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Second quarter guidance

TW J
TW J
Technical writer

Here’s an overview of new features and notable changes of WhaTap’s 2nd quarter services in 2024. Take a look at new features offered by WhaTap at a glance.

New features

Common

Common menu improvements have been made for better convenience.

Application
  • Transaction Map has been further improved following the previous quarter.
  • A default preset changing feature has been added to Application dashboard.
Server
  • The installation screen has been reorganized to allow you to select the OS first when creating a server project.
  • The Unix Oracle Solaris installation package has been provided.
Kubernetes
  • The Agent Installation screen has been reorganized to provide an easier method to select options.
  • The Pending Pod Status menu has been newly reorganized.
  • In the Container Map menu, Resource Relationship Map has been provided.
Database

The Oracle Pro Beta service is available.

Browser

A new Session replay feature 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​

In the second quarter of 2024, improvements have been made to the common menus, including Flex Board, for better convenience in the Common section. You can easily move groups in Project List of the side menu. For Flex Board, the Apply to all widgets in group feature that allows you to share options in the group, and the Project selection feature in the group widget have been added.

Common branching example

The following overview guide helps you find new features and major changes in the Common section in Q2 2024, along with release versions.

Guide to new features and major changes

  • Feature In the User phone section under Manage Accounts, added the country code selection feature to general mobile phones. Service 2.4.0​

  • Changed Modified to newly load the mobile device list if you delete any mobile devices from the Account Management > Alert notification setting section. Service 2.5.0​

  • Changed In Project List of the side menu, changed to run the folding/expanding action upon clicking a group, and added the group movement button. Service 2.5.0​

  • Changed Adjusted roles so that members with Edit or Alert settings role can use the Maintenance Plan menu for all products. Service 2.5.0​

  • Changed Changed the criteria for the detailed view and display in Metrics Anomaly Detection. Service 2.6.0​

Flex Board / Integrated Flex Board​​

  • Changed Modified the widget template list so that it is not closed when adding a child widget to a group widget. Service 2.4.0​

  • Changed Changed the action so that clicking an instance in the Database status widget brings the corresponding project dashboard. Service 2.4.0​

  • Changed In Dashboard list, modified to display the selected product icons on the dashboard. Service 2.4.0​

  • Feature Added the Integrated service 2 dashboard template. Service 2.4.0​

  • Changed When using the widget zoom-in or Admin mode, removed the opaque background color and then applied the theme colors. Service 2.5.0​

  • Changed Removed the margin of the Heading style in the rich text widget and changed the scroll to be automatically exposed depending on the text volume. Service 2.5.0​

  • Feature Added the feature to attach the description to the widget. Service 2.5.0​

  • Feature Added the Project selection function into the group widget and added the Projects selected in the Group Widget selection option into the group's sub widget. Service 2.5.0​

  • Feature Added the Apply To All Widgets In The Group function to share options within a group in the secondary chart configuration. Service 2.5.0​

  • Feature Added the field selection feature in the count-shape widget. Service 2.5.0​

  • Feature Added the function to transmit data excluding the project information when using Export Dashboard. Service 2.5.0​

  • Feature Added the feature to display Selected projects in the widget: you can check the list of projects to call data in the widget. Service 2.6.0​

Alert​

  • Changed In Event Configuration, modified to enable addition or overwriting except for the id property when loading real-time log events or composite log events in JSON format. Service 2.4.0​

  • Changed From the Event notification settings per-user section in Notifications, modified not to mask user information to the users with the Member management role. Service 2.4.0​

  • Changed Modified to hide SMS alert and WhatsApp alert columns in the Event notification settings per-user section under Notifications for the projects in which SMS and WhatsApp notifications are unavailable. Service 2.4.0​

  • Changed In Event Configuration New, while using the JSON Batch Edit function, removed the relatedPcode verification logic from the metrics (METRICS) event properties. Service 2.4.0​

  • Feature In the Alert > Event Configuration menu of the platform that supports log monitoring, added the log event configuration function. Service 2.5.0​

My Usage​​

  • Changed In Project Subscription Status, modified to display the Subscribe button with separated from the Status column. Service 2.6.0

  • Feature Reorganized the UI/UX for payment method registration and modification menus (Profile icon > Usage > Payment Information). Service 2.6.0​


Application​

Notable new features in the Application section of WhaTap in Q2 2024 include the improvements of Transaction Map and the feature to change the default preset of Application dashboard, following the previous quarter (Q1).

