Ad hoc reports

Report → Ad-hoc builds one-off charts from metrics you pick — useful for comparisons and exports, not day-to-day transaction drill-down.

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Building a report

1. Open Report → Ad-hoc.
2. Central: choose agent(s) and/or rollups. Embedded: the local agent is implicit.
3. Select a metric (transaction average, count, percentile, gauge, etc.) and supporting fields (transaction type, percentile value, gauge name).
4. Set the time range and time zone, then Run report.

Results appear as a chart/table you can inspect for a specific question (“what was p95 for Web last Tuesday?”).

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What it is not

Ad-hoc reports are not a substitute for the Transaction pages (overview, percentiles, traces). Use Transactions for interactive exploration, slow-trace lists, and plugin detail.

Ad-hoc is best for custom slices and sharing a fixed metric view — keep reports focused; very wide agent or metric selections can be slow on Central.

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See also

• UI Defaults
• HTTP API and export
• Choosing Embedded vs Central