Fourth quarter guidance

Here’s an overview of new features and notable changes of WhaTap’s 4th quarter services in 2023. Take a look at new features offered by WhaTap at a glance.

Common

• WhaTap Mobile App has been newly released.
• Product catalog and several menus have been improved for user convenience.
• V2 of Maintenance Plan has been provided.

Application

• The Trace analysis feature has been reorganized.
• Dashboard has been reorganized in a preset format.

Server

The Event reception tag option has been provided.

Kubernetes

• The Container Map menu has been reorganized.
• Submenus under Resource have been added.

Database

The official transition to V2 of PostgreSQL and MySQL products has been completed, and their service improvements have been made.

Browser

The AJAX Hitmap menu has been provided.

An overview of changes other than new features for each product, the corresponding release versions, and changes in the agent can be found in the following guide.

Common

The launch of the WhaTap Mobile App, screen improvements, and maintenance plan V2 are introduced, as well as notable new features and changes in the Common section of the 4th quarter, 2023.

In the fourth quarter, a new WhaTap Mobile App has been launched. You can check the major charts of the WhaTap monitoring service Dashboard or receive real-time notifications through the app. You can also use the OTP feature as the secondary authentication tool upon logging in. It is scheduled to expand the support scope for future updates.

For better user experience and convenience, the service UIs have been improved. The Service Notice feature has been added to check for regular release news and emergency maintenances of WhaTap Monitoring Service, the product catalog screen has been reorganized, and product introduction information is provided in the sidebar menu.

Some menu screens such as Payment Information and Agent CONF. have been also improved. For the Payment Information menu, the currency selection feature is provided when entering the payment information. For the Agent CONF. menu, the list of options has been simplified to improve readability, and only the applied final options are displayed.

A new Maintenance Plan V2 that is a reorganized version of Maintenance Plan, is provided. The new Maintenance Plan allows to add maintenance plans for each agent, and allows to use the repetition option for server projects. However, the previous maintenance plans and new ones are not compatible.

The following overview guide helps you understand what's new and what's not in the Common section for the 4th quarter in 2023, along with the released versions.

Guide to new features and major changes

Flex Board​

• Feature Added the chart types that can be selected by the Apdex widget. Service 1.114.0​

• Feature Added a UI to change exposure of table columns when an auxiliary table is set to the series type widget. Service 1.114.0​

Analysis​

• Feature In Analysis > Metrics Chart, added a button to close all active widgets. Service 1.110.0​

Alert​

• Feature In Alert > Event History, supported to search the message field other than the title. Service 1.114.0​

Management​

• Changed In Agent CONF., simplified the option list for user convenience and modified to display the final options after deleting the parent category classification for the options applied in the list to the left of the Write options section. Service 1.110.0​

Maintenance Plan​

• Feature Improved the Management > Maintenance Plan menu. Service 1.114.0​

My Usage​

• Feature In the following menus, the amount and exchange rate update date are displayed according to the JPY and USD exchange rates based on KRW. Service 1.110.0​

• Feature Added the function to select the currency in the Payment Information menu. Service 1.110.6​

• Feature In Invoice Preview added the option to hide the usage and improved the price display function. Service 1.114.0​

User Interface​

• Feature Added the sidebar width adjustment function. Service 1.112.0​

• Feature On the Product catalog page, the design has been reorganized for a better user experience. Service 1.112.0​

Note

• For more information about the mobile app, see the following. Download the mobile app by selecting the link or scanning the QR code.

  iOS	Android

• For more information about the new Maintenance Plan, see the following.

Applicatoin

WhaTap introduces notable new features and changes to the Application product suite in Q4 2023, including enhancements to Hitmap and Dashboard.

As part of the Hitmap enhancement, the Hitmap window has been reorganized when Hitmap is dragged. The project filtering feature has been added to the Multi-transaction tab, and an appropriate guidance message appears when the log data is not retrieved in the Transaction Log tab. For example, you can check the cases where there is no log data, collection is not possible due to no agent configuration, and the log is disabled.

Application dashboard has been reorganized. The time selector option has been added to view not only the real-time data but also historical data. And users can add and remove widgets in the dashboard, and even resize them. The preset feature has been added to save and load the position, size, and layout of the edited widget.

