User interface for viewing performance information about transactions

• US 20040075690A1
• Filed: 12/12/2002
• Published: 04/22/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Computer Associates Think Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cirne, Lewis K.
• Granted Patent: US 7,310,777 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/771
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/323 Visualisation of programs or trace data

Abstract

Data about a transaction is accessed. The transaction has a set of components. A graphical representation of the components of the transaction is displayed such that the graphical representation includes a time axis and a call stack position axis. In one embodiment, the time axis depicts time left to right and the call stack position axis depicts call stack position top to bottom. Additionally, the user interface can receive a selection of one of the components, access data for the selected component and display additional details about that selected component.

Claims

1. A method for viewing information about transactions, comprising the steps of:

accessing data about a transaction having a set of components; and

displaying a graphical representation of said components, said graphical representation includes a first axis being a time axis and a second axis indicating call stack position.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein:

said first axis is horizontal and time is depicted left to right; and

said second axis is vertical and call stack position is depicted top to bottom.

3. A method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of:

providing the user with the ability to adjust a zoom level of said time axis in real time.

4. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a selection is one of said components;

accessing data about said one of said components; and

displaying additional details about said component.

5. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more storage devices; and

one or more processors in communication with said one or more storage devices, said one or more processors perform a method comprising the steps of;

accessing data about a transaction having a set of components, and

displaying a graphical representation of said components, said graphical representation includes a first axis being a time axis and a second axis indicating call stack position.

6. One or more processor readable storage devices having processor readable code embodied on said processor readable storage devices, said processor readable code for programming one or more processors to perform a method comprising the steps of:

accessing data about a transaction having a set of components; and

displaying a graphical representation of said components, said graphical representation includes a first axis being a time axis and a second axis indicating call stack position.