Set Up Experience Monitoring

1. Prerequisites
2. Create a web app group
3. Specify source monitoring points
4. Specify web app URLs
5. Specify workflows
6. Next Steps

In order to monitor a web application you need to create a web app group with at least one web path. The web path is a unique combination of monitoring point, web application (target), and workflow (which contains a script that interacts with the web application).

When you create a web app group you are asked to specify the source monitoring points, web app URLs, and workflows you wish to use. A web path is then created for all combinations of these components. For example, four monitoring points, two web app URLs, and one workflow results in eight web paths being created in the web app group.

Prerequisites

The following prerequisites are required to create a web app group:

• You need access to either a Global Monitoring Point or an Enterprise Monitoring Point.
• If you haven’t already done so, you need to specify the location of your Enterprise Monitoring Points.
• You need to use supported authentication methods.

Create a web app group

1. Navigate to Experience > Web App Groups.
2. Click + Web App Group.
3. In the Name field, specify a name for the web app group.
4. In the Description field, describe the web app group (optional).
5. Click Next.
   • You return to the Web App Groups page.

Specify source monitoring points

1. In the Monitor from… pane, click .
   • The Monitoring Points for Web App Group:<group-name> page opens.
2. Select the monitoring points you want to use.
   • If a monitoring point has more than one interface available they will appear in the Local Network Interface column.
3. Click OK.
   • You return to the Web App Groups page.

Specify web app URLs

1. In the Monitor to… pane, click .
   • The Add Monitor Target page opens.
2. In the Target URL field, specify the URL of the web app you are monitoring.
3. In the Variables field, specify any script variables that apply to all scripts in the web app group (optional).
   • This is typically left until your script is written.
4. Click OK.
   • You return to the Web App Groups page.

Specify workflows

1. In the Workflows… pane, click .
   • The Add Workflow page opens.
2. In the Name field, specify a name for the workflow.
3. In the Description field, describe the workflow (optional).
4. For a basic web app group, leave the other fields on the page at their default values.
   • When you are ready to create a script, see Introduction to Scripting.
   • When you are ready to apply web path alert profiles, see Experience Alerts.
   • If you want to change the Apdex thresholds, see Modifying Apdex Thresholds.
5. Click OK.
   • You return to the Web App Groups page.
6. Click Save.
   • The web app group is created.

Next Steps

Once a web app group is created, the associated monitoring point(s) will start executing the workflow script(s) against the web app target(s) and sending results back to APM for review.

Possible next steps include:

• To learn how to create scripts that do more than simply open the target web app, see Introduction to Scripting.
• To set up alerting on a web path, see Experience Alerts.
• To set up notifications so that you can receive alerts via email, see Email notifications.
• To locate the web paths you are interested in, see Managing Web Paths.
• To monitor web path status, see Web Path Status.
• To view web path performance details, see Web Path Details.