The core of dynaTrace is its unique PurePath transaction tracing technology, which helps you find the answers you need to resolve performance problems quickly and reliably:

• Isolate the component causing the problem (WHERE?)?
• Identify the root-cause of the problem (WHY?)

Problem scenarios are fundamentally analyzed using the following two diagnostic procedures:

• Outside-In: From the end-user perspective (e.g., poor response time) down to the method-level
• Inside-Out: From the code perspective (e.g., exception) up to the affected business transaction(s)

Unique characteristics of PurePath Technology:

Tracing individual transactions

dynaTrace goes well beyond just recording average values to measure data on individual transactions. Such precise diagnosis offers clear identification of the factors influencing the performance of specific transactions – enabling isolation of outliers, which ensures precise problem identification.

Real-time business-level to code-level visibility

dynaTrace provides real-time visibility into transaction performance from end-user down to code-level simplifying data interpretation. Besides performance metrics (response times, CPU usage), it also captures contextual data (e.g., method arguments, memory allocations, SQL, sync events, exceptions/logs) to identify precisely the code segment causing the bottleneck.

End-to-end across globally distributed tiers

Trace transactions end-to-end, even across globally distributed servers/tiers, whether Java or .NET, starting even at rich clients.

Low overhead, small footprint on target servers

dynaTrace only instruments those methods that contribute to application performance and offloads data processing to the dynaTrace Collectors and Server. This not only enables flexible deployment, but also deep-dive diagnostics under production load levels paired with low overhead at 3-5% 24x7 always on.

Shareable – provide interactive reports to engineers

Provide interactive code-level reports of problematic transactions to development without having to be a Java/.NET expert. Developers only need to analyze the data relevant to the case within a familiar format offline without having to reproduce the issue, whether they are working in-house, or at a remote location using the included dynaTrace Client or free Viewer.