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Application Real-Time Monitoring Service:Business trace overview

Last Updated:Apr 30, 2025

After you configure a business trace, Application Real-Time Monitoring Service (ARMS) monitors the trace data. On the Overview page, you'll see key metrics, including the number of requests, error rate, and average response time.

Prerequisite

A business trace is created.

View the trace overview

  1. Log on to the ARMS console. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Application Monitoring > Business Trace Explorer.

  2. On the page that appears, select a region in the top navigation bar and click the business trace you want to manage.

  3. In the top navigation bar, click the Overview tab.

Dashboards

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Here's what each row shows:

  • The requests and errors, and average response time of the entry calls for a business trace within the selected time range.

  • The trend charts, showing the requests and errors, and response time of the entry calls for a business trace within the selected time range.

  • The top 5 interfaces from the entry points to all downstream applications in a business trace within the selected time range, ranked by descending order of their aggregated metrics: the requests and errors, and average response time.

Panels

Actions

Click image above the trend chart to compare data by group and time.

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  • Comparison by group: The options for Groups are Basic fields and Instance tag.

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    • Basic fields: The tags shared by all metrics, which specify the server IP address for group comparison.

    • Instance tag: In addition to the default instance tags, you can also customize instance tags to enhance the comparison capabilities based on groups. For more information, see Add and use tags.

  • Comparison by time: Specify the time range for comparison.

Query statements

Click image above a section to view its Prometheus Query Language (PromQL) statements. In Managed Service for Prometheus or Managed Service for Grafana, customize the settings using the obtained PromQL statements.

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  • In Managed Service for Prometheus, run the PromQL statements to view the metrics on the Metrics Explorer page.

  • Managed Service for Grafana lets you configure dashboards using PromQL statements. To do this, first integrate data sources.