Displaying adaptive content in heterogeneous performance monitoring and troubleshooting environments
Systems, methods, and computer program embodiments are disclosed for adaptively displaying application performance data. In an embodiment, a plurality of performance monitoring data sources may be identified based on an application model that defines the topological structure of a software application. A request may be received for performance data associated with the application. One or more content options may then be determined based on the received request, and each content option may include one or more target performance metrics. Each content option may also be associated with one or more data sources. For each content option, the associated data sources may be queried to identify available data sources containing relevant performance data. A content option may be selected from the determined content options based on a priority associated with the content option. The performance data corresponding to the selected content option may subsequently be retrieved and presented for display.
1. A system for adaptively displaying application performance data, comprising:
one or more computing devices;
an application performance manager, implemented on the one or more computing devices, configured to:
identify a plurality of performance monitoring data sources storing performance data for a plurality of servers through which data flows when an application is executed;
receive a request from a user for performance data of the application;
determine one or more content options based on the received request, each content option including one or more target performance metrics in the plurality of performance monitoring data sources, wherein each performance monitoring data source of the plurality of performance monitoring data sources includes a priority for each content option;
for each content option, query each performance monitoring data, source to identify available data sources that contain performance data corresponding to one or more of the target performance metrics of the content option;
select a content option from the one or more content options that has a highest priority among content options the available data sources;
retrieve the performance data corresponding to the one or more of the target performance metrics of the selected content option from one or more of the identified available performance monitoring data sources associated with the selected content option, wherein the one or more of the identified available performance monitoring data sources are selected based on the priority associated with the selected content option of each performance monitoring data source; and
a presenter, implemented on the one or more computing devices, configured to present the retrieved performance data to the user in an interactive graphical user interface.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein to identify the plurality of performance monitoring data sources, the application performance manager is further configured to:
filter the plurality of performance monitoring data sources based on a performance data type associated with each target performance metric of the determined one or more content options.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the request corresponds to dashboard selected by the user, and wherein the dashboard is associated with the one or more content options.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the application 2 performance manager is further configured to:
normalize the retrieved performance data corresponding to the one or more of the target performance metrics according to a data format associated with the one or more of the target performance metrics, wherein the retrieved performance data corresponding to the one or more of the target performance metrics are from at least two of the available data sources for the selected content option.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the selected content option is selected based at least in part on the user's role.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the selected content option is selected based at least in part on the user's preferences.
7. A method for adaptively displaying application performance data, comprising:
identifying a plurality of performance monitoring data sources storing performance data for a plurality of servers through which data flows when an application is executed;
receiving a request from a user for performance data of the application;
determining one or more content options based on the received request, each content option including one or more target performance metrics in the plurality of performance monitoring data sources, wherein each performance monitoring data source of the plurality of performance monitoring data sources includes a priority for each content option;
for each content option, querying each performance monitoring data sources to identify available data sources that contain performance data corresponding to one or more of the target performance metrics of the content option;
selecting a content option from the one or more content options that has a highest priority among content options in the available data sources;
retrieving the performance data corresponding to the one or more of the target performance metrics of the selected content option from one or more of the identified available performance monitoring data sources associated with the selected content option, wherein the one or more of the identified available performance monitoring data sources are selected based on the priority associated with the selected content option of each performance monitoring data source; and
presenting the retrieved performance data to the user in an interactive graphical user interface.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the identifying further comprises:
filtering the plurality of performance monitoring data sources based on a performance data type associated with each target performance metric of the determined one or more content options.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the request corresponds to a dashboard selected by the user, and wherein the dashboard is associated with the one or more content options.
10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
normalizing the retrieved performance data corresponding to the one or more of the target performance metrics according to a data format associated with the one or more of the target performance metrics, wherein the retrieved performance data corresponding, to the one or more of the target performance metrics are from at least two of the available data sources for the selected content option.
11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the selected content option is selected based at least in part on the user's role.
12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the selected content option is selected based at least in part on the user's preferences.
13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, causes the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:
identifying a plurality of performance monitoring data sources storing performance data for a plurality of servers through which data flows when an application is executed;
receiving a request from a user for performance data the application;
determining one or more content options based on the received request, each content option including one or more target performance metrics in the plurality of performance monitoring data sources, wherein each performance monitoring data source of the plurality of performance monitoring data sources includes a priority for each content option;
for each content option, querying each performance monitoring data sources to identify available data sources that contain performance data corresponding to one or more of the target performance metrics of the content option;
selecting a content option from the one or more content options that has a highest priority among content options in the available data sources;
retrieving the performance data corresponding to the one or more of the target performance metrics of the selected content option from one or more of the identified available performance monitoring data sources associated with the selection content option, wherein the one or more of the identified available performance monitoring data sources are selected based on the priority associated with the selected content option of each performance monitoring data source; and
presenting the retrieved performance data to the user in an interactive graphical user interface.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the identifying further comprises:
filtering the plurality of performance monitoring data sources based on a performance data type associated with each target performance metric of the determined one or more content options.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the request corresponds to a dashboard selected by the user, and wherein the dashboard is associated with the one or more content options.