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Service Endpoint Limits:   For each App Agent, there is a limit of 25 service endpoints per entry point type and a total of 50 service endpoints per Agent. These limits are controlled by the "max-service-end-points-per-entry-point-type" and " max-service-end-points-per-agent"  node properties. Nodes are limited to 100 service endpoints, controlled by the "max-service-end-points-per-node" property. For a SaaS Controller, the limit is 4000 service endpoints. For an on-premise Controller, the limit is configurable using the " sep.ADD.registration.limit" configuration property accessible in the Administration Console. Each thread of transaction execution can only have only one service endpoint, controlled by the "max-service-end-points-per-thread" property.   Grouping Service Endpoints:   Similar to how business transactions can be grouped, service endpoints can be grouped by identifying a pattern and configuring a custom rule.   Example: /aegon_app/X /aegon_app/Y With the above example, the user can create a custom servlet service endpoint using the name  AegonApp, with a rule that states that any new URL that begins with /aegon_app will become part of the new service endpoint AegonApp. See the documentation on Customize Service Endpoints for more information.     Related Links: App Agent Node Properties Reference Video - What is a service endpoint? What is a good use case for Service Endpoints? Service Endpoint Detection ... View more

A custom dashboard lets you display, on one screen, a specific set of metrics and data points. They can display application, server, and database metrics reported by AppDynamics agents. Custom dashboards can supplement the AppDynamics built-in dashboards to display metrics that are of interest to a particular audience.   Custom Dashboard Examples: Dev teams Ops teams Ops management QA teams Browser real-user monitoring Application key metrics Business transaction reports   Related Links: 7 steps to great APM dashboards Video - What is a custom dashboard? Sign up for an instructor-led course on "Dashboards, Reports & Proactive Monitoring"   Dashboard FAQ:   Q. What are some best practices when designing custom dashboards?   A. C onsider the following approach:   Identify the list of key metrics that the dashboard should display. For each metric, determine the appropriate widget to render the metric data. Sometimes a chart representation works best. Other times a metric value will be sufficient. Some data is best displayed in a pie chart. Design health rules that represent the health of business transaction, service or subcomponent. Consider the appropriate health rule thresholds carefully to avoid false alerts, especially for critical violations. Note that unlike alerts, status lights do not indicate which condition or which node, tier or business transaction violated the health rule. Health rules that will be used for status lights, therefore, need to be specific to a given node, tier or business transaction. Design the dashboard layout. Consider how to fit all the metrics on the dashboard, and which layout best presents the data. Pick a color scheme, not just for visual appeal, but also to make the data stand out. Once built, plan for a tuning period. For example, the time range might need to be adjusted, or health rule thresholds changed, to avoid false alerts. After encountering a production issue, evaluate each dashboard, and identify what additional metrics should be captured, and what changes should be made, in case the same or a similar issue happens again. If needed, design additional dashboards.  Do create dashboards that watch metrics associated with previous production issues.   Q. What are some things to avoid?   A. The best dashboards have enough metrics to be informative, but not so many as to cause performance issues or become confusing to the users. The exact number of metrics depends on your team.   Additionally: Don't make dashboards larger than your screen resolution. A custom dashboard which requires scrolling is less than ideal. Don't set the refresh timing to 60 seconds as 5 minutes is usually sufficient.    Q. What kinds of custom dashboards can a user create?   A. Different custom dashboards  are of interest to different teams.   Executive Dashboards - The executive dashboards should include a number of status lights for each key user or system journey step health and performance, as well as any KPI or SLA metrics. These dashboards also show any business metrics or impact information.   Operations Dashboards - The operations dashboards should include a number of status lights for each service (tier and/or Top BT), to provide a global overview of the health of the application infrastructure. These dashboards can also contain a Events List.   Application Dashboard - These dashboards target an application and show the health of key business transactions, highlighting call volumes, response times and error rates (for a given application or tier). It also uses status lights to indicate the health of each top business transaction.   Service Dashboards - These dashboards each target an individual service and show key health metrics for the service (tier), including the call volume, response time and error rate for the service overall as well as for important API calls. The service dashboard can also show CPU and memory consumption as well as garbage collection statistics for each node in the tier. A corresponding status light that provides a visual health indicator can accompany each metric.   Q. Can a read-only user edit a custom dashboard? A. Yes, if the read-only user is given permission to edit a custom dashboard on the Administration page.    As an Admin, click on the gear icon in the Controller UI. Select Administration from the drop-down menu. Click on the Roles tab. Select the read-only user's name from the list of usernames on the left. Click on the Custom Dashboards tab. Use the checkboxes to allow the read-only user to view, edit, or delete custom dashboards. Click the Save button.       Q. Can a user change a dashboard's name and metric series' color?   A. Yes, anyone with permission to edit custom dashboards can  edit the name and colors.   Click on the Dashboards & Reports tab in the Controller UI. Click on the pencil icon. Select Edit Dashboard Properties from the drop-down menu. Edit dashboard name:     Edit metric series colors:       ... View more

