What is included in the Synthetic monitor of the Synthetic dashboard tile?

The Synthetic monitor of the Synthetic dashboard tile includes third-party monitors. This feature allows users to simulate interactions with their applications from various geographic locations and devices, which provides insights into performance and availability. By incorporating third-party monitors, users can gauge how external services impact their application’s performance and user experience.

This ability to assess interactions with external services is crucial for understanding how dependencies affect overall application performance. While user session data, performance metrics, and user behavior tracking are important aspects of application monitoring, they pertain more to Real User Monitoring (RUM) rather than the specific focus of Synthetic monitoring, which is primarily about simulating user interactions and monitoring the performance of those interactions with third-party services. Synthetic monitors specifically aim at proactively testing and ensuring the performance of application components, including those emanating from third-party sources.