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Transaction Naming

Transaction names are important in FusionReactor, because they give context to the transactions and web requests you are monitoring. Depending on which framework your application is written in, FusionReactor may be able to automatically determine the transaction name e.g. Java Spring Framework or some of the ColdFusion frameworks, such as ColdBox.

The transaction name (App/Txn) is made visible in various views, such as the Transaction or Request History.

In this example App is Struts 2 and Txn is the actual transaction name which is extracted from the application URL e.g. addToCart.action. FusionReactor has different methods available to define what determines the transaction name displayed.

In this example, we are using the Transaction Page Identifier Type = URL element with the SES (Search Engine Safe) Element Offset = 3, which can be seen in the example below.

Example using URL Element

When using the URL Element option, you are given a single additional configuration field SES Element Offset. This is the URL element that you want to use as the transaction name. A URL element is defined as a section in the URL that is between a slash ( / ), so with the following URL and SES Element Offset = 3
http://localhost:8080/struts2/shop/addToCart.action

The Transaction (Txn) will be shown as

addToCart.action

The 3rd element is whatever comes after the third forward slash after the hostname - domain in the URL.

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