# Monitoring applications

Gain visibility into employee experience with applications for business-critical portfolio management and productivity.

Monitor, troubleshoot, and remediate application-related issues using:

* The [Applications overview](#monitoringapplications-applicationsoverviewpage) page quickly visualizes the status of all the monitored web and desktop applications.
* With Nexthink **Adopt,** the [Digital Adoption Insights](https://docs.nexthink.com/platform/user-guide/adopt/guide-insights-and-analytics/analyzing-the-adoption-of-web-applications) dashboard provides deeper insights into how employees interact with your web applications to address adoption.
* Application-specific dashboards with targeted insights for [applications preconfigured](https://docs.nexthink.com/platform/user-guide/applications/configuring-applications) in Nexthink according to application **Type**:
  * [monitoring-web-applications](https://docs.nexthink.com/platform/user-guide/applications/monitoring-applications/monitoring-web-applications "mention")
  * [monitoring-desktop-applications](https://docs.nexthink.com/platform/user-guide/applications/monitoring-applications/monitoring-desktop-applications "mention")
  * [monitoring-network-applications](https://docs.nexthink.com/platform/user-guide/applications/monitoring-applications/monitoring-network-applications "mention")

## Applications overview page <a href="#monitoringapplications-applicationsoverviewpage" id="monitoringapplications-applicationsoverviewpage"></a>

To visually check the status of all the monitored web and desktop applications:

1. Access the **Applications > Applications overview** page from the main navigational menu.
2. Use the **Display** drop-down to sort display metrics: Web metrics or Desktop metrics.
3. Optionally, click on any application to open application-specific dashboards.

<details>

<summary>Considerations: Metric-display for hybrid <strong>web &#x26; desktop</strong> applications</summary>

For hybrid applications with web and desktop versions, you can see the number of web and desktop users separately:

* If you select the **Number of web users** in the **Web metrics** section, the results show the values for the web version.
* If you select the **Number of desktop users** in the **Desktop metrics** section, the results show the values for the desktop version.

</details>

{% hint style="info" %}
Desktop applications represent [binaries grouped](https://docs.nexthink.com/platform/references/database-information-and-organization/binary-grouping/) with their associated subprocesses. As a result, application-related metrics and AI insights include all subprocesses.
{% endhint %}

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The **Applications overview** groups and highlights applications based on their health status—for the selected metric and timeframe—using a color scheme based on [predefined thresholds](#predefined-thresholds-for-web-metrics).

* A metric with no available data sets the color to gray.
* A metric that does not utilize thresholds sets the color to blue.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Every 5 minutes, the system automatically updates the **Applications overview** content and reorganizes the application groups based on the latest values computed.
{% endhint %}

<figure><img src="https://268444917-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FxJSUDk9NTtCHYPG5EWs3%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-cdcbad6d50c1a26610120017a06229ececc43727%2Fappex-1673528297.png?alt=media" alt="Applications overview page"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

The arrow icon **→** located within each listed application indicates the metric evolution. This trend results from comparing the current selection (e.g., **Last 24h**) with the same prior period.

| Applications overview: selected timeframe                                     | Trend estimation: Timeframe is compared to                                                    |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <p><strong>Last 24h</strong><br>from 22.04.2021 14:00 to 23.04.2021 14:00</p> | <p>The previous <strong>24h</strong> period:<br>from 21.04.2021 14:00 to 22.04.2021 14:00</p> |
| <p><strong>Last 7 days</strong><br>from 16.04.2021 to 23.04.2021</p>          | <p>The previous <strong>7-day</strong> period:<br>from 09.04.2021 to 16.04.2021</p>           |

### Predefined thresholds for web metrics

{% hint style="info" %}
You can [customize thresholds](https://docs.nexthink.com/platform/user-guide/applications/configuring-applications/configuring-web-applications/thresholds) at the application level.
{% endhint %}

The following web metrics classification relies on the following default thresholds:

**Page load time in seconds**

* A value lower than 2 sets it to green.
* A value between 2 and 4 sets it to yellow.
* A value higher than 4 sets it to red.

**Transaction duration in seconds**

* A value lower than 4 sets it to green.
* A value between 4 and 16 sets it to yellow.
* A value higher than 16 sets it to red.

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RELATED TASKS

* [Monitoring web applications](https://docs.nexthink.com/platform/user-guide/applications/monitoring-applications/monitoring-web-applications)
* [Monitoring desktop applications](https://docs.nexthink.com/platform/user-guide/applications/monitoring-applications/monitoring-desktop-applications)
* [Monitoring network applications](https://docs.nexthink.com/platform/user-guide/applications/monitoring-applications/monitoring-network-applications)


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