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Concepts¶

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

Basic Concepts¶

Term	Brief Definition
Workspace	An independent environment in Guance for data monitoring, analysis, and collaboration. Data in different workspaces are independent of each other.
Data Source	The source that provides data to Guance, such as infrastructure.
Integration	The function of collecting monitoring data from specific technology stacks (e.g., Kubernetes, MySQL) through DataKit and connecting it to Guance with one click.
Tag	A key-value pair defined for data, used to classify, filter, and manage data, enabling more refined data query and analysis.

Data Collection and Processing¶

Term	Brief 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 function specifically designed for processing data (e.g., logs), providing a series of processors (e.g., data desensitization) to process data.
DQL	Debug Query Language, a self-developed data query language by Guance, used to uniformly query and analyze various types of data within the platform, including metrics, logs, and traces.
DataFlux Func	A function development, management, and execution platform launched by Guance, supporting Python code writing and direct publishing, automatically generating HTTP API interfaces without the need to build web servers and other infrastructure.
GuanceDB	A self-developed distributed multi-mode time-series database by Guance, providing efficient storage and query for observable data, supporting schema-less design, distributed architecture, and stream computing.

Core Features¶

Term	Brief Definition
Scenario	The core module for data visualization in Guance, including various display forms such as Dashboards (comprehensive data monitoring views), Notes (analysis reports with text and images), and Explorers (custom data query interfaces), supporting 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	A unified entry for managing and analyzing all incident events. It aggregates incidents from intelligent detection, monitor alerts, and manual creation, displaying the complete context of incidents through correlation analysis, and supports team collaboration for incident status tracking and process recording, ultimately achieving closed-loop management of incident events.
Infrastructure	Provides unified monitoring of basic architecture components such as hosts, containers, cloud resources, and network devices, collecting real-time performance metrics such as CPU, memory, disk, and network, and visualizing component relationships and health status through resource topology maps.
Metrics	Time-series data representing system status, including 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 tracing data, providing service topology mapping, interface response time statistics, error rate monitoring, and code-level performance diagnostics, supporting multiple languages such as Java, Python, and Go.
RUM	Collects real user experience data on Web, App, and mini-programs, monitoring page load performance, user interaction behavior, interface call quality, and front-end errors, supporting session recording and user journey analysis.
Synthetic Tests	Detects the availability and response performance of websites, APIs, ports, and other services through globally distributed monitoring nodes, providing multi-region availability statistics, performance comparison analysis, and fault alerts.
Security Monitoring	Continuously monitors system security status, including security event log analysis, vulnerability scan result monitoring, abnormal login detection, and compliance policy checks, providing security posture assessment and risk alerts.
CI Visualization	An observable solution for continuous integration processes, monitoring key metrics such as CI/CD pipeline build status, execution duration, and success rate, visualizing pipeline topology and build trends, and supporting root cause analysis of 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, providing a comprehensive system observability solution through a unified platform.
Workspace Management	A resource isolation and management unit in a multi-tenant environment, supporting the creation of independent workspaces and configuration of different member permissions, data collection strategies, and monitoring rules, achieving project-level environment isolation and management.
Cloud Billing	A cloud resource cost management function that aggregates billing data from multiple cloud platforms, providing resource consumption analysis, cost trend monitoring, cost allocation display, and optimization suggestions, supporting budget alerts and cost forecasts.
LLM Monitoring	A specialized monitoring solution for large language model applications, providing API call performance monitoring, token usage statistics, response quality assessment, cost analysis, and usage forecasts, ensuring the stability and cost control of AI applications.
Obsy AI Assistant	An AI-powered operations assistant built into Guance, providing intelligent Q&A, incident analysis, root cause identification, optimization suggestions, and automatic report generation based on platform data, lowering the threshold for operations and improving troubleshooting efficiency.

Deployment and Usage¶

Term	Brief Definition
Guance SaaS	A cloud service provided and maintained by Guance, allowing users to use it immediately after registration without installation.
Guance Deployment Plan	A version of Guance that supports installation and operation in local or private cloud environments.
Client DCA	DataKit Control App, a B/S architecture web control system for centralized management of DataKit, viewing running status, managing configuration files, and Pipelines.
Mobile App	The official mobile application released by Guance, allowing users to view monitoring dashboards and receive alert notifications on phones or tablets, keeping track of system status anytime, anywhere.

Plans and Billing¶

Term	Brief Definition
Free Plan	A zero-cost version provided by Guance for individual users and learning purposes, supporting basic data collection and core feature experience, but with clear limitations on data storage duration, feature completeness, and technical support.
Commercial Plan	A standard paid version of Guance designed for enterprise production environments, providing complete data collection capabilities, access to all feature modules, standard technical support, and including data security assurance and basic SLA guarantees.
Enterprise Plan	A high-tier version of Guance customized for large enterprise customers, including all features of the Commercial Plan, with additional 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, allowing users to view plan details, data consumption, historical bills, and perform recharge and renewal operations.
Settlement Method	The procedure and method for service fee payment and settlement between Guance and users, including prepayment, post-payment, and contract-based settlement for enterprise users.