Visualizing Transaction Traces As Flows Through A Map Of Logical Subsystems

A computer-implemented method for visualizing flows through one or more applications, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

• accessing a data store to access data which is obtained from one or more agents associated with the one or more applications, the agents provide the data using instrumentation which is installed in the one or more applications;
• displaying a triage map region on a user interface, the triage map region graphically depicts subsystems of the one or more applications and dependency relationships between the subsystems, the subsystems are depicted as nodes and the dependency relationships are depicted with arrows connecting the nodes, and the triage map region identifies a Business Transaction, and multiple subsystems which are invoked in the Business Transaction;
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• based on the accessed data, displaying an auxiliary region of the user interface.

Tangible, non-transitory computer readable storage having computer readable software embodied thereon for programming at least one processor to perform a method for visualizing flows through one or more applications, the method performed comprises:

• accessing a data store to access data which is obtained from one or more agents associated with the one or more applications, the agents provide the data using instrumentation which is installed in the one or more applications;
• displaying a triage map region on a user interface, the triage map region graphically depicts subsystems of the one or more applications and dependency relationships between the subsystems, the subsystems are depicted as subsystem nodes having names of the subsystems and the dependency relationships are depicted with arrows connecting the subsystem nodes;
• one of the subsystems is invoked by at least first and second Business Transactions and is depicted by one of the subsystem nodes;
• the triage map displays a first Business Transaction node with a name of the first Business Transaction, and a second Business Transaction node with a name of the second Business Transaction;
• in response to a user selecting the one of the subsystem nodes, the user interface displays a context menu for the one of the subsystems, the context menu includes an option which finds transaction instances in a future time period which invoke the one of the subsystems at least as part of the first Business Transaction;
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• updating the user interface to provide information associated with found transaction instances.