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US 9,754,395 B2Granted
Proactive monitoring tree providing distribution stream chart with branch overlay
AssigneeSplunk Inc.
InventorsTristan Fletcher, Cary Glen Noel
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that displays performance data for a computing environment. During operation, the system first determines values for a performance metric for a plurality of entities that comprise the computing environment. Next, the system displays the computing environment as a set of nodes representing the plurality of entities. While displaying the nodes, the system displays a chart with a line illustrating how a value of the performance metric for the selected node varies over time, wherein the line is displayed against a background illustrating how a distribution of the performance metric for a reference subset of the set of nodes varies over time.
Claims27
A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:
- operations to display performance data of a hierarchical computing environment in a computer user interface by:
- receiving, from a user, a selection of a performance metric from a set of monitored performance metrics;
- and
- in response to the receiving the selection of the performance metric, obtaining values for the selected performance metric for a plurality of entities that comprise the hierarchical computing environment;
- in response to the obtaining values for the selected performance metric, causing display of an initial visualization of the hierarchical computing environment in a graphical user interface, the initial visualization including a hierarchical tree including nodes representing entities from the plurality of entities in the hierarchical computing environment, wherein a subset of the displayed nodes are parent nodes;
- after the receiving the selection of the performance metric and the obtaining the values for the selected performance metric:
- upon receiving a user selection of a parent node, causing display of an expanded tree depicting child nodes associated with the selected parent node;
- and
- in response to the causing the display of the expanded tree depicting the child nodes associated with the selected parent node and receiving a user selection of a child node from the child nodes, obtaining performance information associated with the selected child node;
- upon receiving a user request to pin the performance information associated with the selected child node, causing display of a detail panel for the selected child node containing state information relating to the performance of a corresponding entity in the computing environment according to the selected performance metric, wherein the displayed state information remains unchanged after pinning, and wherein the detail panels are displayed concurrently with the tree;
- and
- upon receiving a user selection of a node, causing display of a chart representing how a value of the selected performance metric for the selected node varies over time.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for displaying performance data for a computing environment, the method comprising:
- operations to display performance data of a hierarchical computing environment in a computer user interface by:
- receiving, from a user, a selection of a performance metric from a set of monitored performance metrics;
- and
- in response to the receiving the selection of the performance metric, obtaining values for the selected performance metric for a plurality of entities that comprise the hierarchical computing environment;
- in response to the obtaining values for the selected performance metric, causing display of an initial visualization of the hierarchical computing environment in a graphical user interface, the initial visualization including a hierarchical tree including nodes representing entities from the plurality of entities in the hierarchical computing environment, wherein a subset of the displayed nodes are parent nodes;
- after the receiving the selection of the performance metric and the obtaining the values for the selected performance metric:
- upon receiving a user selection of a parent node, causing display of an expanded tree depicting child nodes associated with the selected parent node;
- and
- in response to the causing the display of the expanded tree depicting the child nodes associated with the selected parent node and receiving a user selection of a child node from the child nodes, obtaining performance information associated with the selected child node;
- upon receiving a user request to pin the performance information associated with the selected child node, causing display of a detail panel for the selected child node containing state information relating to the performance of a corresponding entity in the computing environment according to the selected performance metric, wherein the displayed state information remains unchanged after pinning, and wherein the detail panels are displayed concurrently with the tree;
- and
- upon receiving a user selection of a node, causing display of a chart representing how a value of the selected performance metric for the selected node varies over time.
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A computer system comprising:
- computer memory for storing machine data;
- and
- a processor executing the machine data to run operations displaying performance data of a hierarchical computing environment in a computer user interface by:
- receiving, from a user, a selection of a performance metric from a set of monitored performance metrics;
- and
- in response to the receiving the selection of the performance metric, obtaining values for the selected performance metric for a plurality of entities that comprise the hierarchical computing environment;
- in response to the obtaining values for the selected performance metric, causing display of an initial visualization of the hierarchical computing environment in a graphical user interface, the initial visualization including a hierarchical tree including nodes representing entities from the plurality of entities in the hierarchical computing environment, wherein a subset of the displayed nodes are parent nodes;
- after the receiving the selection of the performance metric and the obtaining the values for the selected performance metric:
- upon receiving a user selection of a parent node, causing display of an expanded tree depicting child nodes associated with the selected parent node;
- and
- in response to the causing the display of the expanded tree depicting the child nodes associated with the selected parent node and receiving a user selection of a child node from the child nodes, obtaining performance information associated with the selected child node;
- upon receiving a user request to pin the performance information associated with the selected child node, causing display of a detail panel for the selected child node containing state information relating to the performance of a corresponding entity in the computing environment according to the selected performance metric, wherein the displayed state information remains unchanged after pinning, and wherein the detail panels are displayed concurrently with the tree;
- and
- upon receiving a user selection of a node, causing display of a chart representing how a value of the selected performance metric for the selected node varies over time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.