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Concepts¶

This article summarizes the core terminology explanations for the Guance platform, covering concepts, data collection, functional modules, deployment methods, and version billing, helping you quickly understand the definitions of various components and features of the platform.

Basic Concepts¶

Term	Short Definition
Workspace	An independent environment within Guance for data monitoring, analysis, and collaboration. Data in different workspaces is isolated from each other.
Data Source	A source that provides data to Guance, such as infrastructure.
Integration	A feature that enables one-click collection and ingestion of monitoring data from specific technology stacks (e.g., Kubernetes, MySQL) into Guance via DataKit.
Tag	A key-value pair defined for data, used to categorize, filter, and manage data, enabling more granular data querying and analysis.

Data Collection and Processing¶

Term	Short Definition
DataKit	The official unified data collector provided by Guance, responsible for collecting metrics, logs, Traces, and other data from various environments and reporting them.
Pipeline	A feature specifically designed for processing data (e.g., logs), providing a series of processors (e.g., data masking) to transform the data.
DQL	Debug Query Language, a self-developed data query language by Guance, used for unified querying and analysis of various types of data within the platform, such as metrics, logs, and traces.
DataFlux Func	A function development, management, and execution platform launched by Guance. It supports writing code in Python and directly publishing it, automatically generating HTTP API interfaces without the need to build web servers or other infrastructure.
GuanceDB	A self-developed distributed multi-model time-series database by Guance, providing efficient storage and querying for observability data. It supports schema-less design, distributed architecture, and stream computing.

Core Features¶

Term	Short Definition
Scene	The core module for data visualization in Guance, containing various display forms, such as Dashboards (comprehensive data monitoring views), Notes (analysis reports combining text and images), and Explorers (custom data query interfaces). It supports flexible construction of business monitoring scenarios.
Event Center	A unified event management platform that aggregates all events triggered by monitors, manually created events, and events synchronized from external systems.
Incident	Serves as a unified entry point for managing and analyzing all abnormal events. It aggregates anomalies from intelligent detection, monitor alerts, and manual creation. Through correlation analysis, it displays the complete context of anomalies and supports team collaboration for tracking event status and recording the handling process, ultimately achieving closed-loop management of abnormal events.
Infrastructure	Provides unified monitoring for foundational architecture components such as hosts, containers, cloud resources, and network devices. It collects performance metrics like CPU, memory, disk, and network in real-time and visualizes component relationships and health status through resource topology maps.
Metrics	Represent time-series data indicating system status, containing metric names, values, tags, and timestamps. Guance supports automatic collection, storage, aggregation analysis, and visualization of metrics, covering system metrics, application metrics, and business metrics.
Logs	Text records generated during system operation. Guance provides a one-stop service for log collection, parsing, indexing, storage, and retrieval, supporting full-text search, field filtering, pattern analysis, and real-time monitoring.
APM	Analyzes application service performance bottlenecks by collecting distributed trace data. It provides service topology mapping, interface response time statistics, error rate monitoring, and code-level performance diagnostics, supporting multiple languages like Java, Python, and Go.
RUM	Collects real user experience data from terminals on Web, App, and Mini Programs. It monitors page load performance, user interaction behavior, interface call quality, and frontend errors, supporting session replay and user journey analysis.
Synthetic Tests	Simulates user requests from globally distributed monitoring nodes to detect the availability and response performance of services like websites, APIs, and ports. It provides multi-region availability statistics, performance comparison analysis, and failure alerts.
Security Monitoring	Continuously monitors system security status, including security event log analysis, vulnerability scan result monitoring, abnormal login detection, and compliance policy checks. It provides security posture assessment and risk warnings.
CI Visualization	An observability solution for continuous integration processes. It monitors key metrics of CI/CD pipelines such as build status, execution duration, and success rate, visually displays pipeline topology and build trends, and supports root cause analysis for build failures.
Monitoring	The core capability set of the Guance platform, covering multiple dimensions such as metric monitoring, log monitoring, trace monitoring, and user experience monitoring. It provides a comprehensive system observability solution through a unified platform.
Workspace Management	A resource isolation and management unit in a multi-tenant environment. It supports creating independent workspaces and configuring different member permissions, data collection policies, and monitoring rules, achieving project-level environment isolation and management.
Cloud Billing	A cloud resource cost management function. It aggregates billing data from multiple cloud platforms, providing resource consumption analysis, cost trend monitoring, cost allocation display, and optimization suggestions. It supports budget alerts and cost forecasting.
LLM Monitoring	A specialized monitoring solution for Large Language Model applications. It provides API call performance monitoring, Token usage statistics, response quality assessment, cost analysis, and usage forecasting to ensure the stability and cost control of AI applications.
Obsy AI AI	The built-in AI Ops assistant in Guance. Based on platform data, it provides intelligent Q&A, anomaly analysis, root cause localization, optimization suggestions, and automatic report generation, lowering the barrier to operations and improving troubleshooting efficiency.

Deployment and Usage¶

Term	Short Definition
Guance SaaS	A cloud service provided and maintained by Guance. Users can start using it immediately upon registration without needing to install it themselves.
Guance Deployment Plan	A version of Guance that supports installation and operation by users in on-premises or private cloud environments.
Client DCA	DataKit Control App, a B/S architecture web-based control system used for centralized management of DataKit, viewing its operational status, managing configuration files and Pipelines, etc.
Mobile APP	The official mobile application released by Guance, allowing users to view monitoring dashboards and receive alert notifications on phones or tablets, enabling them to grasp system status anytime, anywhere.

Plans and Billing¶

Term	Short Definition
Free Plan	A zero-cost version provided by Guance for individual users and learning purposes. It supports basic data collection and core feature experience but has clear limitations on data retention duration, feature completeness, and technical support.
Commercial Plan	A standard paid version designed by Guance for enterprise production environments. It provides complete data collection capabilities, access to all functional modules, standard technical support, and includes data security guarantees and basic SLA assurance.
Enterprise Plan	A high-tier version customized by Guance for large enterprise customers. In addition to all features of the Commercial Plan, it provides extra value-added services such as dedicated cluster deployment, customized feature development, dedicated customer success managers, and higher-level SLA guarantees.
Billing Center	A module within the Guance platform for centralized management and monitoring of account billing. It allows viewing plan details, data consumption, historical bills, and performing operations like top-up and renewal.
Settlement Method	The procedures and methods for service fee collection and settlement between Guance and users, including prepaid, postpaid, and contract-based settlements for enterprise users.