Metrics guide
Monitoring is only complete when you can judge whether a number is "normal." This hub covers WhaTap's metrics model and the meaning and anomaly patterns of the key metrics per product. For hands-on, step-by-step content, see Tutorials.
WhaTap Metrics
Metric usage guide
Application
Exploring the Application Dashboard
How to use the chart-type widgets on the application dashboard for analysis.
- Check the application connection status
- Analyze transactions
- Analyze users, services, and resources
Exploring Hitmap Transaction
Use Hitmap Transaction to understand service failure patterns.
- Pattern analysis
- Section and stack analysis
- Call relationship analysis
- Transaction log analysis
DB connection delay and Connection Pool
Analyze DB connection delay and Connection Pool correlation from a monitoring perspective.
- Detect Hitmap anomaly patterns
- Analyze transaction traces
- Check the DB connection pool
Using Instance Performance Management
Key features and usage examples of the Instance Performance Management menu.
- Loaded classes and redefinition
- Thread list/dump and CPU optimization
Infrastructure
Start fast with install + preset
A 1-2 minute server agent install is enough—most metrics and alerts are preset and work immediately.
- 1–2 minute install
- Preset alerts applied automatically
- Cloud metrics like CPU steal time and SWAP included
Exploring the Resource Board
How to analyze the chart-type widgets on the Resource Board.
- Core server monitoring metrics
- Server status summary
- System operating statistics
- Early warning and alerts
Securing Kubernetes observability
Unify Cluster, Pod, and Service signals across Metric, Trace, Log, and Event to track the 'why' behind issues.
- Cross-reference the four signals
- Shared view for infra and developers
- Historical point-in-time analysis
Browser
User-perceived performance (RUM)
Continuously monitor 'the speed customers actually feel' with performance data measured in real user browsers.
- Synthetic tools vs. RUM
- Core Web Vitals management
- Error code line tracking
Using browser monitoring
How to use WhaTap browser monitoring.
- Page load analysis
- AJAX monitoring and analysis
- User environment analysis
- Error analysis
Database
Database real-time visibility
5-second metric monitoring plus active sessions, slow query, and lock tracking—detect DB performance issues early and analyze them after the fact.
- Second-level visibility
- Active sessions, slow query, and locks
- Unified monitoring including RDS
Database alert configuration
How to configure metric alerts based on key database metrics.
- Agent configuration
- Metric alert configuration
Observability
Combining product metrics with Flexboard
Cross-product dashboards for teams using multiple WhaTap products (APM, Server, DB, and more) at once.
- Start from templates
- Combine metrics across products
- For multi-product teams
OpenMetrics Explorer guide
How to query, analyze, and visualize OpenMetrics using PromQL.
Learn more →- Step-by-step tutorials → Tutorials
- MXQL query language → MXQL overview
- Terminology → Glossary