AWS AmazonCloudWatch documentation change
Summary
Updated CloudWatch RUM documentation with expanded feature descriptions, new UI screenshots, and restructured content about dashboard tabs, filtering capabilities, and visualization features.
Security assessment
The changes are purely documentation improvements for user interface features, dashboard navigation, and visualization capabilities. There is no mention of security vulnerabilities, patches, authentication, authorization, encryption, or security best practices. The changes focus on usability and feature explanation.
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diff --git a/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-RUM-view-data.md b/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-RUM-view-data.md index b2d511fbf..6322a37fb 100644 --- a//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-RUM-view-data.md +++ b//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-RUM-view-data.md @@ -11 +11 @@ Web Application DashboardMobile Application Dashboard -CloudWatch RUM helps you collect data from user sessions about your application's performance, including load times, Apdex score, device information, geolocation of user sessions, and sessions with errors. All of this information is displayed in a dashboard. +CloudWatch RUM collects and visualizes application performance data from user sessions through an interactive dashboard. By capturing load times, Apdex scores, device information, geolocation, and error patterns, teams can quickly identify performance bottlenecks, prioritize fixes based on real user impact, and ensure optimal experiences across different browsers, devices, and geographic regions—ultimately reducing end user frustration and improving application reliability. @@ -17 +17 @@ To view the RUM dashboard: - 2. In the navigation pane, choose **Application Signals** , **RUM**. + 2. In the navigation pane, choose **Application Signals (APM)** , **RUM**. @@ -28 +28 @@ When you select a web application monitor, you'll see the following tabs: - * The **Performance** tab displays page performance information including load times, request information, web vitals, and page loads over time. This view features interactive web vitals graphs where you can see the different percentile values of core web vitals for your pages and choose datapoints on the graph to view associated events captured by CloudWatch RUM. From there, you can either explore more events related to the metric spike or view page details for a selected event to identify specific conditions causing performance issues. + * The **Performance** tab displays page performance information including load times, request information, web vitals, and page loads over time. On this tab you can also toggle the view between **Page loads** , **Resources** , and **Locations** to see more details about page performance. @@ -30 +30 @@ When you select a web application monitor, you'll see the following tabs: -On this tab you can also toggle the view between **Page loads** , **Requests** , and **Location** to see more details about page performance. +The **Page loads** view features interactive web vitals graphs where you can see the different percentile values of core web vitals for your pages and choose datapoints on the graph to view correlated sessions captured by CloudWatch RUM. From there you can navigate to the Sessions tab using one of the links in the diagnostic table to identify specific conditions causing performance issues. The tab also features the application performance index (**Apdex**) score which indicates end users' level of satisfaction. Scores range from 0 (least satisfied) to 1 (most satisfied). The scores are based on application performance only. For more information about Apdex scores, see How CloudWatch RUM sets Apdex scores. The table at the bottom lists the **Top 100 page load times** based on **Page Ids**. You can change this attribute in the dropdown next to the table header. @@ -32 +32 @@ On this tab you can also toggle the view between **Page loads** , **Requests** , - * The **Errors** tab displays Javascript error information including the error message most frequently seen by users and the devices and browsers with the most errors. This view includes a histogram of the errors and a list view of errors. You can filter the list of errors by user and event details. Choose an error message to see more details. + @@ -34 +34 @@ On this tab you can also toggle the view between **Page loads** , **Requests** , - * The **HTTP requests** tab displays HTTP request information including the request URL with most errors and the devices and browsers with the most errors. This tab includes a histogram of the requests, a list view of requests, and a list view of network errors. You can filter the lists by user and event details. Choose a response code or an error message to see more details about the request or network error, respectively. +Similarly the **Resources** view shows the resource request time and count by the resource type. The **Locations** view has interactive map that lets you drill down to a more granular view and investigate performance issues in a specific region. @@ -36 +36 @@ On this tab you can also toggle the view between **Page loads** , **Requests** , - * The **Sessions** tab displays session metrics. This tab includes a histogram of session start events and a list view of sessions. You can filter the list of sessions by event type, user details, and event