamics Upgrade Checklist For Any Release Product Announcements, Alerts, and Hot Fixes Extensions . 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Tackling your Digital Transformation, Ask the Experts! Air-Date March 6, 2019 Run time: 60   Resources shared during the session: PCF Overview and FAQ: AppD Community Extensions Buildpack APM for PCF AppD Platform Monitoring for PCF AppD Product Docs on PCF Blog Post: Introducing the Monitoring Indicator Protocol, a New Observability as Code Project for Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes   @Jeffrey.Holmes demos multi-foundations dashboard. @Mark.Prichard and @James Bayer share their perspectives on: • Emerging trends for deploying applications to the cloud: private, public or multi-cloud • Best practices for patterns to adopt and some common mistakes to avoid • Where Pivotal is headed with their Container and Function services • How Cloud Native Buildpack technology will evolve to meet the needs of customers deploying to the cloud ... View more

AppD and PCF Updates on .NET Core, Platform Monitoring for Multiple Foundations, Multi-Buildpacks and More... Air-Date February 13, 2019 Run time: 60 minutes     Resources shared during the session: AppDynamics Extension Buildpack: Pivotal Partner Docs AppDynamics APM for PCF: Pivotal Partner Docs AppDynamics Platform Monitoring for PCF: Pivotal Partner Docs Pivotal Cloud Foundry: AppDynamics Product Docs Pivotal Cloud Foundry Overview and FAQ: AppDynamics Community   During the session recording @Mark.Prichard, @Pavan Krishna.Nimmagadda , and  @Jeffrey.Holmes   share the following: All the new Service Broker Tiles
 Talk about our new multi-buildpack support, plus a demo of how to deploy and monitor .NET Agent for Linux using the multi-buildpack extension
 Show the new multi-foundation platform monitoring tools that are part of our loggregator integration
 A look ahead to some more exciting new product features that are just around the corner
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