WebWatchBot provides the functionality to execute, in a defined sequence, one or more watch items that collectively form one entity for monitoring known as a Transaction.

Though Transactions are commonly a series of web pages, WebWatchBot allows any Watch Type, e.g., SMTP, POP3, HTTP, etc., to be executed within a Transaction.

One of the most common types of Transactions is one that monitors web pages within an e-commerce web application, to monitor a shopping cart and all of its pieces.  For example, a Transaction could monitor the following steps:

1. View an item in a catalog

2. Add item to a shopping cart

3. View contents of a shopping cart

4. Start checkout process

5. Add customer data for checkout

6. Complete checkout/purchase