Methodology

This page explains how the material on NetMon Hub is produced and checked, so you can judge how much weight to give it. We are an independent, vendor-neutral reference — not affiliated with, sponsored by, or paid by any monitoring vendor.

Tool overviews and guides

Overviews and how-tos are written from operational experience and cross-checked against the vendor's own current documentation. Where we state a fact that changes over time — a price model, a licensing term, an end-of-life date — we cite a named, datable source rather than an anonymous forum post, and we correct pages when a new release changes the facts.

Configuration examples

Every copy-paste config example (SWQL, SPL, KQL, PromQL and others) is written against a stated product version. Query languages evolve, so a snippet that works on one release can break on another; the version label tells you the context it was validated in. If you hit a discrepancy on a different version, that is the first thing to check.

Query-conversion fidelity ratings

The query converter translates a query from one tool to another. This is inherently lossy: monitoring tools have different data models, so a "perfect" 1:1 translation often does not exist. Rather than pretend otherwise, every conversion carries an explicit fidelity rating:

• Exact — semantically identical output; the translation behaves the same.
• Close — same intent, with minor behavioural differences worth knowing.
• Approximate — same intent, but real differences in the data or its granularity; those differences are noted on the conversion.
• Conceptual — no true equivalent exists; we show the closest idiomatic approach in the target tool and explain the gap.

The rating is a promise about honesty, not perfection: an "approximate" conversion is still useful, as long as you know where it diverges.

Corrections

Errors are inevitable in a field that ships new releases every quarter. If something here is out of date or wrong, we want to fix it — see the About page for how to get in touch.