Viewing the historical data
Dashboard preset

Additionally, efforts have been made to unify and standardize some duplicate application metric names. For example, the metric names used as URLs, transactions, and transaction names have been unified as Transaction. In addition, the metric names used as HTTPC, HTTP call, HTTPC count, and the like have been unified as HTTP call count. In addition, the overall terminology standardization has been made.

The following overview guide helps you understand new features and major changes in the Application product suite in Q4, 2023, along with release versions.

Guide to new features and major changes

• Feature Added the function to display appropriate messages if there is no data in the Transaction log tab. Service 1.110.0​

• Feature Added the project filtering function in Table view and Tree view modes under the Multi-transaction tab. Service 1.110.0​

• Feature Reorganized the Application dashboard menu. Service 1.110.0​

• Changed Unified and standardized the names of metrics used repeatedly. Service 1.112.0​

• Feature In the table of the Trace analysis window, added the Error class column. Service 1.114.3​

• Feature In Analysis > Transaction Search, added the guidance message that the filters except Transaction ID cannot be applied while the Multi-transaction ID filter is selected. Service 1.114.4​

• Feature In Dashboard > Application dashboard, added the option to also save the agent selection when saving the presets. Service 1.114.10​

Agent guide

Java

Java Agent v2.2.19 October 10, 2023

• Feature Traces quarkus-reactive-1.13.

• Feature Traces quarkus-reactive-2.10.

• Feature Traces active stacks for the Webflux service in Spring Boot 2.5 or later.

• Feature Traces the thread IDs for transactions.

Java Agent v2.2.20 October 19, 2023

• Feature apache-camel-seda-2.22 tracing

• Feature apache-camel-seda-3.2 tracing

• Feature Added the biz_exceptions_status option

• Feature MongoDB synching method tracing (mongodb-3.8.2, mongodb-4.0.3, mongodb-4.4, mongodb-4.8)

• Deprecated Stopped collecting Jedis, Tomcat, and JMX metrics (java_jedis, perfx_jmx_interval, perfx_tomcat_enabled).

Java Agent v2.2.22 November 16, 2023

• Feature log4j-2.17 appender log tracing (log4j-2.17 or later)

Java Agent v2.2.24 November 30, 2023

• Feature Collects org.springframework.security.core.AuthenticationException that occurs in the spring-security filter for the spring-boot-3.x.

Java Agent v2.2.25 December 20, 2023

• Feature Added the multi-transaction ID (@mtid tag) in the Java application log for log monitoring.

Node.js

Node.js Agent v0.4.83 December 11, 2023

• Feature Added the agent options

.NET

.NET Agent v2.1.6 October 5, 2023

• Feature Added the HTTP request body tracing function.

• Feature Added the user log tracing function.

.NET Agent v2.1.7 October 16, 2023

• Deprecate Deleted the WCF (web service) timeout setting option (webservice_method_timeout).

.NET Agent v2.2.0 November 10, 2023

• New Improved packet-related memory management to lower the memory and CPU usage.

Server

Notable new features and changes in the Server products in Q4 2023 include improvements to the Server Detail and Event Configuration menus.

In Server Detail, the x-axis display unit in the chart has been changed to time to improve readability in the date-based view.

In Event Configuration, the Event reception tag option has been added to set whether to receive notifications for server and process events for specific project members or teams. You can now edit the default notification name. In case of the default notification, a separate default tag is displayed separately.

The following overview guide helps you understand new features and major changes in Server products in Q4 2023, along with release versions.

Guide to new features and major changes

Server List​

• Changed In Server Detail, when viewing the Process table details, modified the Disk I/O (Bps) chart to display the sum chart lines together. Service 1.114.0​

Alert​

• Feature In Event Configuration, added the Event reception tag option in the server/process event. Service 1.114.0​

• Changed In Event Configuration, modified to change the name of the default alert and to display the default tag separately. Service 1.114.0​

Agent guide

Server Agent v2.4.7 December 19, 2023

• Feature Added the support of Docker CgroupV2 monitoring.

Kubernetes

Notable new features and changes in the Kubernetes products have been introduced in Q4 2023, including the improved and added sub menus under Container Map.

Container Map of the WhaTap Kubernetes monitoring has been continuously improved. In this 4th quarter, the Call infomation tab has been newly added to the Display Detail window, which allows you to check the call flow and outbound call status of applications running on containers.

Additionally, both the container and Pod views now allow you to select a list of application-related fields (app_counter) for the block color display metric. And the feature to display the blocks of containers and Pods that have disappeared for 1 minute, has been added.

