The Business Applications page is where you view all your Business Applications and their health in a sortable table. The health of the Business Application is determined by the aggregated health of the underlying objects. The Health column in the table displays the status.

Where You View the Business Applications Page

From the left menu, select Environment > Business Applications to view the Business Applications page. All the available Business Applications and applications are displayed in the table.

The table displays the following types of objects:
Table 1. Business Applications Page
Business Applications Source Business Applications Type
Auto discovered and monitored applications which have more than one node
  • Using Service Discovery.
  • Imported through VMware Aria Operations for Networks.
Manually created Business Applications.
  • Can contain custom groups.
  • Can contain any object to tier relationships.
  • Can contain applications.
Note: Applications discovered using Service Discovery which have only one node are not displayed.

Columns in the Business Application Table

The Business Applications table displays the following columns:
Column Name Description
Vertical Ellipses Offers options for the user to perform actions on the Business Application. You can also Enable Synthetic Monitoring, Disable Synthetic Monitoring, and Configure Synthetic Monitoring for the Business Application.
Health Displays the health of the Business Application by showing different icons. On hovering the cursor over the icon, you can see the health percentage.
Name Displays the name of the Business Application and an icon indicates the type of Business Application.
Description Displays the description of the Business Application you entered when creating it.
Application Tags Displays the application tags you entered when you created the Business Application.
Business Criticality Displays one of the following criticality states for the Business Application:
  • Medium
  • Critical
  • Low
Environment Displays the environment where the Business Application resides in.

Actionable Options on the Business Applications Page

Table 2. Actionable Options on the Business Applications Page
Option Description
Vertical Ellipses Click the vertical ellipses beside a Business Application to perform one of the following actions:
  • Edit (Not available for VMware Aria Operationscreated Business Applications)
  • Delete
  • Go to Details. This opens the Business Applications Summary tab in the Object Browser.
  • Troubleshoot with Workbench
  • Configure Synthetic Monitoring
  • Enable Synthetic Monitoring
  • Disable Synthetic Monitoring
  • Edit Synthetic Monitoring
Filter Filter the objects in the table by name.
Add Business Application Click to create a new Business Application
Show Columns Click to hide/show columns in the table.
Preview Click on a Business Application name in the table to see a visual preview of the objects and their relationships.