Abstract: A business transaction management product which captures “snapshots” of messages and their payload content from a messaging network, on the fly, applies filters to select and abstract only priority messages/transactions, transfers the information over a private network or the Internet in a totally secure fashion and formats and stores the selected transaction data in a relational database, then provides performance analysis, usage analysis, detection of transactions misplaced in the infrastructure or delayed by errors. All performance analysis and transaction tracing information is provided through access to database reports for users via an Internet browser, similar to an Internet portal.