As part of improvements of Transaction Map, a new custom filtering feature has been provided that allows you to view only the selected items in the response time distribution chart. In the Custom tab next to the TOP 30 section, enter the desired value directly for a specific transaction, domain, or IP to search for, or select an item from the TOP 30 list. The response time distribution of the selected items is filtered in real time on the chart.

Transaction map custom filter branching example

You can change the default dashboard preset that can be viewed when you first enter the Application dashboard menu. It provides a more personalized user experience by setting the preferred dashboard configuration as the default preset. After modifying the widget selection and arrangement as desired, try using the Set as primary option in the preset selection box on the upper right of the dashboard. The dashboard designated as default is marked with the default tag in the preset list.

Application dashboard default preset branching example

The following overview guide helps you check new features and major changes in the Application product suite for Q2 2024, along with release versions.

Guide to new features and major changes

  • Changed In Management > Agent list, changed Inactive agent deletion time to Inactive agent retention period. Service 2.4.0​

  • Feature From the Active Transaction Equalizer widget in Dashboard > Application dashboard, added the option to display inactive agents. Service 2.4.0​

  • Changed In Management > Agent CONF., modified to disable the Apply button for the deactivated agent. Service 2.5.0​

  • Changed In Statistics, changed the maximum time range that can be selected. Service 2.5.0​

  • Changed In the Today's TPS, Today's visits widget of Dashboard > Application dashboard, modified not to request new data when viewing the data again within a day but to reprocess the viewed data for use. Service 2.5.0​

  • Feature In Analysis > Performance Trend, added the continuous search prevention feature. Service 2.5.7​

  • Feature Added the URL copying button in the Trace analysis window. Service 2.5.8​

  • Changed The Application dashboard menu of old version is scheduled to be removed. Service 2.6.0​

  • Feature In Transaction Map, added the Custom feature that can add items in the TOP 30 filter after searching them. Service 2.6.0​

  • Feature In Application dashboard, added the agent search feature. Service 2.6.0​

  • Feature In Application dashboard, added the default preset modification feature. Service 2.6.0​

  • Changed Even if you do not select Search icon after applying the filter in the Statistics submenu, the filter is to be applied when you download the CSV file. Service 2.6.0​

  • Feature Enhanced the features under Statistics. Service 2.6.0​

Agent guide

Java​

Java Agent v2.2.31 April 3, 2024​

  • Feature Traced kafka-batch in spring-boot-2.7.x.

  • Feature Added the option to set whether or not to trace when SqlException occurs in the JDBC driver.

  • Feature Added the URL + HTTP method setting option.

  • Feature Update is performed with oshi-core-6.1.6.

  • Feature Added the feature to collect the netstat metric in the Java agent and added the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) metric.

Java Agent v2.2.32 April 16, 2024​

  • Feature When using the aws.mysql library, tracing the executeBatchInternal method has been added.

  • Deprecate In Instance Performance Management > System ENV. Variable, stopped collecting the jvm.uptime data.

Java Agent v2.2.33 May 28, 2024​

  • Feature Added the method to pass continerId from the Kubernetes agent to a Java agent.

Java Agent v2.2.35 June 20, 2024​

  • Feature Added the linked trace feature upon used of the WebClient in spring-boot-3.0.5 or later (spring-webflux-6.0.7 or later).

PHP​

PHP Agent v2.8.0 June 19, 2024​

  • New Supported linux aarch64.

Node.js​

Node.js Agent v0.4.95 April 29, 2024​

  • Feature Added the agent option for compressed transmission of the profile data.

Node.js Agent v0.4.96 May 30, 2024​

  • Feature Added the websocket package monitoring to collect data while transmitting data from the server to clients.

  • Feature Added the agent setting options.

Node.js Agent v0.4.97 June 3, 202​

  • New Whether or not to use the Kubernetes environment can be applied as an environment variable.

.NET​

.NET Agent v2.2.1 April 9, 2024​

  • Feature Added the agent options

.NET Agent v2.2.2 April 18, 2024​

  • New Added the DataAdapter.Fill() method monitoring.

  • New Supported WebForm monitoring and handled page movement events as transactions.

  • Feature Added the agent option, trace_http_client_ip_header_key. For more information, see the following.

  • Deprecated Stopped support of the profile_http_body_enabled option due to potential crash while the agent is reading the body.

.NET Agent v2.2.4 April 30, 2024​

  • Feature Improved the bytecode processing performance.

  • Feature Improved the log processing performance.

  • Feature Improved the UDP packet processing performance.

