⚙️ Configuring Monitoring for User Experience in Vue.js Applications with GermainUX
Configure how GermainUX monitors, analyzes, and alerts on user experience, performance, errors, network activity, and business workflows in your Vue.js application.
1️⃣ Open the UX Monitoring Profile
Go to:
Germain Workspace > Left Menu > Analytics > UX Monitoring Profiles
Select the UX Monitoring Profile created for the Vue.js application.
The UX Monitoring Profile controls the applicable Real User Monitoring and Session Replay behavior.
📈 2. Configure Real User Monitoring
Configure the browser telemetry required for your monitoring objectives.
Depending on the monitoring configuration, GermainUX can collect:
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User sessions |
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Navigation |
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User interactions |
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Clicks |
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Page performance |
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Browser performance |
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JavaScript errors |
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Network requests |
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HTTP errors |
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Customer-defined events |
Enable only the monitoring required for your use cases.
🎥 3. Configure Session Replay
Configure Session Replay for the selected UX Monitoring Profile.
Depending on your GermainUX version, settings can include:
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Session Replay enabled or disabled |
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Session timeout |
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Maximum recording duration |
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Session behavior when username changes |
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Privacy exclusions |
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IP exclusions |
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Included IP ranges |
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Excluded usernames |
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Headless-browser exclusion |
Validate Session Replay after making configuration changes.
🔒 4. Configure Privacy and Data Exclusions
Review the data collected from the Vue.js application.
Depending on your security, privacy, and regulatory requirements, data can be:
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Action |
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Excluded |
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Masked |
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Anonymized |
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Encrypted |
Configure appropriate protection for:
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Data Type |
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Personal information |
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Form values |
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Authentication fields |
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Account information |
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Payment-related information |
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Customer-defined sensitive fields |
Collect only the information required for the monitoring use case.
👤 5. Configure User Identification
When appropriate and authorized, configure the identifiers required to associate monitored activity with application users.
Depending on what the Vue.js application exposes, these can include:
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Identifier |
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User ID |
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Username |
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Customer ID |
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Employee ID |
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Session identifier |
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Customer-defined identifier |
Avoid collecting unnecessary personally identifiable information.
🖱️ 6. Configure Click Monitoring
GermainUX RUM JS can detect several types of user clicks, including:
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Click Type |
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Standard clicks |
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Dead clicks |
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Error clicks |
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Rage clicks |
Use these signals to identify:
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Signal |
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Controls that do not respond |
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Interactions that generate JavaScript errors |
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Repeated user attempts |
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User frustration |
Analyze click behavior together with Session Replay and other technical telemetry.
⏱️ 7. Configure Performance Monitoring
Configure the performance metrics relevant to the Vue.js application.
Examples include:
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Metric |
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Page-load time |
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User interaction time |
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Browser processing time |
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Rendering time |
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Network-request duration |
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API response time |
Performance thresholds should reflect expected application behavior.
8. Configure JavaScript Error Monitoring
Monitor conditions such as:
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Condition |
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JavaScript errors |
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Console errors |
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Error clicks |
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Resource-loading failures |
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Failed network requests |
Use errors together with user/session information to determine:
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Who was affected |
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What action triggered the error |
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Which page or component was involved |
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Whether the issue affected a business workflow |
📡 9. Configure Network Monitoring
Configure analysis of network requests generated by the application.
Depending on the available data, analyze:
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Attribute |
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Request URL |
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Request duration |
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Response time |
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HTTP status |
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Failed requests |
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API endpoint |
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Third-party service |
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User interaction associated with the request |
Avoid capturing sensitive request or response content unless explicitly required and approved.
🏗️ 10. Configure Vue Component Analysis
When the required instrumentation is available, configure monitoring for important Vue components.
Focus on components that:
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Focus |
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Are business critical |
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Render frequently |
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Are performance sensitive |
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Have known user-experience issues |
Analyze component behavior together with:
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Aspect |
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Rendering performance |
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User interactions |
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Errors |
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Network requests |
🔍 11. Configure JS Profiler — Optional
When GermainUX JS Profiler is deployed, configure deeper JavaScript analysis for selected workflows or application areas.
Use profiling to investigate:
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Investigate |
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Slow JavaScript execution |
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Slow functions |
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Browser processing |
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Rendering bottlenecks |
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Network activity |
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Integration activity |
Use profiling selectively when deeper technical detail is required.
💼 12. Configure Business Workflows
Define important user and business processes.
Examples include:
👥 Customer Registration
Open Registration → Enter Details → Submit → Confirmation
📞 Service Request
Search Customer → Open Account → Create Request → Submit
🛒 eCommerce
Product → Add to Cart → Checkout → Purchase
For each workflow, define:
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Element |
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Start |
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Important milestones |
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Completion |
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Failure |
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Abandonment |
GermainUX can then analyze:
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Metric |
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Completion rate |
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Duration |
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Abandonment |
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Repeated steps |
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Errors |
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Friction |
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Performance delays |
🤖 13. Configure Synthetic Monitoring — Optional
Use GermainUX RPA Bot Recorder for critical Vue.js workflows.
Configure:
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Scenario |
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Monitoring location |
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Schedule |
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Timeout |
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Expected result |
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Failure conditions |
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Alerting |
Use test accounts and safe scenarios.