In addition, the list menu under Resource has been reorganized and newly added. The Node List menu has been updated with new node information metric and the filter search feature. Additionally, the time refresh interval has been changed from 1 minute to 10 seconds. The Cluster Summary menu has been newly added, allowing you to check the version and various objects on the cluster at a glance.

The Pending Pods menu has been newly added in Laboratory of the namespace project. The Pending Pods menu is an experimental feature to quickly identify Pods in the Pending status.

The following overview guide helps you understand new features and major changes in the Kubernetes products in Q4 2023, along with release versions.

Guide to new features and major changes

• Feature In Dashboard > Container Map, added the function for users to select application-related fields for the block color display metric. Service 1.112.0​

• Feature Added Pending Pods as the lab menu of the namespace project. Service 1.114.0​

Dashboard​

• Feature In Container Map, added the data items in the container information view table. Service 1.110.0​

• Feature In Display Detail under Container Map, added the tabs for Remote Access Status and Call Flow. Service 1.110.0​

• Feature In Container Map, added the function to display the blocks for containers and Pods that disappeared for 1 minute. Service 1.114.0​

Management​

• Feature In Agent Installation, added the function to display the confirmation message whether the Kubernetes agent has been installed successfully. Service 1.110.0​

• Feature In Agent Installation, added the links to Document guide and Video tutorials. Service 1.110.0​

Resources​

• Feature In Node Detail, added the Status column in the Container table. Service 1.114.0​

• Feature Added the Cluster Summary menu. Service 1.114.0​

Agent guide

Kubernetes Agent v1.3.8 October 4, 2023

• Feature Additionally collects data for new development of Pod list (podIp, age, restartCount).

Kubernetes Agent v1.4.1 November 8, 2023

• Feature Added cluster information of the Kubernetes.

Kubernetes Agent v1.4.2 November 16, 2023

• Feature Added the data to be collected in the kube_pod category.

  • qosClass: Quality of service for Pods
  • startTime: Pod start time
  • podHash: Hash value of the Pod name
  • con_cpu_limit_total: Total CPU limit of containers inside the Pod
  • con_mem_alloc_fail_total_count: Sum of memory allocation failures for containers inside the Pod

Database

Here are notable new features and changes to the Database product suite in Q4 2023.

In this fourth quarter, the V2 services were converted to official services for the PostgreSQL and MySQL products in the Database product suite. And the name of the MS SQL Server product has been changed to SQL Server.

The UI of the SQL details menu has been improved for better user convenience in the Database product suite. Placement of the query view and plan view areas can now be modified by the user, and parameter binding has been changed to be performed by default. You can also collapse the active session table in Monitoring a Database Instance and Monitoring Multiple Instances for a wider graph chart.

The following overview guide helps you understand new features and major changes in the Database product suite in Q4 2023, along with release versions.

Guide to new features and major changes

• Feature Enhanced the UI of the SQL details screen for user convenience. Service 1.114.0​

• Feature In Dashboard > Monitoring a Database Instance and Monitoring Multiple Instances, added the button to fold the Active sessions button. Now the graph chart can be viewed in a wider screen. Service 1.114.0​

• Feature In Stat/Report > SQL Statistics, added the function to display the detailed statistical data for 5 minutes when the bar graph is clicked. Service 1.114.0​

• Feature In Dashboard > Monitoring a Database Instance, added the button to switch to the SQL Statistics menu of the corresponding time in non-real-time mode. Service 1.112.0​

• Feature In Dashboard > Instance List, added the warning sign for replication status anomaly. Service 1.110.0​

MySQL​

• Feature V2 Added the Stat/Report > Mysql SQL Statistics menu in the MySQL project. Service 1.110.0​

• Feature V2 In Monitoring a Database Instance, applied the LazyLoad property to the metrics selection screen. Service 1.110.0​

• Feature V2 In Statistics > MYSQL SQL Statistics, added the new feature description modal. Service 1.110.7​

PostgreSQL​

• Feature V2 Added the following menus in the PostgreSQL Service 1.110.0​

  • Analysis > Session History

  • Analysis > Wait analysis

• Feature V2 In Monitoring a Database Instance, applied the LazyLoad property to the metrics selection screen. Service 1.110.0​

• Feature V2 In Alert > Event Configuration, added the template for metrics events. Service 1.114.0​

• Feature V2 Added a new menu, Analysis > Top Object. Service 1.114.0​

• Feature V2 Added the function to view the plan information in json format. Service 1.114.0​

• Feature V2 In Analysis > Wait Analysis, Session History, added the new feature description modal. Service 1.110.7​

SQL Server​

• Changed Modified the MS SQL Server product name to SQL Server. Service 1.112.0​

Agent guide

DBX

DBX v1.6.11 October 4, 2023

Oracle​

• New New Added various ratio metrics. Set the option as follows:

DBX v1.6.12 October 13, 2023

PostgreSQL​

• New Added the top object information collection category.

