User interface that facilitates node pinning for monitoring and analysis of performance in a computing environment

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, execution of which by a machine causes the machine to perform a method for causing display of a hierarchical computing environment, the method comprising:

• causing display of the hierarchical computing environment as a hierarchical tree, wherein nodes of the hierarchical tree represent at least a subset of entities in the hierarchical computing environment and edges of the hierarchical tree represent parent-child relationships between the entities:
• in response to receiving a first indication of a user selection of a first node in the hierarchical tree, causing display of a first detail panel for the first node concurrently with the hierarchical tree, wherein the first detail panel includes the first state information for the first node and remains unchanged after the display;
• in response to receiving a second indication of a user selection of a second node in the hierarchical tree, causing display of a second detail panel for the second node concurrently with the first detail panel and the hierarchical tree, wherein the second detail panel includes second state information for the second node and remains unchanged after the display, wherein the first node and the second node are the same node or different nodes;
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• in response to receiving a user manipulation of the hierarchical tree, regenerating the hierarchical tree based on the user manipulation and displaying the regenerated hierarchical tree while maintaining the display of the first detail panel for the first node and the second detail panel for the second node.

A system for displaying a hierarchical computing environment, comprising:

• computer memory for storing machine data;
• and
• one or more processors configured to:
• cause display of the hierarchical computing environment as a hierarchical tree, wherein nodes of the hierarchical tree represent at least a subset of entities in the hierarchical computing environment and edges of the hierarchical tree represent parent-child relationships between the entities:
• in response to receiving a first indication of a user selection of a first node in the hierarchical tree, cause display of a first detail panel for the first node concurrently with the hierarchical tree, wherein the first detail panel includes the first state information for the first node and remains unchanged after the display;
• in response to receiving a second indication of a user selection of a second node in the hierarchical tree, cause display of a second detail panel for the second node concurrently with the first detail panel and the hierarchical tree, wherein the second detail panel includes second state information for the second node and remains unchanged after the display, wherein the first node and the second node are the same node or different nodes;
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• in response to receiving a user manipulation of the hierarchical tree, regenerate the hierarchical tree based on the user manipulation and displaying the regenerated hierarchical tree while maintaining the display of the first detail panel for the first node and the second detail panel for the second node.