Synthetic Monitoring
How to monitor applications with MFA using a TOTP
The MFA option is available only for applications that use time-based one-time passwords (TOTPs) as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method. In Site24x7, multi-factor authentication (MFA) is used for Web Transaction (Browser) monitors and SaaS ...
Configure the On-Premise Poller as a monitoring location for synthetic (browser) monitors
If you need to monitor from an internal network, install an On-Premise Poller and use it as a monitoring location for your synthetic (browser) monitors. Synthetic (browser) monitors include Web Transaction (Browser), Web Transaction (Browser) - ...
How do I manually check whether the browsers have been downloaded correctly for the Web Transaction (Browser) monitor?
After you download and add Firefox or Chrome browsers manually for the Web Transaction (Browser) monitor in Windows On-Premise Poller, you can check whether the process has happened correctly by using the following steps. For Windows On-Premise ...
How to download and add Firefox or Chrome browsers for web transaction monitoring in Windows On-Premise Poller manually
Please follow the steps given below to download and add the downloaded files in the Windows On-Premise Poller manually: Stop the On-Premise Poller service and ensure there are no existing processes running in it. Check whether you have upgraded or ...
How to install packages to support Web Transaction (Browser) monitor in Linux On-Premise Poller
To support Web Transaction (Browser) monitor on an On-Premise Poller, you can execute the following command in the terminal to install packages in CentOS 7.0 to 7.8 or in RHEL 7.x. Note: The Installation is supported only on 64-bit OS. Execute the ...
What should I do if I get the error "Unable to locate an element on a page"?
At times, some page elements can't be located due to network issues or loading issues. There are two methods of fixing the error: you can either check the root cause analysis (RCA) screenshot or you can edit the web script. To fix the error by ...
What should I do when some of the screenshots for the real browser monitor are not clear?
To ensure that all the page elements are loading correctly while taking screenshots, you can try adding wait_for_element_presence and wait_for_element_visibility parameters for the pages where the screenshots are not clear. To make this change: Log ...
Are my passwords stored in the web script of the real browser monitor secure?
Yes. The whole playback script is encrypted, and we take the utmost care while handling sensitive data.
Is data cached or stored as a cookie during Synthetic and Webpage Speed (Browser) Monitoring?
No, the data isn't stored in a cache or cookie. Synthetic monitoring and Webpage Speed (Browser) monitoring are done from a private or incognito window. For each poll, a profile is created and the browser is opened in Chrome or Firefox incognito ...
How do I monitor a single sign-on application using a Web Transaction (Browser) Monitor?
Site24x7 provides the option to enable/disable parallel polling to initiate/suppress data collection from all the configured monitoring locations simultaneously during hourly polls. Polling will be handled asynchronously by default. For a ...
Will I be charged if the calls are not answered or if the number is switched off or not reachable?
When Twillio is used for receiving the voice call alerts Site24x7 will send the monitor details to Twillio, which will be forwarded as voice call alerts to customers from Twillio. But the data will not be read by both Twillio as well as by Site24x7. ...
How many steps can be recorded in the Web Application Real Browser monitor?
Maximum number of steps that can be recorded and monitored through RBM is 20. The limit is set to provide optimal polling frequency and performance as the maximum data collection time of a transaction should not exceed 165 seconds. When you reach the ...
Polling logic in Web Transaction (Browser) monitors
Say you've set a check frequency of 5 minutes for your web transaction monitors and the first poll takes place at 10.00 AM. The last poll time in the monitor summary page will be updated when the entire data collection for that poll is completed. ...
Browser versions used in Synthetic Web Transaction (Browser) Monitor
The browser versions of the user agent are listed below. Browser Exact version User agent (default) Firefox Developer Edition 125.0 Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:94.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/125.0 Site24x7 Chrome Google Chrome ...
How does the response time calculation vary for a Webpage Speed (Browser) monitor and a Web Transaction monitor?
Both the monitors load the page in a real browser(Firefox) to calculate the load time. However, there would be a difference in response time values due to the following reason: The Webpage Speed(Browser) The response time of this monitor is the sum ...
For recording websites with basic authentication using Web Transaction (Browser)
In Firefox, every time we access a website that requires basic authentication, the authentication information that we provide is stored in the browser profile. So, if you open the page again in the same browser, it will use the basic authentication ...
What is response time for monitoring locations with regards to a Web Transaction (Browser) monitor
Add a Web Transaction (Browser) monitor and set thresholds and get alerted when the configured configurations exceed. While setting up the threshold profile for a RBM monitor, the user might need to specify the Response time for the monitoring ...
List of Selenium commands supported in Web Transaction (Browser) - Selenium WebDriver
Site24x7's Web Transaction (Browser) - Selenium WebDriver supports the following Selenium commands: answerOnNextPrompt assertAlert assertConfirmation assertLocation assertPrompt assertText assertTextPresent assertTextNotPresent assertTitle check ...
Can the page load time be increased beyond 45 sec on the Web Transaction (Browser) Monitor
The page load time cannot be set beyond 45 seconds. This is because the system will have to complete the entire data collection within 165 seconds irrespective of the number of steps. So, having a page load time greater than 45 seconds might create ...
Steps to perform while facing trouble getting started with the Web Transaction (Browser) recorder
Please make sure that the following requirements are met before initiating a web transaction. Enabling the incognito mode It's important to enable incognito mode to ensure that your transaction recordings are not affected by cookies from previous ...
Open/Import web script to Web Transaction (Browser)
A web script is a file that contains all the transactions recorded using the Site24x7 Web Transaction (Browser) tool. To open web script to the Web Transaction (Browser) tool,f you've recorded the script using the Site24x7 Web Transaction (Browser) ...
Intelligent Playback: Monitor randomly changing attributes of my HTML elements using Web Transaction (Browser)
You don't have to record each time an HTML attribute changes for an element. Site24x7 Web Transaction (Browser) monitoring uses a concept called Intelligent Playback, which will identify the attribute level changes of the HTML element and update your ...
Default User Agent used in Web Transaction (Browser) and Webpage Speed (Browser) monitors
Site24x7 Web Transaction (Browser) and Webpage Speed (Browser) monitors use the following user agents for monitoring, FFV83 - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0.247) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/83.0 Site24x7 ChromeV88 - Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux ...
Can the Web Transaction (Browser) be used to monitor actions triggered from Flash content on websites
Web Transaction (Browser) monitor cannot be used to monitor actions triggered by Flash content on a webpage.
Troubleshoot the error message "Validating.. Please Wait", occurring in your Web Transaction (Browser) recorder tool while trying to login
The reason for the error message "Validating... Please Wait" might be due to the unavailability of the internet for the recorder to connect and validate your login credentials. Troubleshooting tips: Check if you have an active Internet connection at ...