• New Added the function to search in JSON format when viewing the plan in real time.

• New Added the function to display the table layout in real time.

DBX v1.6.15 December 9, 2023

MySQL​

• Feature Added the metrics, trx_rseg_history_len (MySQL 5.7 or later) and active_transactions (MySQL 5.5 or later).

• Feature Added the function to collect DB parameters every 5 seconds.

• Feature Added the json format transmission when transmitting a plan.

XOS

xos v1.1.6j October 13, 2023

• New Added the process monitoring function. The execution status of processes can be monitored.

• New Added the function to collect the list of DB server IPs. Data collection is possible only when the time interval is set in seconds (at least 3 seconds).

URL

For the URL product in Q4 2023, a new UI has been added to select the interval for collecting the monitoring data.

Guide to new features and major changes

• Feature Added the URL and UI where Collection cycle can be selected during edition. Service 1.112.3​

Browser

AJAX Hitmap has been introduced a notable new feature of the WhaTap Browser product in Q4 2023.

The Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) technology exchanges data and updates web pages in an asynchronous manner. AJAX that has advantages of improving user experience and reducing requests to the server, requires monitoring because it is implemented in JavaScript code.

You can check the response times of AJAX events over time in the hitmap chart through the AJAX Hitmap menu provided by the WhaTap Browser monitoring, and you can view detailed information such as detailed times for each event section, AJAX request URL and calling page information, error messages, and status codes.

The following overview guide helps you understand new features and major changes in Browser products in Q4 2023, along with release versions.

Guide to new features and major changes

• Feature In Browser dashboard and Flex Board, added the map widget to display the lists for countries and regions and the regional maps for each country. Service 1.110.0​

• Feature Added the Analysis > AJAX Hitmap menu. Service 1.112.0​

• Feature Added the Sitemap > User Behavior menu. Service 1.112.0​

• Feature Enhanced the UI designs in the AJAX Hitmap menu and widget, and the AJAX Analysis function. Service 1.114.0​

Agent guide

Browser Agent v1.3.3 December 27, 2023

• Feature Added the AJAX MTID header option (APM integration).

• Feature Added the ignoreErrors error filtering option.

• Feature Added the user ID configuration interface.

• Feature Added the configuration interface for the required collection user IDs.

• Feature The pages loaded as Iframe are excluded from collection.

Cloud

For the Cloud product in Q4 2023, the User Behavior menu has been newly added to detect user interactions in the project and provide insights to user behaviors.

Guide to new features and major changes

• Feature Added the Sitemap > User Behavior menu. Service 1.112.0​

Log

Here are notable new features and changes to the Log products in Q4 2023.

The Guide UI has been added in the Log Search menu to guide to the log search filtering syntax. You can check the supported search grammar when entering search values ​​through the guide UI.

In addition, the switching feature to full screen has been added to allow you to check only the timestamps and logs, and validation for reserved words has been added after entering the search value ​​for log detection conditions when adding a parser in the Log 1st Parser Settings tab.

The following overview guide helps you understand new features and major changes in Log products in Q4 2023, along with release versions.

Guide to new features and major changes

• Feature In Log Search, added the syntax guide UI for log search filters. Service 1.110.0​

• Feature In Log Search, Log Trend, and Live Tail, added the full screen switching function that can view only the Timestamp and Log. Select on the upper right of the screen. Service 1.110.0​

• Feature In case of adding the parser in Log > Log Configuration > Log primary parser setting, tab, added validation for reserved words when entering the search value for Log detection condition. Service 1.112.0​

• Feature In Log Configuration, added the function to export or import the Fast index settings in JSON format. Service 1.114.0​

• Feature In Log Configuration, added the function to export or import Log primary parser setting, and Log secondary parser setting in JSON format. Service 1.114.0​