Dependency assessment interface for components of graphical user interfaces

A client device operable to configure a performance analytics (PA) system disposed within a computational instance of a remote network management platform that is associated with a managed network, the PA system being configured for processing and analysis of performance data of the managed network, the client device configured to:

• display, in a graphical user interface (GUI), a graphical representation of one or more PA entities, wherein a database of the remote network management platform contains a plurality of PA entity records, each PA entity record comprising data for configuring the graphical representation of a respective PA entity, wherein the respective PA entity is a component of the PA system configured for processing one or more key performance indicators (KPIs) of the managed network, and is implemented as at least one of a software component or a hardware system, and wherein each PA entity record further comprises information specifying a logical location of the respective PA entity in a dependency assessment tree, the dependency assessment tree comprising (i) respective nodes corresponding to the respective PA entities of the plurality of PA entity records and (ii) branches connecting nodes of PA entities between which there is a functional dependence;
• receive, via the GUI, input that selects a first PA entity from among the displayed one or more respective PA entities;
• responsive to transmitting, to a computing device disposed within the computational instance of the remote network management platform, a first request for dependency information for the selected first PA entity, receive a graphical representation of a first portion of the dependency assessment tree depicting the first PA entity and both one or more dependency nodes corresponding to PA entities having a functional dependency relationship with the first PA entity, and connecting branches;
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• display, in the GUI, the graphical representation of the first portion of the dependency assessment tree.

A method for configuring a performance analytics (PA) system disposed within a computational instance of a remote network management platform that is associated with a managed network, the PA system being configured for processing and analysis of performance data of the managed network, the method operable on a computing device disposed within the remote network management platform, the method comprising:

• transmitting, to a client device, information for displaying in a graphical user interface (GUI) of the client device a graphical representation of one or more respective PA entities, wherein a database of the remote network management platform contains a plurality of PA entity records, each PA entity record comprising data for configuring the graphical representation of a respective PA entity, wherein the respective PA entity is a component of the PA system configured for processing one or more key performance indicators (KPIs) of the managed network, and is implemented as at least one of a software component or a hardware system, and wherein each PA entity record further comprises information specifying a logical location of the respective PA entity in a dependency assessment tree, the dependency assessment tree comprising (i) respective nodes corresponding to the respective PA entities of the plurality of PA entity records and (ii) branches connecting nodes of PA entities between which there is a functional dependence;
• receiving, from the client device, a first request for dependency information for a first PA entity from among the one or more respective PA entities;
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• responsive to the first request, transmitting, to the client device, a graphical representation of a first portion of the dependency assessment tree depicting the first PA entity and both one or more dependency nodes corresponding to PA entities having a functional dependency relationship with the first PA entity, and connecting branches.