HEURISTICS FOR DETERMINING THE LAYOUT OF A PROCEDURALLY GENERATED USER INTERFACE

摘要

Embodiments are directed to monitoring communication over a network using a network monitoring device (NMD). Measurement information may be generated based on network traffic that may be monitored by the NMD. Metrics associated with one or more characteristics of the monitored network traffic may be generated based on the measurement information. Layout information for a user-interface may be generated based on results of heuristics that use the measurement information. Generating the layout information may include, determining a layout template based on the results of the heuristics and the measurement information. Metric visualizations that may be associated with the metrics may be displayed in the user-interface based on the layout information. If measurements exceed defined threshold values, the layout information may be modified based on the changes to the measurement information. Accordingly, the layout of the user interface may be modified based on the modified layout information.

主权项

1. A method for monitoring communication over a network with a network monitoring device (NMD) that performs actions, comprising:
providing a plurality of ranked positions in a user-interface to display one or more visualizations of network traffic, wherein a rank for each of the ranked positions is based on one or more of measurement information or one or more heuristics for the network traffic; displaying the one or more visualizations in the user-interface based on layout information that includes geometry information for each of the ranked positions, wherein the one or more visualizations are associated with one or more metrics for the network traffic; and when one or more portions of the measurement information change and exceed one or more defined threshold values, modifying the display of the ranked positions for the one or more visualizations to reflect a new rank for the ranked positions based on the change to the one or more portions of the measurement information.