  • Feature Improved the ASP.NET MVC library processing performance.

.NET Agent v2.2.6 May 24, 2024​

  • Feature Added the agent options

.NET Agent v2.2.8 June 19, 2024​

  • New Additionally supported .NET 6, 7, and 8.

.NET Agent v2.2.9 July 5, 2024​

  • Feature Supporting multi-transaction monitoring: You can trace calls between the application services registered as projects on the WhaTap monitoring platform.

Go​

Go Agent v0.4.0 June 19, 2024​

  • New Supported linux aarch64.
Info

Old application dashboard service termination

***The old version of the Application dashboard Old menu accessed from the *Sitemap* ends its service on **July 24** in the third quarter. Use the new Application dashboard with improved features in the Dashboard menu.

Note

  • The support scope of the application .NET products has been expanded from the existing .NET framework to .NET Core.

  • For more information about the Custom Filter feature in the Transaction Map menu, see the following.

  • For more information about changing the Application dashboard default preset, see the following.


Server​

Notable new features in the Server section of WhaTap Q2 2024 include improvements to the installation screen and the introduction to the Unix Solaris installation package.

The installation process for server monitoring products has been improved to be more intuitive. Instead of the previous method of separating tabs for each OS, user can now select an OS first and then an individual installation page tailored to the OS appears.

Server monitoring install page sc

In this Q2, a new Unix Solaris agent installation package is to be provided. Solaris that has been developed by Sun Microsystems, is a high-performance Unix operating system known for its scalability on SPARC systems and the features such as ZFS file system and DTrace. WhaTap supports Oracle Solaris 11.2 or later. You can install it simply by downloading the package by using the Solaris installation package and then running it. WhaTap Server Monitoring allows you to manage and monitor the Solaris operating system more effectively.

The following overview guide helps you check new features and major changes in the Server products in Q2 2024 along with release versions.

Guide to new features and major changes

  • Feature In Alert > Event History, modified to change the time range of the process chart according to the time setting of before and after the alert when the event's detailed information screen appears. Service 2.4.0​

  • Feature In Alert > Event Configuration New, added the Log File / Window Event setting. Service 2.4.0​

  • Changed Added the OS selection step before entering the Agent Installation step. Service 2.5.0​

  • Changed In Server List, changed the server status display and the layout of operation buttons to improve usability. Service 2.5.0​

  • Feature In the Server information section of Server List > Server Detail, displayed Agent Name and Host Name as separated items, and added the function to modify them. Service 2.5.0​

  • Feature In Server List, modified to display Agent name and Host name as separated columns. Service 2.5.0​

  • Feature In Management > Agent Installation, added the guide page for Oracle Solaris OSinstallation. Service 2.6.0​

Agent guide

Server Agent v2.5.7 May 14, 2024​

  • Feature Added the zpool iostat collection function.

  • Feature Added the collection of designated processes for each pid.

Server Agent v2.5.8 May 21, 2024​

  • Feature Added the agent malfunction analysis command, testall.

Server Agent v2.5.9 May 24, 2024​

  • Feature Added support for the zfs v2.2.

Server Agent v2.6.0 June 18, 2024​

  • Feature Added support for the vxfs v8.

  • Feature Added the feature to temporarily change the process monitoring collection cycle from 20 seconds to 60 seconds when the collection load increases (server overload).


Kubernetes​

Notable new features and changes in the Kubernetes section of WhaTap Q2 2024 include the reorganization of Agent Installation and Pending Pod Status, and the introduction to the Resource relations feature in Container Map.

Due to ongoing changes in Kubernetes products and emergence of various container runtimes, the agent installation process is also becoming more complex. Following the support for Helm chart installation in Q1, WhaTap provide a new Kubernetes Agent Installation feature in Q2. Previously, after downloading the YAML file for installation, there were cases where the items needed to be modified additionally. But now, when you select key components or features in the Kubernetes environment and features to use, appropriate installation files are provided in the UI. This makes it much faster and easier to install agents.

Install file download branching example

The Pending Pod Status feature provided under the Laboratory menu has been reorganized into V2 and the sub menu of Workload has been officially released. The Pending Pod Status feature provides real-time visibility into a Pod in Pending status, along with the related data that enables root cause analysis. This helps increase the availability of clusters and services.

Pending Pod Detail branching example

WhaTap Kubernetes Monitoring has undergone continuous Container Map improvements throughout the first half of 2024. In the second quarter, the Resource relations feature has been added to Container Map. The Resource relations feature allows you to visually check the hierarchy and relationships between Kubernetes resources, allowing you to analyze the Kubernetes environment and identify the cause and impact at a glance when a problem occurs.

