Session Tracing

APM supports session tracing. This function enables full-link tracing based on the user name or ID. The behavior of a user can be reproduced to locate faults. Session tracing includes access, performance, API, JS error, behavior, and custom tracing.

Viewing Session Tracing

Log in to the management console.
Click on the left and choose Management & Governance > Application Performance Management.
In the navigation pane, choose Web Monitoring > Session Tracing. Select a site from the Site drop-down list. By default, the access tracing details of the site are displayed.
1. In the upper right corner of the Session Tracing page, select a time range. Default: Last 20 minutes.
  Options: Last 20 minutes, Last hour, Last 3 hours, Last 6 hours, Last day, Today, Yesterday, Last week, Last month, or Custom.
2. Click the search box and select criteria from the drop-down list to search. Click to view the session tracing information that meets the search criteria at the site.
3. Click in the upper right corner of the list to export information. A maximum of 200 records can be exported.

Access Tracing

In the navigation pane, choose Web Monitoring > Session Tracing. Select a site from the Site drop-down list. By default, the access tracing details of the site are displayed.

Click in the upper right corner of the access tracing list and select the target metric data.
By default, the access tracing list is sorted by Start Time in descending order.

**Table 1** Access tracing parameters
Parameter	Description
Session ID	Unique ID for a user to access a server or web page.
Page URL	URL of the accessed page.
Start Time	Time when the session starts.
Client IP Address	IP address of the client.
UID	User ID.
Tag	User-defined tag, which can be used as a keyword to search.
Views (PV)	Page view (PV), which is the number of times a page is opened or refreshed.

Click a session ID in the Session ID column to view the user track details.

Metrics include Page Loads, API Requests, JS Errors, Visits, Clicks, and Custom Statistics.

User track details include All, Page Loads, API Requests, JS Errors, Clicks, Visits, and Custom Statistics.

Click All to display all user track details of the session ID. A maximum of 200 tracks can be displayed.

Click other tabs such as Page Loads to display the user track details of the session ID on the corresponding tab. For example, if you click the Page Loads tab, the user track details of all page loads under the session ID are displayed.

You can collapse and expand user track details.

**Table 2** Parameters of user track details
Type	Parameter	Description
Page Loads	Page URL	URL of the accessed page.
	Request Source	Source of the request.
	Load Time	Page load time.
	First Contentful Paint (FCP)	Duration from the time when you open a website to the time when the content on the home page of the browser has been rendered.
	First Paint (FP)	Duration from the time when you click a link or enter a URL to the time when the browser starts to display content.
	Time to Interactive (TTI)	Duration from the time when a page starts to be loaded to the time when main resources are rendered and a response is made.
API Requests	Page URL	URL of the accessed page.
	Device ID	ID of the device.
	API Address	API address.
	Request Method	The request method can be GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, or OPTION.
	Status Code	Status code.
JS Errors	Error Occurred	Address where the JS error occurred.
	Device ID	ID of the device.
	Error Cause	Cause of the JS error.
Clicks	Page URL	URL of the accessed page.
	Device ID	ID of the device.
	X-axis Position	X-axis position of the browser coordinate.
	Y-axis Position	Y-axis position of the browser coordinate.
	Operation	Options: chick and dbclick.
Visits	Access Address	URL of the accessed page.
	Client IP Address	Client IP address.
	Client System	Client OS type.
	Browser	Browser type, for example, Chrome, Internet Explorer, or Firefox.
Custom Statistics	Page URL	URL of the page to be reported.
	Event Name	Name of an event.
	Event Value	Event value. For details, see Custom Statistics.

Performance Tracing

In the navigation pane, choose Web Monitoring > Session Tracing. Select a site from the Site drop-down list. Click Performance to switch to the performance tracing details of the site.

Click in the upper right corner of the performance tracing list and select the target metric data.

By default, the performance tracing list is sorted by Load Times in descending order.