details. Choose a **sessionId** to see more details about a session. + @@ -38 +38 @@ On this tab you can also toggle the view between **Page loads** , **Requests** , - * The **Events** tab displays a histogram of RUM events and a list view of the events. You can filter the list of events by event type, user details, and event details. Choose a RUM event to see the raw event. +The diagnostic panel on the right also has the **Browsers** and **Devices** tab which shows the top 5 browsers/devices contributing to the performance issue. You can click on the bar chart to navigate to the Sessions tab to further investigate the issue. @@ -40 +40 @@ On this tab you can also toggle the view between **Page loads** , **Requests** , - * The **Browsers & Devices** tab displays information such as the performance and usage of different browsers and devices to access your application. This view includes controls to toggle the view between focusing on **Browsers** and **Devices**. + @@ -42 +42 @@ On this tab you can also toggle the view between **Page loads** , **Requests** , -If you narrow the scope to a single browser, you see the data broken down by browser version. + * The **JS errors** tab displays JavaScript error count and rate in the summary component along with the Browser and Device with the most errors. This tab includes a chart which shows the number of sessions with JS errors and the failure rate. You can click on any data point in the chart to view the correlated sessions in the diagnostic panel. The table at the bottom lists the top 100 JS errors. The error count link in the table can be used to navigate to the sessions tab where you can view relevant sessions. @@ -44 +44,17 @@ If you narrow the scope to a single browser, you see the data broken down by bro - * The **User Journey** tab displays the paths that your customers use to navigate your application. You can see where your customers enter your application and what page they exit your application from. You can also see the paths that they take and the percentage of customers that follow those paths. You can pause on a node to get more details about that page. You can choose a single path to highlight the connections for easier viewing. + + + * The **Http requests** tab displays HTTP request volume and error information in the HTTP request summary on the top. This tab includes a graph with the HTTP errors, HTTP faults and Network failures. You can click on any data point in the chart to view the correlated sessions in the diagnostic panel. The table at the bottom lists the top 100 network routes with issues. If you expand one of the rows you can see the top error messages for that url. The error count link in the table can be used to navigate to the sessions tab where you can view relevant sessions. + + + + * The **Sessions** tab displays a table that lists all sessions in descending chronological order. At the bottom, a waterfall visualization shows all telemetry for the selected session, helping you track user interactions and identify performance issues. You can click on the error link in the **Errors** column to filter the waterfall chart for the specific error event. Each row in the waterfall can be selected to open the diagnostic panel where you can view the raw event. + + + +For HTTP requests, you'll see a **traceId** for HTTP and Xray events that links to the Traces console if you have tracing enabled. For events like JS error or HTTP error events, diagnostic panel includes an **Exception** tab with the stack trace. The **View** button in the waterfall provides quick access to this information. + + + + * The **User Journey** tab displays the paths that your customers use to navigate your application. You can see where your customers enter your application and what page they exit your application from. You can also see the paths that they take and the percentage of customers that follow those paths. You can pause on a node to get more details about that page. You can choose a single path to highlight the connections for easier viewing. The page shows user journey till 2nd interaction by default. You can click on the **Add path** button to view further interactions. + + @@ -47,0 +64,3 @@ If you narrow the scope to a single browser, you see the data broken down by bro + + + @@ -49,0 +69 @@ If you narrow the scope to a single browser, you see the data broken down by bro +(Optional) On any of the first five tabs, you can filter the data based on user ID, session ID and other event specific filters using the filter bar on the top. You can also use the quick filter panel on the left to filter on a subset of attributes like Page IDs, Page groups, Device, Browser, Location. These filters can be saved using the **Save filter** option and can be reused using the **Select filter** dropdown next to the filter bar. @@ -51 +71 @@ If you narrow the scope to a single browser, you see the data broken down by bro -(Optional) On any of the first six tabs, you can choose the **Pages** button and select a page or page group from the list. This narrows down the displayed data to a single page or group of pages of your application. You can also mark pages and page groups in the list as favorites. + @@ -62,0 +83,2 @@ The tab also features the application performance index (Apdex) score which indi + + @@ -66,0 +89,2 @@ Similarly, the **Crashes** and **ANRs/App Hangs** tabs show a line series for th + + @@ -70,0 +95,2 @@ For HTTP requests with non-2xx status codes, crashes, or ANRs (Android)/ App Han + +