Resource relations branching example

The following overview guide helps you check new features and major changes in the Kubernetes products in Q2 2024 along with their release versions.

Guide to new features and major changes

  • Changed Modified APP. > Statistics so that it matches the Statistics menu of the Application product. Service 2.5.0​

  • Feature Reorganized the Detail tab in Laboratory > Pending Pod Status. Service 2.5.0​

  • Feature Added the Instance Performance Management menu in the APP. category. Service 2.5.0​

  • Changed Reorganized the Kubernetes agent installation method in Management > Agent Installation. Service 2.5.0​

  • Changed In Agent Installation > Additional installation of application monitoring, modified the Go agent download command. Service 2.6.0​

  • Changed In Agent Installation > Additional installation of application monitoring, modified the PHP agent download command. Service 2.6.0​

Container Map​​

  • Feature In Dashboard > Container Map, added the Resource relations tab. Service 2.4.0​

  • Changed In Dashboard > Container Map, modified to include unit notation when using metrics options. Service 2.4.0​

  • Changed In Dashboard > Container Map, modified the UI that appears when hovering the mouse over the block. Service 2.4.0​

  • Changed Modified to expose the Move button to another list menu at the top of Display Detail upon selection of a group. Service 2.6.0​

  • Changed Modified the style to expose the link to go to another list menu in the Target information tab of the Summary view. Service 2.6.0​

  • Feature Added the Containter State and description in the Target information tab of the Summary view. Service 2.6.0​

Cluster​​

  • Feature In Cluster > Object Manifest, added the Kubernetes Event linking feature. Service 2.4.0​

  • Changed In Node Detail, displayed the sums for the following metrics for each container within the node at the top of the Container table. Service 2.6.0​

  • Changed The Container table in Node Detail was modified to match the table in Container > Container List. Service 2.6.0​

  • Feature In Node List, added capacityType as a subcolumn of Node info. Service 2.6.0​

Workload​​

  • Feature On the View Detailed screen in Workload > Deployment List, added the ReplicaSet list in the Resource tab. Service 2.4.0​

  • Changed Changed the name of the Oname column in the Container Application List menu to ApplicationName. Service 2.6.0​

  • Changed In Container List, changed the column classification. Service 2.6.0​

  • Feature Pending Pod Status menu to quickly identify Pods in pending status (menu path change from Laboratory > Pending Pods to Workload). Service 2.6.0​

Agent guide

Kubernetes Agent v1.7.0 May 13, 2024​

  • Feature Added data in TagCount.

Kubernetes Agent v1.7.2 June 2, 2024​

  • Feature Added the following metrics in the server_disk category.

Kubernetes Agent v1.7.5 June 18, 2024​

  • Feature Added the metrics collection option for the disks with the nfs file system.
Note

For more information about Pending Pod Status V2, see the following.


Database​

WhaTap is now announcing notable new features and changes in the Database section in Q2 2024, including the launch of Oracle product V2 and the Beta launch of Oracle Pro.

The WhaTap database product suite is transitioning to V2. Following Redis and MongoDB in Q1, the transition to the Oracle V2 has begun in Q2.

Oracle new branching example

The Oracle Pro Beta service has launched in preparation for the official release in Q3. Oracle Pro has applied the technologies to monitor the performance metrics by directly accessing the memory of the database server. It can monitor accurate performance information up to 20 times per second by reflecting the latest data, and can minimize the load on the system by directly accessing memory without using the disk I/O. This allows you to quickly and accurately analyze issues based on the precisely collected performance data, such as execution time for a specific query and status of the buffer cache.

The following overview guide helps you check new features and major changes in the Database product suite for Q2 2024, along with release versions.