**Table 3** Performance tracing parameters
Parameter	Description
Session ID	Unique ID for a user to access a server or web page.
Page URL	URL of the accessed page.
Client IP Address	IP address of the client.
UID	User ID.
Tag	User-defined tag, which can be used as a keyword to search.
Load Times	Total number of times pages were loaded.
Avg. Load Time	Average page load time.
Avg. First Contentful Paint (FCP)	Average first contentful paint time.
Avg. First Paint (FP)	Average first paint time.
Avg. Time to Interactive	Average interaction time.

Click a session ID in the Session ID column to view the user track details. For details, see User track details.

API Tracing

In the navigation pane, choose Web Monitoring > Session Tracing. Select a site from the Site drop-down list. Click APIs to switch to the API tracing details of the site.

Click in the upper right corner of the API tracing list and select the target metric data.

By default, the API tracing list is sorted by Load Times in descending order.

**Table 4** API tracing parameters
Parameter	Description
Session ID	Unique ID for a user to access a server or web page.
Page URL	URL of the accessed page.
Client IP Address	IP address of the client.
UID	User ID.
Tag	User-defined tag, which can be used as a keyword to search.
Load Times	Total number of times pages were loaded.
Avg. Load Time	Average page load time.
Slow Requests	Number of slow API requests.
Slow Request Rate	Slow API request rate.
Failed Requests	Number of failed requests.
Failed Request Rate	Failed API request rate.

Click a session ID in the Session ID column to view the user track details. For details, see User track details.

JS Error Tracing

In the navigation pane, choose Web Monitoring > Session Tracing. Select a site from the Site drop-down list. Click JS Error Tracing to switch to the JS error tracing details of the site.

Click in the upper right corner of the JS error tracing list and select the target metric data.

By default, the JS error tracing list is sorted by Load Times in descending order.

**Table 5** JS error tracing parameters
Parameter	Description
Session ID	Unique ID for a user to access a server or web page.
Page URL	URL of the accessed page.
End Time	Time when the last error was reported.
Client IP Address	IP address of the client.
UID	User ID.
Tag	User-defined tag, which can be used as a keyword to search.
Load Times	Total number of times pages were loaded.
Views (PV)	Page view (PV), which is the number of times a page is opened or refreshed.
UV	Number of visitors who access the website. If a user accesses the site multiple times in a day, only one UV will be counted.

Click a session ID in the Session ID column to view the user track details. For details, see User track details.

Behavior Tracing

In the navigation pane, choose Web Monitoring > Session Tracing. Select a site from the Site drop-down list. Click Behavior to switch to the behavior tracing details of the site.

Click in the upper right corner of the behavior tracing list and select the target metric data.

By default, the behavior tracing list is sorted by Start Time in descending order.

**Table 6** Behavior tracing parameters
Parameter	Description
Session ID	Unique ID for a user to access a server or web page.
Page URL	URL of the accessed page.
Start Time	Time when the first operation is performed.
Client IP Address	IP address of the client.
UID	User ID.
Tag	User-defined tag, which can be used as a keyword to search.
Load Times	Total number of times pages were loaded.
Views (PV)	Page view (PV), which is the number of times a page is opened or refreshed.

Click a session ID in the Session ID column to view the user track details. For details, see User track details.

Custom Tracing

In the navigation pane, choose Web Monitoring > Session Tracing. Select a site from the Site drop-down list. Click Custom to switch to the custom tracing details of the site.

Click in the upper right corner of the custom tracing list and select the target metric data.

By default, the custom tracing list is sorted by Load Times in descending order.

**Table 7** Custom tracing parameters
Parameter	Description
Session ID	Unique ID for a user to access a server or web page.
Page URL	URL of the accessed page.
End Time	Last report time.
Client IP Address	IP address of the client.
UID	User ID.
Tag	User-defined tag, which can be used as a keyword to search.
Load Times	Total number of times pages were loaded.
Views (PV)	Page view (PV), which is the number of times a page is opened or refreshed.