A discrete application is an application upon which a complex application has a dependency. For example, IIS and SQL Server are discrete applications on which the complex application WhatsUp Gold is dependent. A discrete application is used when you are monitoring a complex application. You may add a discrete application to an application profile or add a discrete application to an application instance as a component. Learn more about APM terminology.
Note: Adding a discrete application to an application profile helps build the foundation of the profile, but does not add the discrete application to an application instance.