Graphics for End to End Component Mapping and Problem-Solving in a Network Environment
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Abstract
An example of a solution provided here comprises receiving as input at least one event (chosen from an event generated by an application probe, and an event generated by a component probe), and providing graphical output based on said inputs, whereby a user correlates a component problem with a performance problem affecting an application. Methods connected with graphics for end to end component mapping and problem-solving in a network environment, systems for executing such methods, and instructions on a computer-usable medium, for executing such methods, are provided.
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46 Claims
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1-22. -22. (canceled)
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23. A system for mapping, said system comprising:
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means for receiving as input at least one component identifier representing at least one of the hardware component or the software component, wherein each component identifier comprises a depth parameter, a component name parameter, and a parent component parameter; means for receiving as input at least one event identifier representing at least one event chosen from; an event generated by an application probe; and an event generated by a component probe, wherein each event identifier comprises a depth parameter, an event name parameter, and a parent component parameter; and means for providing graphical output based on said at least one component identifier and said at least one event identifier, wherein; providing a graphical output comprises providing a graphical representation of a hierarchy containing separate graphical objects representative of the at least one event, and at least one of a hardware component or a software component whereby a user correlates a component problem with a performance problem affecting an application based on the graphical output, said component problem is associated with said at least one events a general view of a business process is represented in a level at one extreme of said hierarchy, at least one event generated by a component probe is represented in a level at the opposite extreme of said hierarchy from the level at which the general view of the business process is represented, and at least one event generated by an application probe is represented in an intermediate level of said hierarchy between the general view of the business process and the at least one event generated by the component probe, wherein the means for providing graphical output further comprises; means for providing an axis representing the depth parameter, wherein graphical objects representative of the at least one event and the at least one of the hardware component or the software component are arranged along the axis according to their corresponding depth parameter in their corresponding component or event identifier, wherein the system further comprises a storage medium having said means stored thereon. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 31, 32, 34)
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33. (canceled)
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35. A computer program product having a storage medium with computer-executable instructions stored thereon for mapping, said computer-executable instructions, when executed by a computing device, comprising:
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means for receiving as input at least one component identifier representing at least one of the hardware component or the software component, wherein each component identifier comprises a depth parameter, a component name parameter, and a parent component parameter; means for receiving as input at least one event identifier representing at least one event chosen from; an event generated by an application probe; and an event generated by a component probe, wherein each event identifier comprises a depth parameter, an event name parameter, and a parent component parameter; and means for providing graphical output based on said at least one component identifier and said at least one event identifier, wherein; providing a graphical output comprises providing a graphical representation of a hierarchy containing separate graphical objects representative of the at least one event, and at least one of a hardware component or a software component whereby a user correlates a component problem with a performance problem affecting an application based on the graphical output, said component problem is associated with said at least one events a general view of a business process is represented in a level at one extreme of said hierarchy, at least one event generated by a component probe is represented in a level at the opposite extreme of said hierarchy from the level at which the general view of the business process is represented, and at least one event generated by an application probe is represented in an intermediate level of said hierarchy between the general view of the business process and the at least one event generated by the component probe, wherein the means for providing graphical output further comprises; means for providing an axis representing the depth parameter, wherein graphical objects representative of the at least one event and the at least one of the hardware component or the software component are arranged along the axis according to their corresponding depth parameter in their corresponding component or event identifier. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 43, 44, 46)
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45. (canceled)
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