Complex System Function Status Diagnosis and Presentation

An apparatus, comprising:

• a network interface configured to receive network traffic from a data network, wherein the network traffic is placed on the data network by a number of systems and wherein the number of systems perform a number of functions for a complex system;
• and
• a network analyzer connected to the network interface and configured to
• receive a view selection, wherein the view selection identifies rules for determining a status of selected ones of the number of functions from the network traffic,
• responsive to receiving the view selection, determine the status of the selected ones of the number of functions from the network traffic using the rules, and
• provide the status of the selected ones of the number of functions to a user interface.

A computer program product for system diagnosis and status reporting, comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium;
• first program instructions to receive network traffic from a data network, wherein the network traffic is placed on the data network by a number of systems and wherein the number of systems perform a number of functions for a complex system;
• second program instructions to receive a view selection, wherein the view selection identifies rules for determining a status of selected ones of the number of functions from the network traffic;
• third program instructions to determine the status of the selected ones of the number of functions from the network traffic using the rules, responsive to receiving the view selection;
• forth program instructions to provide the status of the selected ones of the number of functions to a user interface;
• and
• wherein the first, second, third, and forth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium.

A complex system, comprising:

• a number of systems, wherein the number of systems perform a number of functions for the complex system;
• a data network connected to the number of systems, wherein the number of systems place network traffic on the data network;
• a network interface connected to the data network and configured to receive the network traffic from the data network;
• a network analyzer connected to the network interface and configured to receive a view selection, wherein the view selection identifies rules for determining a status of selected ones of the number of functions from the network traffic, and to determine the status of the selected ones of the number of functions from the network traffic using the rules, responsive to receiving the view selection;
• and
• a user interface connected to the network analyzer and configured to generate a presentation of the status of the selected ones of the number functions, wherein the view selection is received by the network analyzer from the user interface.