PROVIDING VISUALIZATION OF SYSTEM LANDSCAPES

• US 20120167015A1
• Filed: 12/22/2010
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Martick, Christian
• Application Number:
  US12/976,670
• Publication Number:
  US 20120167015A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/853
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/00 Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/36 Level of detail

Abstract

One or more processors may provide visual representations of a system landscape. A first visual representation of the system may be displayed, the first visual representation providing a first level of detail of at least one first system component. An indication from a user to display a second visual representation of the system may be received, and the processor may determine a second level of detail of the system based on the received indication. Data associated with the second level of detail of the system may be identified, and the second visual representation of the system may be displayed, the second visual representation of the system including the data associated with the second level of detail of the system.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method performed by one or more processors for providing visual representations of a system, the method comprising:

displaying a first visual representation of the system, the first visual representation providing a first level of detail of at least one first system component;

receiving an indication from a user to display a second visual representation of the system;

determining, by a processor, a second level of detail of the system based on the received indication;

identifying data associated with the second level of detail of the system; and

displaying the second visual representation of the system, the second visual representation of the system including the data associated with the second level of detail of the system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first visual representation of the system components is a two-dimensional graphical representation of the system components.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the second visual representation of the system includes displaying at least one second system component, the at least one second system component associated with the data associated with the second level of detail of the system.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving data associated with the second level of detail for the system components from a remote server.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising graphically transitioning between the first visual representation and the second visual representation, wherein the graphical transitioning is based on a predefined set of rules associated with the received indication.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein graphically transitioning between the first visual representation and the second visual representation is based on a hierarchical distance between the at least one first system component and the at least one second system component.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the transitioning between the first visual representation and the second visual representation is based on a first color value associated with the first visual representation and a second color value associated with the second visual representation.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first and second color values each include a range of values, each of the range of values representing a relative opacity of a color, and wherein the graphical transitioning between the first visual representation and the second visual representation includes calculating the first color value for the first visual representation based on a hierarchical distance between the at least one first system components and the at least one second system components.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the color value is a function of the relative distance between hierarchical levels of the system.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the color value results in a maximum color opacity at a root level of the landscape hierarchy.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the color value results in a less than maximum color opacity

12. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving an indication from the user to display the second visual representation of the system includes receiving an input from a user interface.

13. A computer program product tangibly embodied on a non-transient computer readable medium for providing visual representations of a system, the computer program product storing instructions operable when executed by a hardware processor to:

display a first visual representation of the system, the first visual representation providing a first level of detail of at least one first system component;

receive an indication to display a second visual representation of the system;

identify a second level of detail of the system based on the received indication;

identify data associated with the second level of detail of the system; and

display the second visual representation of the system, the second visual representation of the system including the data associated with the second level of detail of the system.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the first visual representation of the system components is a two-dimensional graphical representation of the system components.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein displaying the second visual representation of the system includes displaying the data associated with the second level of detail of the system as a graphical representation of the system components.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 further operable to receive data associated with the second level of detail for the system components from a remote server.

17. A system for providing landscape visualization about a computer architecture landscape, the system comprising:

a memory for storing instructions and computer architecture landscape visualization data; and

at least one hardware processor, operable to execute the instructions to;

store computer architecture landscape visualization data, the computer architecture landscape organized into a hierarchy having a plurality of hierarchical tiers including a root level tier and at least one sub-level tier, the computer architecture landscape visualization data including data associated with the root level tier and the at least one sub-level tier;

receive a request from a client device to provide the landscape visualization of at least one of the plurality of tiers of the computer architecture hierarchy;

identify, based on the received request, the at least one of the plurality of tiers of the computer architecture hierarchy;

identify a set of the computer architecture landscape visualization data for the at least one of the plurality of tiers; and

provide the set of the computer architecture landscape visualization data to the client device.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein the set of the computer architecture landscape visualization data is an interactive graphical representation of the at least one of the plurality of tiers of the computer architecture landscape.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the interactive graphical representation of the at least one of the plurality of tiers of the computer architecture landscape is identified based on an input provided by the client device.

20. The system of claim 17 further operable to identify and store relationships between the root level and the one or more sub-levels of the tiered hierarchy system.