New Relic APM Fundamentals

In this course, you'll learn how to use New Relic APM to see what's happening in your application, understand where the problems are, discover opportunities for optimizing your entire application ecosystem, and make sure you never miss an issue that needs attention.

About this course

To deliver truly great software and exceptional digital experiences, you need to get to the truth about your applications’ performance, your customers’ experience, and your software’s impact on the business.

With New Relic APM, you can “turn the lights on” to see what's happening in your application, understand where the problems are, discover opportunities for optimizing your entire application ecosystem, and make sure you never miss an issue that needs attention.

By the end of this course, you will:

  1. Have set up your selected New Relic product with the relevant data reporting to your New Relic account
  2. Be able to use the product dashboards to address the most urgent issues immediately
  3. Have organized your data using product-specific features such as labels
  4. Establish a performance baseline so you can identify what matters most to you and what you might want to monitor, improve, or continue to troubleshoot
  5. Know how to analyze your data to gather deeper insight into your digital business

Curriculum

  • Section 1: Set Up and Get Data Reporting
  • Install the Agent

    Install the New Relic Agent

  • Naming Your Application

    Naming Your Application

  • Practice Test: Naming Your Application

    Practice Test: Naming Your Application

  • Troubleshooting Agent Installation

    Troubleshooting Agent Installation

  • Section 2: Address the Most Urgent Problems First
  • Practice Test: APM Overview Dashboard

    Practice Test: APM Overview Dashboard

  • APM Transactions Dashboard

    APM Transactions Dashboard

  • Practice Test: APM Transactions Dashboard

    Practice Test: APM Transactions Dashboard

  • Improve Performance with APM

    Improve Performance with APM

  • Improve Performance: Error Analytics

    Improve Performance: Error Analytics

  • Practice Test: Improve Performance with APM

    Practice Test: Improve Performance with APM

  • Section 3: Organize Your Data
  • Organize your Data with Categories and Labels

    Organize your APM data with Categories and Labels.

  • Practice Test: Organize your data with categories and labels

    Practice Test: Organize your data with categories and labels

  • Manage your Categories and Labels with the REST API

    Manage your Categories and Labels with the REST API

  • Practice Test: Manage Your APM Categories and Labels with the REST API

    Practice Test: Manage Your APM Categories and Labels with the REST API

  • Organize Application Data with Multiple Names

    Organize Application Data with Multiple Names

  • Practice Test: Organize Your Application Data with Multiple Names

    Practice Test: Organize Your Application Data with Multiple Names

  • Section 4: Establish an Application Baseline
  • Establish an Application Baseline

    Establish an Application Baseline: Checking Your App's Availability, Functionality, & Speed

  • Lab Activity: Fill out an Application Baseline Log

    Lab Activity: Fill out an Application Baseline Log

  • Practice Test: Establish an Application Baseline

    Practice Test: Establish an Application Baseline

  • Using Key Transactions

    Using Key Transactions

  • Practice Test: Using Key Transactions

    Practice Test: Using Key Transactions

  • Create Key Transactions

    Create Key Transactions

  • Practice Test: Creating Key Transactions in APM

    Practice Test: Creating Key Transactions in APM

  • Next Steps
  • Next Steps

    Next Steps

About this course

To deliver truly great software and exceptional digital experiences, you need to get to the truth about your applications’ performance, your customers’ experience, and your software’s impact on the business.

With New Relic APM, you can “turn the lights on” to see what's happening in your application, understand where the problems are, discover opportunities for optimizing your entire application ecosystem, and make sure you never miss an issue that needs attention.

By the end of this course, you will:

  1. Have set up your selected New Relic product with the relevant data reporting to your New Relic account
  2. Be able to use the product dashboards to address the most urgent issues immediately
  3. Have organized your data using product-specific features such as labels
  4. Establish a performance baseline so you can identify what matters most to you and what you might want to monitor, improve, or continue to troubleshoot
  5. Know how to analyze your data to gather deeper insight into your digital business

Curriculum

  • Section 1: Set Up and Get Data Reporting
  • Install the Agent

    Install the New Relic Agent

  • Naming Your Application

    Naming Your Application

  • Practice Test: Naming Your Application

    Practice Test: Naming Your Application

  • Troubleshooting Agent Installation

    Troubleshooting Agent Installation

  • Section 2: Address the Most Urgent Problems First
  • Practice Test: APM Overview Dashboard

    Practice Test: APM Overview Dashboard

  • APM Transactions Dashboard

    APM Transactions Dashboard

  • Practice Test: APM Transactions Dashboard

    Practice Test: APM Transactions Dashboard

  • Improve Performance with APM

    Improve Performance with APM

  • Improve Performance: Error Analytics

    Improve Performance: Error Analytics

  • Practice Test: Improve Performance with APM

    Practice Test: Improve Performance with APM

  • Section 3: Organize Your Data
  • Organize your Data with Categories and Labels

    Organize your APM data with Categories and Labels.

  • Practice Test: Organize your data with categories and labels

    Practice Test: Organize your data with categories and labels

  • Manage your Categories and Labels with the REST API

    Manage your Categories and Labels with the REST API

  • Practice Test: Manage Your APM Categories and Labels with the REST API

    Practice Test: Manage Your APM Categories and Labels with the REST API

  • Organize Application Data with Multiple Names

    Organize Application Data with Multiple Names

  • Practice Test: Organize Your Application Data with Multiple Names

    Practice Test: Organize Your Application Data with Multiple Names

  • Section 4: Establish an Application Baseline
  • Establish an Application Baseline

    Establish an Application Baseline: Checking Your App's Availability, Functionality, & Speed

  • Lab Activity: Fill out an Application Baseline Log

    Lab Activity: Fill out an Application Baseline Log

  • Practice Test: Establish an Application Baseline

    Practice Test: Establish an Application Baseline

  • Using Key Transactions

    Using Key Transactions

  • Practice Test: Using Key Transactions

    Practice Test: Using Key Transactions

  • Create Key Transactions

    Create Key Transactions

  • Practice Test: Creating Key Transactions in APM

    Practice Test: Creating Key Transactions in APM

  • Next Steps
  • Next Steps

    Next Steps