Method and system for rapidly presenting network-element transient data

One or more computer-readable media having computer program instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• establish a communications link with a network element;
• reference an input file that includes a plurality of data-request commands;
• automatically execute the plurality of data-request commands at the network element;
• generate an intermediary file that includes raw data returned incident to automatically executing the plurality of data-request commands;
• and
• without user intervention:
• parse the raw data, wherein parsing the raw data causes the processor to:
• identify a first pattern of data within the raw data;
• retrieve a data value based on the pattern;
• iteratively identify successive patterns of data within the raw data;
• iteratively retrieve respective data values based on the pattern;
• and
• communicate the data values to the output file;
• and
• generate an immediately accessible output file that includes all or a portion of the raw data in a prescribed format, the prescribed format including a plurality of rows that respectively correspond to the all or portion of the raw data.

A computer-implemented method for troubleshooting a communications network, the method comprising:

• manipulating a size of a communications buffer that will be used to receive data from a network element;
• automatically retrieving transient data from the network element by issuing a plurality of data-request commands;
• and
• without user intervention, storing the transient data in a format having a plurality of rows, each of the plurality of rows corresponds to a data set returned from a respective data-request command, storing the transient data further includes:
• identifying a first pattern of data within the data set;
• retrieving a data value based on the pattern;
• iteratively identifying successive patterns of data within the data set;
• iteratively retrieving respective data values based on the pattern;
• and
• storing the data.