Reading an application's average activity
Understand the Average activity widget, its color code, and how to use it to schedule maintenance.
The 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 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.