This sample dashboard provides key metrics for a Business Transaction, including Calls, Response Time, Errors, and Slow, Very Slow, and Stall count.     This dashboard is well-suited to running as a scheduled report. The default time range is one day, but that can be modified. A sample generated PDF is attached.   To use this dashboard, edit the attached JSON file in a Text editor.   Replace "Homepage" with your target Business Transaction name (17 occurrences) Replace "SERVLET" with your target Business Transaction type ("WEB", "WEB_SERVICE", "ASP_DOTNET", etc.) (6 occurrences) Replace "ECommerce-Services" with the Tier that includes the target Business Transaction (24 occurrences) Replace "ECommerce" with your Application name (30 occurrences)  Install the modified dashboard configuration on your Controller   Login to your Controller UI (4.1 and higher). Navigate to the Custom Dashboards list screen. Import the JSON file. If there are any errors, rebind the metrics which correspond to your particular application. To do this, you edit each displayed widget in the dashboard, select your application and then confirm or select the metric for that display.  If you need detailed instructions for working with custom dashboard widgets, please visit docs.appdynamics.com and view Create Custom Dashboards. ... View more

This sample Absolute Layout dashboard provides key metrics for an Application, including Response Time, Errors, and Calls. The key metrics are shown as a chart with baseline, and the aggregate value is shown as a number. Status lights indicate the Response Time and Error health of the target application.     To use this dashboard, edit the attached JSON file in a Text editor.   Replace "ECommerce" with your Application name (21 occurences). Change the URL of the logo in the top left corner to suit your preference.  Install the modifed dashboard configuration on your Controller   Login to your Controller UI (4.1 and higher). Navigate to the Custom Dashboards list screen. Import the JSON file. If there are any errors, rebind the metrics which correspond for your particular application. To do this, you edit each displayed widget in the dashboard, select your application and then confirm or select the metric for that display.  If you need detailed instructions for working with custom dashboard widgets, please visit docs.appdynamics.com and view Create Custom Dashboards. ... View more

This sample custom dashboard focuses on end user monitoring metrics. It gives you insight into your end user's response time and the throughput and load for your application.     To use this dashboard, import the attached RUM-Dashboard.xml file and follow the instructions to rebind similar metrics appearing in your application.     Login to your Controller UI (3.9 and higher). Navigate to the Custom Dashboards list screen. Import the RUM-Dashboard.xml file. Rebind the metrics which correspond for your particular application. To do this, you edit each displayed widget in the dashboard, select your application and then confirm or select the metric for that display.  If you need detailed instructions for working with custom dashboard widgets, please visit docs.appdynamics.com and view Create Custom Dashboards. ... View more

This QA dashboard delves deep into the overall system performance from a business transaction perspective. It correlates performance aspects of each business transaction with its respective hardware usage along with health metrics and error load present in the system.     To use this dashboard layout, import the attached QA-Dashboard.xml file and follow the instructions to rebind similar metrics in another application.   Login to your Controller UI (3.9 and higher). Navigate to the Custom Dashboards list screen. Import the QA-Dashboard.xml file. Rebind the metrics which correspond to your particular application. To do this, you edit each displayed widget in the dashboard, select your application and then confirm or select the metric for that display.  If you need detailed instructions for working with custom dashboard widgets, please visit docs.appdynamics.com and view Create Custom Dashboards.   ... View more

This sample dashboard is targeted primarily for Development teams, enabling them to track the performance status of their code broken down by Business Transactions.     To use this dashboard layout, import the attached Dev-Dashboard.xml file and follow the instructions to rebind similar metrics in another application.   Login to your Controller UI (3.9 and higher). Navigate to the Custom Dashboards list screen. Import the Dev-Dashboard.xml file. Rebind the metrics which correspond to your particular application. To do this, you edit each displayed widget in the dashboard, select your application and then confirm or select the metric for that display.  If you need detailed instructions for working with custom dashboard widgets, please visit docs.appdynamics.com and view Create Custom Dashboards.   For more information on export/importing dashboards, please visit docs.appdynamics.com: Import and Export Custom Dashboards with the UI.   ... View more

This Ops Management dashboard exposes the overall application performance by correlating end user experience with the application backend performance. This allows for deep visibility into all aspects of your application from a single dashboard.     To use this dashboard layout, import the attached Ops-Management-Dashboard.xml file and follow the instructions to rebind similar metrics in another application.   Login to your Controller UI (3.9 and higher). Navigate to the Custom Dashboards list screen. Import the Ops-Management-Dashboard.xml file. Rebind the metrics which correspond to your particular application. To do this, you edit each displayed widget in the dashboard, select your application and then confirm or select the metric for that display.  If you need detailed instructions for working with custom dashboard widgets, please visit docs.appdynamics.com and view Create Custom Dashboards. ... View more

This dashboard delves deep into the performance of individual nodes present in the system.     To use this dashboard layout, import the attached Ops-Dashboard.xml file and follow the instructions to rebind similar metrics in another application.   Login to your Controller UI (3.9 and higher). Navigate to the Custom Dashboards list screen. Import the Ops-Dashboard.xml file. Rebind the metrics which correspond to your particular application. To do this, you edit each displayed widget in the dashboard, select your application and then confirm or select the metric for that display.  If you need detailed instructions for working with custom dashboard widgets, please visit docs.appdynamics.com and view Create Custom Dashboards.   ... View more