🔗 14. Configure Backend Correlation — Optional
When GermainUX also monitors backend systems, configure the identifiers or timing relationships required to correlate frontend activity with:
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REST APIs |
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Application servers |
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Databases |
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Logs |
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Infrastructure |
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Integrations |
This can help determine whether an issue originates in:
Browser → Network → API → Backend → Database
🎯 15. Configure KPIs
Configure KPIs relevant to your Vue.js monitoring use cases.
Typical areas include:
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User Session |
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User Interaction |
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Page Performance |
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JavaScript Error |
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HTTP Request |
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Workflow |
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Synthetic Transaction |
Use the KPIs available for your GermainUX version and monitoring configuration.
🧮 16. Configure Measures
Measures can include:
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User count |
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Session count |
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Interaction count |
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Click count |
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Error count |
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Error rate |
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Page-load time |
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Interaction time |
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Network-request duration |
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Workflow duration |
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Completion rate |
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Abandonment rate |
📊 17. Configure Analysis Dimensions
Analyze Vue.js activity by:
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Application |
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Environment |
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User |
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Session |
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Page |
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URL |
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Vue component |
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Interaction |
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Browser |
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Browser version |
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Device |
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Operating system |
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Geography |
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Error |
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API |
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Workflow |
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Time period |
✅ 18. Configure SLAs
Configure thresholds for conditions requiring attention.
Examples include:
Page Performance
Page Load Time > Threshold
Interaction Performance
Interaction Response Time > Threshold
JavaScript
JavaScript Error Rate > Threshold
Network
API Response Time > Threshold
Workflow
Workflow Completion Rate < Expected Threshold
Synthetic Monitoring
Critical Scenario = Failed
Use thresholds appropriate for the application's expected behavior.
🤖 19. Configure Rules and Automated Analysis
Use GermainUX Rules for more advanced conditions.
Examples:
Slow Interaction + Slow API Request
JavaScript Error + Workflow Abandonment
Rage Click + No Navigation
Error Click + JavaScript Exception
Performance Degradation + Increased User Abandonment
Rules can combine technical and user-experience signals to identify higher-impact problems.
🔔 20. Configure Alerts and Watches
Configure notifications for conditions requiring attention.
Examples:
JavaScript Error Rate Above Threshold → Alert Engineering
Critical Workflow Failure → Notify Application Team
Slow API + Affected Users → Notify Development and API Teams
Synthetic Transaction Failure → Alert Operations
GermainUX can trigger:
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Alerts |
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Watches |
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Reports |
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Approved diagnostics |
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Approved automation |
🖥️ 21. Configure Dashboards
Create dashboards according to the monitoring objective.
👥 User Experience
Monitor:
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Users |
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Sessions |
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Interactions |
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Dead clicks |
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Rage clicks |
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Error clicks |
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Session Replay |
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Workflow friction |
🚤 Application Performance
Monitor:
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Page performance |
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Interaction performance |
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Rendering |
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JavaScript errors |
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Network requests |
🔧 Engineering
Monitor:
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JavaScript errors |
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JS Profiler data |
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Slow functions |
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API performance |
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Failed requests |
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Browser-specific problems |
💰 Business Workflows
Monitor:
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Workflow completion |
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Duration |
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Abandonment |
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Errors |
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User friction |
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Business outcomes |
✅ 22. Validate the Configuration
Perform representative activity in the Vue.js application and confirm:
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Sessions are created.
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Navigation is captured.
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User interactions are captured.
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Click monitoring behaves as expected.
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Performance data is available.
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JavaScript errors are detected.
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Network requests are captured as configured.
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Session Replay works when enabled.
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Sensitive data is protected.
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Workflows are reconstructed correctly.
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JS Profiler works when enabled.
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Synthetic transactions execute correctly.
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SLAs evaluate correctly.
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Alerts and Watches operate as expected.
🔧 Troubleshooting
🚫 No User Monitoring Data
Verify:
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RUM JS is installed. |
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The application URL matches the UX Monitoring Profile. |
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RUM JS initializes successfully. |
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Browser requests to GermainUX are not blocked. |
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The test user or IP address is not excluded. |
🎞️ Session Replay Is Missing
Verify:
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Session Replay is enabled globally. |
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Session Replay is enabled for the profile. |
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User/IP exclusion rules are correct. |
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Headless-browser exclusion is not affecting the test. |
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Monitoring data reaches GermainUX. |
🐛 JavaScript Errors Are Missing
Verify:
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Check |
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RUM JS is active. |
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The error occurs in the monitored browser context. |
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Error monitoring is enabled. |
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Privacy or filtering rules do not suppress the event. |
🌐 Network Requests Are Missing
Verify:
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Check |
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RUM JS is active. |
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The request originates in an accessible browser context. |
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Network monitoring is enabled. |
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Filtering rules are not excluding the request. |
📋 Workflow Is Incomplete
Verify:
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Check |
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Required workflow events are being collected. |
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Start and completion conditions are correctly defined. |
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Intermediate milestones correspond to the current Vue.js implementation. |
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Application changes have not altered event or route identifiers. |
ℹ️ Get More Information
GermainUX can help determine which monitoring, analytics and automation capabilities are appropriate for your Vue environment.
Component: Engine, JS Profiler, Mobile App, RPA Bot Recorder, RUM JS
Feature Availability: 2017.2