Updated on 2025-06-27 GMT+08:00

Application Management

On the Application Management page, you can create and delete SkyWalking/OpenTelemetry applications, check basic application information, set sampling rates, define slow SQL statements and calls, and check component environments and Agents.

Checking Application Management

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click on the left and choose Management & Governance > Application Performance Management.
  3. In the navigation pane, choose Link Trace > Application Management.

    Figure 1 Application management

  4. Select an application from the Application drop-down list on the right of the page.

    Figure 2 Selecting an application
    1. Application information

      Table 1 describes the application information.

      Table 1 Application information parameters

      Parameter

      Description

      Display Name

      Display name of the application.

      Creator

      Account for creating the application.

      Description

      Description of the application.

      Created

      Time when the application is created.

      Default Application

      Whether the application is a default one. Default: No.

      Enterprise Project

      Enterprise project name.

      Sampling Rate

      Sampling rate of trace data. Value range: 0 to 100.

      Slow SQL

      SQL threshold. When the collected value exceeds this threshold, the SQL statement is considered slow.

      Slow Call

      URL threshold. When the collected value exceeds this threshold, the URL is considered slow.

      Application Type

      Type of the application.

      APPKEY

      Unique identifier of an application.

    2. Component information
      Table 2 Component information

      Parameter

      Description

      Component/Environment

      Name of a component or environment. You can click the text in blue to go to the corresponding component or environment page.

      Agent Status

      Displays the Agent statuses and number of Agents in different statuses.

      Options: Normal and Abnormal.

      Operation

      Delete

    3. Agent list
      Table 3 Agent parameters

      Parameter

      Description

      Instance Name

      Instance name.

      Agent Type

      Options: JAVA, Python, GO, Nodejs, PHP, and .Net.

      Agent Status

      Options: Normal and Offline.

      Component/Environment

      Name of a component or environment.

      Last Heartbeat

      Latest data collection time.

      Operation

      Delete the Agent.

      • If the Agent status is Normal, the Agent cannot be deleted.
      • If the Agent status is Offline, the Agent can be deleted.

Creating an Application

  1. In the navigation pane, choose Link Trace > Application Management.
  2. Click next to the Application drop-down list. The Create Application dialog box is displayed.

    Figure 3 Creating an application

  3. Set application parameters.

    Table 4 Parameters for creating an application

    Parameter

    Description

    Application Name

    Name of an application, which cannot be empty.

    Enter 1 to 128 characters and start with a letter. Only digits, letters, underscores (_), and hyphens (-) are allowed.

    Display Name

    Application alias.

    Enter 1 to 128 characters. Only digits, letters, underscores (_), hyphens (-), brackets, and periods (.) are allowed.

    Application Type

    Options: SkyWalking or OpenTelemetry.

    Enterprise Project

    Select an enterprise project from the drop-down list. This parameter is displayed only when you use the enterprise edition.

    Description

    Description of the application. Enter up to 1,000 characters.

  4. Click Yes.

Deleting an Application

  1. In the navigation pane, choose Link Trace > Application Management.
  2. Click next to the Application drop-down list. The Delete Application dialog box is displayed.
  3. Click Yes to delete the application.