# Application Activity Widget

> Show how many unique computers accessed an application within a given time period.

Source: https://docs.capaone.com/performanceguard/dashboards-and-widgets/widgets/application-activity-widget/  
Product: PerformanceGuard — a separate CapaSystems product; do not apply this page to any other.

The **Application Activity Widget** shows the activity on an application by presenting how many unique computers have accessed the application within a certain time period.

The widget can show this information about any application - including web-based activities that your PerformanceGuard administrator has defined. You can use the widget to gain more specific information than is provided by event monitoring. This in turn can help you identify the application(s) when particular colleagues use it.

The following steps must be done before you can set up and start using the Widget:

- **Define an application**  
    
  You have to [Network Applications](/performanceguard/administration/network-applications/) before you can set up the widget. PerformanceGuard automatically creates an **Application Online** event when an application has been created.  
  Technically, your administrator sets up PerformanceGuard applications to define this.

:::tip
You must define Event Rules in [Manage Thresholds and Events](/performanceguard/administration/manage-thresholds-and-events/) before adding the widget on your dashboard.
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:::tip
You must use the same **Server / Port** and **Transaction filters** used in an application when creating new Event rules
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- **Create Event Rules**

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If you want server-based information, select Event Type as **IP Service - Application Online**.
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:::caution
If you want web-based activity information, select Event Type as **Transaction - Application Online**.
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**ADMINISTRATION > Event Management > Event Rules**  
You can set up rules as Sever / Port (server-based application activity) or Transaction (web-based application activity):

- **Transaction - Application Online**

  - Your PerformanceGuard administrator has set up transaction filters, if not then simply **create** new and then create new event rule.
- **IP Service - Application Online**

  - Your PerformanceGuard administrator has set up Server / Port groups, if not then simply **create** new and then create new event rule.

:::tip
You have to set Lower Threshold according to your requirements.
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# Set Up the Widget

:::caution
You can only do this if you're a PerformanceGuard administrator.
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Before you set up the widget, you need to find out if your administrator has set up rules in Event Management as described above that you wish to view in the widget.

When you're ready to add the widget to a dashboard, you simply select the required information in the widget setup menus.

You can configure the number of allowed computers by adding a number i.e. if more computers than that number are seen then widget will change the color. You can set different values for the number of allowed computers for same or different locations using the multiple widgets.

:::note[Important]
**Example:** You can see that the color for **Cetrea** and **DC** has changed to Red indicating that number of computers has exceeded than the limit set in the widget. Click thumbnail to view image in full size.

![](/attachments/performanceguard/10627339-a654-4de5-bcf5-fe177aa9f856.png)
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# Select what You Want to View

Your PerformanceGuard administrator has typically set up the widget to display applications on your dashboard.   
When that's the case, you can simply use the **Locations** and **Applications** menus in the top part of the dashboard to view the number for computers for selected **Time Period**.

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When you use the **Locations** menu, there's a search field that you can use to search for locations.
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The widget displays the application name and number of computers showing activity for the selected locations.