> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.germainux.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# 09/30/21 Release Notes

> Highlights of the GermainUX release of September 30, 2021, including analytics improvements, monitoring and analytics updates and maintenance fixes.

> [card] [Dashboard (09/30/21)](#analytics-dashboard-09/30/21)
>
> Analytics

> [card] [Architecture (Germain cloud)](#architecture-germain-cloud)
>
> Cloud component overview

> [card] [Kafka](#monitoring-%26-analytics-kafka)
>
> Monitoring & Analytics

> [card] [Operational 360 degree dashboard (09/30/21)](#monitoring-&-analytics-operational-360-degree-dashboard-09/30/21)
>
> Monitoring & Analytics

> [card] [Salesforce (09/30/21)](#monitoring-&-analytics-salesforce-09/30/21)
>
> Monitoring & Analytics

> [card] [Elastic (09/30/21)](#maintenance-elastic-09/30/21)
>
> Maintenance

> [card] [Security (09/30/21)](#maintenance-security-09/30/21)
>
> Maintenance

## Analytics - Dashboard (09/30/21)

### Description

A Number of enhancement to help 1) Maintain Germain 2) Create Analytics Dashboard

1. Funnel Portlet \
    Simplified, it now looks like this:

   ![09/30/21 Release Notes: Analytics - Dashboard (09/30/21)](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/image-20211004-212453.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=72b74ed5af5c0ad163acbd31e336cc79)
2. Reorganize the order in which Portlet is configured + allowing change of the order of pivot/measure

   ![09/30/21 Release Notes: Analytics - Dashboard (09/30/21), image 2](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/image-20211004-210151.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=a10b9429554b40679e8b68624888da47)
3. Enable pressing ENTER keystroke to validate/close on ANY popup
4. Any Popup to be movable
5. Enable selection of a string on Drill-through dashboard

   ![09/30/21 Release Notes: Analytics - Dashboard (09/30/21), image 3](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/image-20211004-211222.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=480e464d4517ee228b6fe9b09f8c70b6)
6. NAME added onto a number of configuration dashboard e.g. Hardware Dashboard

   ![09/30/21 Release Notes: Analytics - Dashboard (09/30/21), image 4](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/image-20211004-212047.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=1c0ba29522d93322a529af33868b3e18)
7. Minimizing/Maximizing of portlet \
    is now lighting fast (used to take a few to up to 10sec to minimize a portlet)
8. Search on RCA dashboard \
    Ability to search for any data on any RCA dashboard (functional and technical) e.g. search for a SOAP parameter/value, search for a SQL ID in a sql statement, search for an API into a Code Stack.
9. Enhancement of the Germain self-monitoring/management components

![09/30/21 Release Notes: Analytics - Dashboard (09/30/21), image 5](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/image-20211004-203254.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=ba0929c0d9238e9a5c9d01fa012ff1c8)

## Architecture (Germain cloud)

A number of our clients are now migrated to Germain cloud (hosted by AWS). Every client deployment is obviously different, here is a very high-level diagram to remind you of the Germain **components**can be deployed and add value to your business journey either via real-time monitoring, analytics or automation.

![09/30/21 Release Notes: Architecture (Germain cloud)](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/image-20230221-135745.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=ed15c36bdb0376b15d189c15e5aaff06)

## Monitoring & Analytics - Kafka

### Description

Germain is now preconfigured to monitor uptime and performance of Apache Kafka and Broker.

* Channel
* ReplayId
* Topic + message

## Monitoring & Analytics - Operational 360 degree dashboard (09/30/21)

### Description

A few changes to make it easier to have a complete view of User, Process and Technology performance

![09/30/21 Release Notes: Monitoring & Analytics - Operational 360 degree dashboard (09/30/21)](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/image-20220121-163941.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=ada51dd399134a1069cb88068d19a172)

## Monitoring & Analytics - Salesforce (09/30/21)

### Description

Many enhancements in Germain to better monitor User Experience, Performance, Availability and Capacity of Salesforce.com.

### Summary of Germain benefits for Salesforce.com

| BENEFITS for SALESFORCE.COM | GERMAIN | SHIELD  (Salesforce.com ) |
| - | - | - |
| Monitor and Analyze User **Behavior**@scale, in real-time, 24x7 | X | |
| Monitor & Identify User **Frictions**@scale (functional , technological), in real-time 24x7 | X | |
| Identify  & Reproduce the **Scenario**that lead to a UX  Error/Issue ( in minutes after it occurs instead of days/weeks/months) | X | |
| **Watch videos of**User’s browser while using  SFDC (including every keystroke, mouse moves, error, etc) | X | |
| Monitor SFDC **Application**Performance  in real-time, 24x7 | X | X |
| Monitor & Improve  **Integration**Performance (to SFDC)  in real-time, 24x7 | X | |
| Identify & Fix **poor Business Data**, in real-time, 24x7 | X | X |
| Monitor SFDC  **Capacity**, in real-time, 24x7 | X | X |
| Monitor SFDC **Usage** metrics, in real-time, 24x7 | X | X |
| Monitor  SFDC **Uptime**, in real-time, 24x7 | X | X |
| Monitor  SFDC **Metadata**change, in real-time, 24x7 | X | |
| Identify **Security**Issues  in real-time | X | |
| All the above **@ a fraction of the cost** | X | |

