Displaying network properties in a graphical user interface

A system comprising:

• a plurality of network entities;
• an application computer program to display a window having a first toolbar with first web-browsing controls, a first panel within the window that includes a topology of a network including the network entities as a collapsible folder structure, and a second panel within the window including a selected sub-plurality of the network entities displayed within the first panel such that each network entity of the selected sub-plurality is displayed as an object interconnected to other objects representing other network entities of the selected sub-plurality by lines;
• an embedded web browsing program separate from the application program to display a third panel within the window including a second toolbar with second web-browsing controls, and a text box to receive text to independently navigate to a network entity corresponding to the received text from the third panel,
• wherein responsive to the application program detecting a selection of a given object of the objects within the second panel,
• the application program is to communicate a reference to the network entity represented by the given object to the embedded web browsing program;
• the embedded web browsing program is to retrieve browser-compatible data from the network entity represented by the given object and is to render the browser-compatible data within the third panel;
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• a processor to execute the application computer program and the embedded web browsing program.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium on which is stored machine readable instructions for causing a processor to perform a method via an application program and an embedded web browsing program, the machine readable instructions comprising code to:

• display, by the application program, a window having a first toolbar with first web-browsing controls;
• display, by the application program, a first panel within the window, the first panel including a topology of a network including a plurality of network entities, the topology displayed within the first panel as a collapsible folder structure;
• display, by the application program, a second panel within the window, the second panel including a selected sub-plurality of the network entities displayed within the first panel, the selected sub-plurality displayed within the second panel such that each network entity of the selected sub-plurality is displayed as an object interconnected to other objects representing other network entities of the selected sub-plurality by lines;
• display, by the embedded web browsing program separate from the application program, a third panel within the window, wherein the third panel includes a second toolbar with second web-browsing controls and a text box to receive text to independently navigate to a network entity corresponding to the received text from the third panel;
• detect, by the application program, a selection of a given object of the objects within the second panel;
• communicate a reference to the network entity represented by the given object from the application program to the embedded web browsing program;
• retrieve, by the embedded web browsing program, browser-compatible data from the network entity represented by the given object;
• and
• render the browser-compatible data, by the embedded web browsing program, within the third panel.

An apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of network entities;
• a memory on which is stored machine readable instructions for:
• an application program to display a window having a first toolbar with first web-browsing controls, a first panel within the window that includes a topology of a network including the network entities as a collapsible folder structure, and a second panel within the window including a selected sub-plurality of the network entities displayed within the first panel such that each network entity of the selected sub-plurality is displayed as an object interconnected to other objects representing other network entities of the selected sub-plurality by lines;
• an embedded web browsing program to display a third panel within the window including a second toolbar with second web-browsing controls and a text box to receive text to independently navigate to a network entity corresponding to the received text from the third panel,
• wherein responsive to the application program detecting a selection of a given object of the objects within the second panel,
• the application program is to communicate a reference to the network entity represented by the given object to the embedded web browsing program;
• the embedded web browsing program is to retrieve browser-compatible data from the network entity represented by the given object and is to render the browser-compatible data within the third panel;
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• a processor to execute the machine readable instructions.