Highlighting of time series data on force directed graph

摘要

A force directed graph may display recent activities of a message passing system as highlighted features over a larger graph. The force directed graph may display a superset of nodes and edges representing processes and message routes, then display recent activities as highlighted elements within the larger superset. The highlighted elements may display messages passed or computation performed during a recent time element of a time series. In some embodiments, the effects of activities may be displayed by decaying the highlighted visual elements over time.

主权项

1. A method, implemented at a computer system that includes one or more processors, for visualizing message passing data, the method comprising:
an act of determining a time interval period for a plurality of time intervals; an act of receiving a time series collected by a tracer system monitoring an application, wherein the time series comprises a sequence of one or more data sets, wherein each of the one or more data sets corresponds to a different time interval of the plurality of time intervals, wherein each of the one or more data sets comprises message passing data collected by the tracer during the corresponding time interval, and wherein the message passing data comprises messages passed between objects; an act of analyzing the message passing data of the time series to identify nodes, wherein the nodes correspond to the objects; an act of analyzing the message passing data of the time series to identify edges, wherein the edges correspond to the messages; an act of displaying the nodes and the edges of a first data set in a graph; and an act of updating the graph to display second nodes and second edges of a second data set, by at least: overlaying the second nodes and second edges of the second data set that are similar to the nodes and the edges of the first data set with the nodes and the edges of the first data set that are correspondingly similar in the graph; and rendering any nodes and any edges from either the first data set or the second data set with a different display format than other nodes and edges displayed in the graph.