Reading an application's average activity
Understand the Average activity widget, its color code, and how to use it to schedule maintenance.
The Average activity widget displays the average usage pattern of a typical day for an application. It lets you identify at a glance the periods of heavy use and the off-peak hours, so you can schedule a maintenance operation at the time least disruptive to users.
How activity is measured
For each hour of the day (0:00 to 23:00), Kabeen computes an activity index from 0 to 100. This index is relative: the busiest hour over the period is worth 100, and every other hour is expressed as a percentage of that peak. An hour's activity corresponds to the number of distinct users active during that slot.
A few reading notes:
- only business days are taken into account (weekends are excluded);
- hours are expressed in your browser's time zone;
- the default window is a rolling one month.
Color code
From these 24 hourly indices, the interface highlights the quietest and the busiest slots:
| Color | Interpretation |
|---|---|
| Green | Off-peak hour → maintenance recommended |
| Gray | Intermediate activity |
| Blue | Highest activity |
The interface thus flags a recommended maintenance window (the quietest hours) and a peak activity window (the busiest hours).
Use case
The widget helps you choose the best time slot for a maintenance operation or a deployment. Look for the green slots: they correspond to off-peak hours where the impact on users will be minimal. Conversely, avoid the blue slots, which concentrate the highest activity.
Reading note
On a small team, the scale can visually flatten the activity (all bars at the minimum): this is a display-calibration effect, not an absence of usage.