1. A computer-implemented method for providing a monitoring service in a cloud-based computing environment, the method comprising computer-implemented operations for: receiving a request from a user to subscribe to the monitoring service; retrieving a monitor workflow corresponding to the monitoring service; executing a first call to a finder application over a communications network to retrieve data points according to the monitor workflow; and executing a second call to an analyzer application over the communications network to identify a relevant data point in the data points.