Retrieving top real transaction data

The GET method of the Top Real Transactions API retrieves data about the most impacted (by latency or by errors), or most used, real transactions for applications monitored by App Visibility Manager, as you can see in the Top-Real-Transactions-dashlet.

The API contains the following topics:

API overview

Method—GET

Request parameters—time (from, to), applicationId, sorting, limit, type

API registration

Use the following URL to register the API:

https://portalHost:portalPort/portal/rest/transactions

Replace the following entries, as required:

Entry	Description
https	Protocol used to send the request
portalHost	Host name or IP address of the App Visibility portal
portalPort	Communication port number of the App Visibility portal. The default port number is 8100.

Request parameters

Entry	Description	Mandatory
from	Epoch time stamp in milliseconds from which to start the data collection Use a time stamp converter, such as http://www.epochconverter.com/, to generate the value.	Yes
to	Epoch time stamp in milliseconds from which to end the data collection Use a time stamp converter, such as http://www.epochconverter.com/, to generate the value.	Yes
applicationId	One or more identifying strings (automatically assigned) of the applications Example: applicationId=appID1&applicationId=appID2	No
sorting	Sorting option: VOLUME, PERFORMANCE, AVAILABILITY	Yes
limit	Number of transactions to return	Yes
type	Type of entry point by which to filter response data: PAGE, AJAX, EXTERNAL_SERVICES, BT (Transaction type)	No

URL example

https://my-portal-33:8100/portal/rest/transactions?from=1441703100000&to=1441703700000&sorting=PERFORMANCE&limit=10

Sample JSON response

Response content

The response shows data about impacted transactions for the selected time range, and filtered according to your request parameters.

Object	Description
applicationID	Identifying string (automatically assigned) of the application
transactionName	Transaction name; that is, the entry point name of the first fragment in the transaction
type	PAGE, AJAX, EXTERNAL_SERVICES, or BT (business transaction)
avgE2EDuration	Average duration, in milliseconds, of the transaction
latencyCount	Number of transactions with latency violations
errorCount	Number of transactions with errors
totalHits	Number of hits on the transaction
timeframe	Time range, in milliseconds, that you selected
perfromanceSeverity	Severity of the percentage of latency violations: CRITICAL, MINOR, OK
availabilitySeverity	Severity of the percentage of errors: CRITICAL, MINOR, OK