When you are looking to use standard deviations from baseline for alert thresholds, you can use Baseline Shading to see if a recent spike or sustained level would alert or not.  The point is to make sure that your alerts are actionable and reduce noise as much as possible! ... View more

When looking for common cause of slowness in a Business Transaction, sort the snapshots by execution time, click on one, hold down shift, then click on another 10 down.  You can now right-click and select "Identify the Most Expensive..."  You can then easily identify the Method or SQL that might be common among multiple snapshots at once!   ... View more