Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Application Performance Monitoring (APM) is an advanced tool that offers a comprehensive suite of features for monitoring and optimizing application performance. While it is widely recognized for its monitoring and diagnostics capabilities, OCI APM also excels as a data analytics platform, providing valuable insights for various stakeholders. In this webinar, we will delve into the data analytics aspect of OCI APM and explore how it can be utilized to derive meaningful information for operational and business improvements.
Replay available: Observability Insights session – Take advantage of APM data analytics to unlock usage, performance trends, end user behavior patterns, and more

OCI APM Data Enrichment and Preparation:
OCI APM enhances raw performance data by providing data enrichments, ensuring that the information is comprehensive and actionable. This includes adding contextual details such as user roles, geographic locations, and application-specific metadata. The platform also offers data preparation capabilities, allowing users to clean, transform, and format the data to suit their analytical needs. By providing these features, OCI APM ensures that the data is ready for in-depth analysis and visualization.

Querying and Aggregation features of OCI APM:
The querying capabilities of OCI APM are a standout feature. It employs a powerful query language that enables users to extract specific insights from the vast amount of performance data. Users can write complex queries to filter, group, and aggregate data based on various dimensions. For instance, you can analyze response times for different user segments, track resource utilization over time, or identify performance bottlenecks in specific application modules.
The ability to schedule repeating and rolling aggregations is particularly useful for long-term trend analysis and performance benchmarking. By setting up recurring queries, operations teams can automatically generate reports and gain insights into the application’s performance over extended periods without manual intervention.
OCI APM offers rich dashboarding and visualization capabilities
To make data interpretation more accessible and engaging, OCI APM offers a rich dashboarding platform. Users can build custom dashboards to visualize the results of their queries, creating charts, graphs, and tables that bring performance data to life. Dashboards can be tailored to different roles and use cases, providing app owners, developers, and operations teams with a clear and concise view of the metrics that matter most to them. Interactive visualizations enable users to explore data interactively, drill down into specific details, and identify patterns and anomalies quickly.
OCI APM use cases and benefits:
Business Insights: OCI APM allows app owners and product managers to correlate performance data with business metrics. By analyzing user behavior, response times, and feature usage, they can make data-driven decisions to improve the overall user experience and drive business growth.
Enhanced User Experience: Operations teams can identify performance issues impacting user satisfaction and take proactive measures to optimize application responsiveness and reliability.
Security and Compliance: The analytics capabilities can be leveraged to monitor and audit application access, detect anomalies in user behavior, and ensure compliance with security policies.
Resource Optimization: By analyzing resource utilization trends, organizations can optimize their cloud infrastructure, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and potentially reducing costs.
Live Demonstration and Upcoming Features:
During the webinar, attendees will have the opportunity to witness a live demonstration of writing and scheduling queries in OCI APM. The presenter will showcase how to construct complex queries, perform rolling aggregations, and create customized dashboards. This hands-on approach will provide a practical understanding of the analytics workflow within OCI APM.
Additionally, the webinar will offer a sneak peek into the upcoming features of OCI APM that are currently in development. These insights will give attendees a glimpse of the future enhancements and how they can further elevate the data analytics capabilities of the platform.
In summary, this webinar aims to showcase how OCI APM’s data analytics features empower users to extract valuable insights from application performance data. By leveraging data enrichments, powerful querying, and visualization tools, organizations can improve operational efficiency, enhance user experience, and make informed business decisions. The live demonstration and preview of upcoming features will provide attendees with practical knowledge and inspiration to maximize the value of OCI APM in their own environments.
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