Analyze business transaction performance with the business transaction view

Learn how to filter data based on environment in the business transaction view.

Select the Environment drop-down menu to filter the business transaction view to only display business transaction data from a specified environment.

Learn how to navigate between business transactions in the business transaction view.

Select the Business transaction drop-down menu to navigate to the business transaction view for another business transaction.

Learn how to use the service map in the business transaction view for an overview of service performance.

The service map in the business transaction view visualizes the services that deliver the business transaction. In this service map, you can:

• Select a service node once to overlay the data for that service on the Business transaction metrics charts. Use this functionality to compare the performance of the service against the performance of the entire business transaction.

• Select a service node twice to navigate to the service view for that service.

Learn how to use the business transaction view to monitor business transaction performance.

Use the Business transaction metrics charts to monitor the performance of your business transaction. This section displays request, error, and latency (RED) metrics.

Learn how to use the business transaction view to compare service and business transaction performance.

Select the Overlay service data drop-down menu and select a service to overlay the data for that service on the Business transaction metrics charts. Use this functionality to compare the performance of the service against the performance of the entire business transaction.

After you select a service, you can select Go to service view to navigate to the service view for that service.

Learn how to use the business transaction view to analyze service performance with Tag Spotlight.

Use the Tag Spotlight tab to analyze the performance of the services operations that deliver the business transaction. For more information on using Tag Spotlight, see Analyze service performance with Tag Spotlight.

Learn how to use the business transaction view to view traces associated with the business transaction.

Use the Traces tab to view and monitor the traces that deliver the business transaction.

Select Switch to Trace Analyzer to perform deeper trace-level analysis. For more information on using Trace Analyzer, see Explore your traces using Trace Analyzer in Splunk APM.

Mark business transactions as favorites to create a prioritized list of critical business transactions, enable proactive monitoring, and more efficiently triage issues.

To save a business transaction as a favorite, select the star icon next to the business transaction name in the APM > Business transactions tab or the business transaction view. After you favorite a business transaction, you can enable the Favorites only toggle in the APM > Business transactions tab to filter the list by your favorites. You can have a maximum of 20 favorite business transactions.

Favorite settings persist at the user level. If you favorite a business transaction or enable the Favorites only toggle in the APM > Business transactions tab, the favorite status and Favorites only filter persist if you leave and return to the page.

To unfavorite a business transaction, select the star icon next to the business transaction name in the APM > Business transactions tab or the business transaction view.