September 2014 Summaries

This new feature from New Relic allows multiple stakeholders to view applications and servers from their own point of view by using labels and rollups, providing a custom view of the set of applications and servers relevant to each stakeholder's needs. The APM home page features a search box and "Show Labels" toggle, allowing users to filter down large sets of data with ease. Labels have attributes such as category and value, enabling rollups by category and aggregation of label values within that category. Users can automate the process of adding labels using New Relic's API, with future agent releases also supporting this feature. The goal of this feature is to help users focus on what they need to worry about, providing easy access to application and server performance information.

New Relic introduces a feature called labels and rollups to simplify managing complex application environments by allowing stakeholders to view applications and servers from personalized perspectives. This feature enables users to create custom views by organizing applications based on specific attributes, such as deployment stage or team responsibility, thus providing tailored insights into application health and performance. Users can easily sort, filter, and narrow down applications through a search interface, with the ability to roll up data by categories like "Environment," which includes label values such as Dev, Production, and Staging. The system supports automation through APIs for managing labels, and upcoming updates will allow configurations in agents for various programming languages. These enhancements aim to provide focused access to application performance information, encouraging feedback from the community to refine the feature further.