Combined analysis of statistical and performance data in a computer based enterprise application environment

A method comprising:

• collecting system-usage-based performance data for a distributed enterprise system, the performance data representing utilization of a system resource in the distributed enterprise system at particular times;
• collecting application-based statistical data for the distributed enterprise system, the statistical data representing costs of particular application program steps executed on the distributed enterprise system;
• displaying a user requested view of first data, the displayed view having one or more view items, the first data being either the statistical data or the performance data;
• receiving user input selecting one of the view items in the displayed view, the selected view item having one or more data items;
• receiving a user gesture selecting a predefined link, the predefined link having an associated query, selecting the link causing the query to be performed on second data, the second data being the statistical data if the first data is the performance data, the second data being the performance data if the first data is the statistical data, the query being performed with parameter values based on the data items of the selected view item;
• and
• displaying a result of running the query on the second data.

A method for implementing a user interface, the method comprising:

• displaying a view of first data for a distributed enterprise system, the first data being either system-usage-based performance data representing an utilization of a system resource in the distributed enterprise system at a particular time or statistical data representing a cost of running an application program for an user session on the distributed enterprise system, the displayed view of the first data having one or more view items;
• receiving a single user input gesture applied to one of the view items, the single user input gesture selecting a predefined link for the selected item, the predefined link having a parameterized query identifying data items to be used as query parameters, selecting the link causing the identified data items to be filled in with the associated data items;
• and
• displaying query results obtained from running the parameterized query in response to the gesture, selecting the link causing the query to be performed on second data, the second data being the statistical data if the first data is the performance data, the second data being the performance data if the first data is the statistical data.

A system comprising:

• means for collecting system-usage-based performance data for a distributed enterprise system, the performance data representing utilization of a system resource in the distributed enterprise system at particular times;
• means for collecting application-based statistical data for the distributed enterprise system, the statistical data representing costs of particular application program steps executed on the distributed enterprise system;
• means for displaying a user requested view of first data, the displayed view having one or more view items, the first data being either the statistical data or the performance data;
• means for receiving user input selecting one of the view items in the displayed view, the selected view item having one or more data items;
• means for receiving a user gesture selecting a predefined link, the predefined link having an associated query, selecting the link causing the query to be performed on second data, the second data being the statistical data if the first data is the performance data, the second data being the performance data if the first data is the statistical data, the query being performed with parameter values based on the data items of the selected view item;
• and
• means for displaying a result of running the query on the second data.

A system comprising:

• means for displaying a view of first data for a distributed enterprise system, the first data being either system-usage-based performance data representing an utilization of a system resource in the distributed enterprise system at a particular time or statistical data representing a cost of running an application program for an user session on the distributed enterprise system, the displayed view of the first data having one or more view items;
• means for receiving a single user input gesture applied to one of the view items, the single user input gesture selecting a predefined link for the selected item, the predefined link having a parameterized query identifying data items to be used as query parameters, selecting the link causing the identified data items to be filled in with the associated data items;
• and
• means for displaying query results obtained from running the parameterized query in response to the gesture, selecting the link causing the query to be performed on second data, the second data being the statistical data if the first data is the performance data, the second data being the performance data if the first data is the statistical data.

A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product comprising instructions operable to cause data processing equipment to:

• display a view of first data for a distributed enterprise system, the first data being either system-usage-based performance data representing an utilization of a system resource in the distributed enterprise system at a particular time or statistical data representing a cost of running an application program for an user session on the distributed enterprise system, the displayed view of the first data having one or more view items;
• receive a single user input gesture applied to one of the view items, the single user input gesture selecting a predefined link for the selected item, the predefined link having a parameterized query identifying data items to be used as query parameters, selecting the link causing the identified data items to be filled in with the associated data items;
• and
• display query results obtained from running the parameterized query in response to the gesture, selecting the link causing the query to be performed on second data, the second data being the statistical data if the first data is the performance data, the second data being the performance data if the first data is the statistical data.