4 Working with Transactions

A transaction is a sequence of operations that you want to monitor as a single unit. This chapter discusses the advantages of using transactions, how you define and monitor transactions, how you access JVM diagnostics, and how you troubleshoot transactions. It includes the following sections:

• About Transactions

• About Properties

• Working with Properties

• Defining, Modifying, and Deleting Transactions

• Viewing and Monitoring Transaction Performance

• Top 10 Transactions Dashboards

• Viewing Transaction Instances

• Viewing Logged Messages and Properties

• Accessing JVM Diagnostics

• Getting Information About a Transaction

• Troubleshooting Transactions