Partial data report generation with data costing notification

A computer data processing system configured for partial data report generation with data costing notification, the system comprising:

• a host computing system comprising at least one computer each computer comprising memory and at least one processor;
• an analysis tool executing in the memory of the host computing system;
• and,
• a plug in to the diagnostic tool, the plug in comprising program code enabled to register a call back for an operation specified by a plug in to the diagnostic tool and to respond to invoking the plug in by generating markup with data provided by different operations of the plug in, and also with at least one hyperlink in lieu of data known to be temporally costly, the hyperlink comprising a textual indication of a temporal cost of retrieving the data known to be temporally costly and an address of an operation programmed to retrieve the data.

A computer program product for partial data report generation with data costing notification, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code for registering a call back for an operation specified by a plug in to an analysis tool executing in memory of a host computing system;
• and,
• computer readable program code for responding to invoking the plug in by generating a report with data provided by different operations of the plug in, and also with at least one selectable user interface control in lieu of data known to be temporally costly, the control comprising a textual indication of a temporal cost of retrieving the data known to be temporally costly and referencing an address of an operation programmed to retrieve the data.