### Example

* SFDC Real-time Event

  ![09/30/21 Release Notes: Summary of Germain benefits for Salesforce.com](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/131644197-65644238-4c91-4075-80f0-8f6b9e6ceeff.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=3625eba3eae5b4b558933a6114a62854)

  ![09/30/21 Release Notes: Summary of Germain benefits for Salesforce.com, image 2](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/sfdc-rtevent.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=7f3fb71b2b98d0e68a9ccb47a3b19555)

  ![09/30/21 Release Notes: Summary of Germain benefits for Salesforce.com, image 3](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/sfdc-rtevent2.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=fa150cba1070ff5fa60508981e407fe8)
* ![09/30/21 Release Notes: Summary of Germain benefits for Salesforce.com, image 4](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/130410321-27c26cba-0b86-45ea-a802-d373abe45d33.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=f876fa6fe01507bce1e6b583336044e9)

  ![09/30/21 Release Notes: Summary of Germain benefits for Salesforce.com, image 5](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/131683957-c05acaae-7fd0-4c07-be53-2acbfbcab307.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=a55eccd0990bc7a26c3eca4f7d3e1f91)

  ![09/30/21 Release Notes: Summary of Germain benefits for Salesforce.com, image 6](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/131684888-8adb788b-90d3-4229-8f6a-8f1985d3bf30.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=2cce897e2254f65547a40c477e422a13)

  SFDC Apex code analysis (real-time)

![09/30/21 Release Notes: Summary of Germain benefits for Salesforce.com, image 7](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/BTxCucYnGj_ffpsA/images/main/salesforce-monitoring/image-20211004-211247.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=BTxCucYnGj_ffpsA\&q=85\&s=aae72102cd5d6202e30bac1509b27727)

![09/30/21 Release Notes: Summary of Germain benefits for Salesforce.com, image 8](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/debug_log.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=b62a895c93eaa9e4dc8b12a24a365799)

![09/30/21 Release Notes: Summary of Germain benefits for Salesforce.com, image 9](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/debug_log_code_db.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=ef1c4946ae101606a2cb326e42a2000d)

![09/30/21 Release Notes: Summary of Germain benefits for Salesforce.com, image 10](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/debug_log_code_exception.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=6c5dc2bc8bb43e133d0e51b699fc6a53)

![09/30/21 Release Notes: Summary of Germain benefits for Salesforce.com, image 11](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/debug_log_code_exec_rca.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=7f97cd266d804371d084af1afbc89e98)

![09/30/21 Release Notes: Summary of Germain benefits for Salesforce.com, image 12](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/debug_log_code_exec.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=6253b412161da1b826a65875ee58711a)

![09/30/21 Release Notes: Summary of Germain benefits for Salesforce.com, image 13](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/debug_log_debug_event.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=c1bdb0a091c585a5f49e175291298713)

![09/30/21 Release Notes: Summary of Germain benefits for Salesforce.com, image 14](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/debug_log_code_exec_unit.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=e9424728be6167984b96799df4c7ce42)

![09/30/21 Release Notes: Summary of Germain benefits for Salesforce.com, image 15](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/debug_log_code_exec_vf.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=88a7ad43a01774b7d2e92f120fd2f722)

![09/30/21 Release Notes: Summary of Germain benefits for Salesforce.com, image 16](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/debug_log_code_soql.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=67c3b50d531e31ca14252d9f61c65247)

![09/30/21 Release Notes: Summary of Germain benefits for Salesforce.com, image 17](https://mintcdn.com/germain-ux/1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY/images/main/09-30-21-release-notes/debug_log_profiling.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1qQfFdbNhyEDbpuY\&q=85\&s=63dd6fbb4cc444533e7db507a18a5c41)

And more features we released earlier these past months:

* [Monitoring & Analytics - SalesForce.com (04/30/21)](https://docs.germainux.com/main/04-30-21-release-notes.md)
* [Monitoring & Analytics - SalesForce.com (03/31/21)](https://docs.germainux.com/main/03-31-21-release-notes.md)
* Monitoring & Analytics - SalesForce.com (02/28/21)
* [Monitoring & Analytics - Salesforce.com (01/31/21)](https://docs.germainux.com/main/01-31-21-release-notes.md)
* [Monitoring & Analytics - Salesforce.com (12/31/20)](https://docs.germainux.com/main/12-31-20-release-notes.md)

## Maintenance - Elastic (09/30/21)

### Description

Several minor performance enhancements around data aggregation and search to better support big data scale.

## Maintenance - Security (09/30/21)

### Description

Optimized a number of features to make them safer as per these client’s audits.

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