theGuard! ApplicationManager offers real-time monitoring of all software components and application instances as managed objects. These objects and the respective information can be directly integrated into theGuard! ServiceCenter.

This permits the flexible allocation of application instances, databases or individual SAP transactions to a business process and the concise visualization of the entire IT chain.

Visualization in the form of business maps offers the following advantages over alternatives in the form of managed monitors:

• central event browser
• event correlation
• event visualization on business maps
• status visualization of application instances on maps
• centralized visualization of service requests and events
• visualization of applications (status, events) including the status of
  relevant network topology (status, events on network devices and
  connections)

• rule-based status correlation of redundant components (such as SAP Application Server)