Guide to new features and major changes

  • Feature In Dashboard > Monitoring a Database Instance for V2 products, added the button to view the data in the Active sessions table at an interval of 1 minute. Service 2.4.0​

  • Changed In the DB IP column of the Management > Agent list menu, added the tooltip to display the IP list. Service 2.5.0​

  • Changed In Stat/Report > SQL Statistics, modified to select only one instance for the Instance option. Service 2.6.0​

  • Changed In Analysis > Database Parameter, modified to display the collection time in the table's header area. Service 2.6.0​

  • Feature In Analysis > Database Parameter, added the feature to compare between the real-time data and the last saved data when Reference date and Comparison date are all set to the date of today. Service 2.6.0​

PostgreSQL​​

  • Changed In Analysis > Top Object, changed the guide text that appears when there is no data. Service 2.4.0​

  • Feature Under the Age tab in Analysis > Top Object, added the per_to_wraparound column. Service 2.4.0​

  • Feature In Analysis > Wait Analysis, added a tooltip to see the full name when you hover your mouse over an item in the table widget. Service 2.5.0​

PostgreSQL / MySQL​​

  • Feature In Dashboard > Monitoring Multiple Instances, added widgets Service 2.4.0​

  • Feature In Dashboard > Monitoring Multiple Instances, added the detailed pop-up that displays the disk usage trend. Service 2.4.0​

PostgreSQL / MySQL / MongoDB​​

Changed Changed the CPU (xos) metric to be broken down into cpu_sys(xos), cpu_user(xos), and cpu_iowait(xos). Service 2.4.0​

MySQL​​

  • Changed In Stat/Report > SQL Statistics, moved the sqlHash column to the utmost right. Service 2.6.0​

  • Changed In the basic column in Stat/Report > SQL Statistics, modified to hide the elapse wait item. Service 2.6.0​

  • Changed Added the MariaDB to the supported version field of the product card text on the project installation screen. Service 2.6.0​

  • Changed In Management > Agent Installation, improved the installation guide style and configuration. Service 2.6.0​

Tibero​​

Changed In Stat/Report > SQL Statistics, removed the DB tab. Service 2.5.0​

Agent guide

DBX​

DBX v1.7.3 April 23, 2024​

Oracle​​

  • Feature Added the delta 1 second option: option to convert and report the data collected every 5 seconds from the agent into seconds.

  • Feature Added the sqlstat metric.

DBX v1.7.4 May 16, 2024​

Common​​
  • Feature In Management > Agent List, Added the Agent IP(agent IP address).
MongoDB, Redis​​
  • Feature Added the alerts: connection fail / success.

DBX v1.7.8 June 21, 2024​

  • Deprecated Removed the DB connection notification restoration feature.

DBX v1.8.0 June 26, 2024​

MySQL​​
  • Feature Added setup.sh for quick agent configuration.

DBX v1.8.1 June 27, 2024​

  • Feature Updated the XOS agent v1.1.8f.

Browser​

WhaTap introduces Session replay as a notable new feature in the Browser section for Q2 2024. It may be difficult to accurately reproduce the failures with just the list of events. The Session replay feature allows you to automatically record and play every event users perform on the website.

The interactions can be analyzed between the website and users by accurately reproducing every event, such as user clicks, scrolls, inputs, and page transitions. This enables real user experiences, allowing you to quickly identify and resolve potential issues, and provides insights into how users use the website and which can help you optimize it.

Session replay sc

Feature In Page Load Hitmap, AJAX Hitmap, and User Session Log Search, added the Session replay feature. Service 2.6.0​

Agent guide

Browser Agent v1.3.6 May 30, 2024​

  • Feature Improved the browser agent's bundle size.
Note

For more information about the Session replay function, see the following.


Feature​

It introduces a new Feature project to be provided in the second quarter of 2024. WhaTap has introduced Feature Project so that users can easily check whether the desired software supports monitoring and easily start monitoring. The Feature Project provides an optimized monitoring solution by repackaging existing monitoring products to fit the software to monitor.

The Beta service of KAFKA monitoring has been launched using the feature project manner. It is scheduled for official release in the future, and the support for the scope other than KAFKA is to be expanded.

Feature project branching example

Note

For more information about the feature project and KAFKA monitoring, see the following.


URL​

WhaTap introduces the changes to the URL section in Q2 2024. The UI of the URL List menu and the Edit URL window in that menu has been comprehensively reorganized to improve usability. In addition, Delete URL has been changed so that it can be deleted when viewing the list, not in the editing window. In case of URL Detailwindow, it is provided in a pop-out manner for easy comparison.

URL sc

The following overview guide helps you check the major changes to the URL products in Q2 2024 along with release versions.

Guide to new features and major changes

  • Changed Modified to display the URL detail window as a pop-up. Service 2.4.0​

  • Changed In Integrated Flex Board, reorganized the UI for the URL list widget. Service 2.4.0​

  • Changed Modified the description link for the status code to match the changed URL path of the landing page. Service 2.5.1​

  • Changed In URL List, improved the user interfaces. Service 2.6.0​

Note

The URL status code types guide has been added. For more information, see the following.