Those paths are then continuously monitored at specified intervals for performance, such as functionality, availability, and response time measures.
Synthetic tests must be scripted in advance, so it is not feasible to measure performance for every permutation of a navigational path an end user might take.
[3] Synthetic monitoring will report myriad metrics, and it's up to the a webmaster or an IT/Operations professional to identify which ones are most important.
To accomplish this they can write custom simulation scripts, or leverage the growing number of commercial synthetic monitoring solutions.
Example include: By implementing Synthetic Monitoring IT/Operations staffs are able to identify application issues in advance of them becoming critical, and take remedial action.