Preface

This guide introduces you to managing Oracle Fusion Middleware with Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Release 1.

The preface covers the following:

• Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Related Documents

• Terminology

• Conventions

Audience

This document is intended for users who want to discover and monitor Oracle Fusion Middleware products such as Oracle WebLogic Server and Oracle SOA components, as well as deployed Java EE applications. It is also intended for users of JVM Diagnostics and Application Dependency and Performance.

Documentation Accessibility

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Access to Oracle Support

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Related Documents

For more information, see the following documents in the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control documentation library:

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Introduction

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Basic Installation Guide

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide

For the latest releases of these and other Oracle documentation, check the Oracle Technology Network at:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/index.html#em

Oracle Enterprise Manager also provides extensive online Help. Click Help at the top of any Enterprise Manager page to display the online help window.

Terminology

The following terminology is used throughout this manual.

Term	Definition
ASM	Application Service Management
APM	Application Performance Management
DIY	Do-It-Yourself
ISV	Independent Software Vendor
Request Trace	A single thread executing a request. Shows as a bar in the hierarchy view (Application Dependency and Performance).
Request Trace Events	The nodes in the left pane (Application Dependency and Performance)
Request Trace Event View	Transaction event view (Application Dependency and Performance)
SLA	Service Level Agreement
SLO	Service Level Objective
SOA	Service-Oriented Architecture
Transaction Analysis	Transaction tracing (Application Dependency and Performance)
Transaction Hierarchy View	The Transaction Hierarchy View displays a complete transaction hierarchy in a Gantt chart representation showing the execution of each transaction on an absolute time line.
UI	User Interface
WSRP	Web Services Remote Portlets
WSDL	Web Services Description Language

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention	Meaning
boldface	Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic	Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.
monospace	Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.