Splunk AppDynamics monitors your production applications in a way that is designed to provide maximum visibility with the least amount of overhead. Development level monitoring is a mode in which certain default limits on the data that Splunk AppDynamics collects are turned off, giving you additional visibility on application activities.

This default mode is production-level monitoring and applies limits to the retention of certain types of information. In a testing environment or other environments where overhead is not an issue, you can enable development level monitoring. Development mode is intended for temporary use while setting up Splunk AppDynamics or for occasional application troubleshooting.