You're responsible for monitoring the performance of a company e-commerce website. You're considering using ThousandEyes Synthetic Web Tests. Which…

Transaction monitoring is specifically designed to simulate and measure multi-step user workflows. An e-commerce checkout is a classic example of such a transaction, involving steps like adding items to a cart, entering shipping details, and completing payment. This test type validates the functionality and performance of the entire critical user path, which is essential for an e-commerce site. Other test types monitor individual components but not the integrated process.

A. HTTP server monitoring only checks the availability and response time of a single URL. It cannot simulate the sequential steps of a checkout process.

C. DNS monitoring focuses solely on the performance of DNS resolution for the website's domain, which is only the first step in accessing the site.

D. Routing visibility analyzes the network path to the server. While important for connectivity, it does not test the application-layer functionality of the checkout workflow.

1. Cisco ThousandEyes Documentation, "Transaction Tests". This document states, "Transaction tests, also known as web transaction tests, are used to test user workflows such as logging into a web application, filling out a form, or completing a purchase on an e-commerce site."

2. Cisco ThousandEyes Documentation, "Web Layer Tests". This page contrasts different web test types, clarifying that HTTP Server tests check a single page's availability, while Transaction tests "measure the performance of user workflows".