Marvis Minis SLE Dashboard (Beta)

Get started using the Marvis Minis service-level experience (SLE) dashboard to get end-to-end visibility of the client to cloud user experience.

Marvis Minis is a digital user twin that emulates network users and evaluates the network and application performance of your network by proactively simulating user connections through an access point (AP). Marvis Minis runs periodic validations on active VLANs within a site to assess network connectivity and application reachability for users. A key functionality of Marvis Minis is its ability to detect network or application issues even in the absence of actual users. This proactive approach enables the identification and resolution of potential issues before they affect users. To know more, see Marvis Minis.

The Marvis Minis SLE measures the network and application performance based on the validations run by Marvis Minis. Marvis Minis SLEs delve deeper into factors affecting the client-to-cloud user experience helping you understand the impact and scope of issues. These factors are categorized under two types of SLEs—Network Services and Application.

The Network Services SLE provides insights into the failures that occurred when Marvis Minis initiated DHCP, DNS, ARP, or authentication tests.
The Application SLE provides insights into failures that occur after Marvis Minis initiated the application reachability and connectivity tests. This SLE provides a comprehensive view of application performance across the entire organization and localized performance data specific to individual sites, enabling detailed analysis of how particular applications are functioning in different contexts.

The SLEs provide a time series view that helps you to quickly narrow down the type of failure and the failure start time. An interactive 24/7 checkerboard chart for each SLE provides an at-a-glance overview of the hourly validation test results. You can delve into the specifics of each test run for more detailed insights. With detailed visibility into site-level and organization-level performance, these SLEs enable early detection and resolution of issues.

Marvis Minis SLE—Intelligent Failure Scoping

Marvis Minis continuously evaluates SLEs across the entire site and automatically generates Marvis actions when failures are detected. If a failure remains unresolved for more than seven days without a meaningful impact,Marvis Minis classifies it as noise and automatically excludes it from SLE calculations. This approach ensures that SLE metrics reflect genuine, actionable issues—so engineering teams can focus their time and attention on problems that truly affect reliability and user experience.

Marvis Minis SLE—Intelligent Reachability Testing (Default Apps and DNS)

Marvis Minis determines Internet reachability by grouping four default applications into a single entity called Default Apps and evaluating the apps collectively. When Marvis Minis detects that Internet access is intentionally restricted at a site, it automatically adapts by excluding Default Apps from the SLE calculation. This approach prevents the scores from being penalized for an intentional network configuration. DNS reachability follows the same adaptive behavior. If DNS is unreachable by design, Marvis Minis auto‑learns this condition and excludes DNS from the SLE.

In these scenarios, only the remaining applicable tests—such as DHCP and ARP—continue to contribute to the SLE. This ensures that you see an accurate, noise‑free view of the services that are expected to function.

Note: Custom application failures are reported exactly as detected and are not subject to auto‑learning or intelligent scoping. All custom app test failures are always counted against the SLE, independent of duration or site conditions.

Finding the Marvis Minis SLE Dashboard

Select Monitor > Service Levels>Marvis Minis SLE from the left menu to view the Marvis Minis SLE dashboard. You can click each SLE to view the Root Cause Analysis page that provides details such as the timeline of failure occurrences, impacted applications and sites.

Filter Marvis Minis SLE Data by Applications or VLANs

You can filter SLE data by a specific application or VLAN using the drop-down lists, both at the organization level and site level.

Here are the different options to view data (applicable to both organization and site level):

- All applications on all VLANs (default view)
- All applications on a specific VLAN
- A specific application on all VLANs
- A specific application on a specific VLAN

Subscription Requirements for Marvis Minis SLEs

You do not require a separate subscription to view the Marvis Minis SLEs. Any organization with an active Marvis for Wireless subscription is automatically entitled for Marvis Minis SLEs. Note that Marvis Minis is supported only on APs and switches (authentication) currently.