Visually mapping nodes and connections in one or more enterprise-level systems
A computer-implemented method includes receiving data records from a plurality of different data sources, in which the data records include information regarding elements or components in one or more systems; consolidating the data records; extracting information from the consolidated data records to identify a plurality of nodes and connections between the plurality of nodes in the one or more systems; storing information identifying the plurality of nodes and the connections; and visually presenting the plurality of nodes and the connections in a user interface.
1. A method for implementing a user interface on electronic devices that visually maps nodes and connections between the nodes in a graphical user interface, the nodes and the connections determined based on an analysis of data records from multiple data sources, the method executing instructions to perform operations comprising:
receiving data records from one or more data sources;
presenting and highlighting, in a map area of a display associated with the user interface, nodes and connections associated with the one or more data sources;
receiving, in a filtering section of the display, criteria for filtering the nodes, the connections, or both the nodes and the connections;
displaying, in the map area, the nodes and the connections satisfying the criteria;
receiving, in a group by options section of the display, options that specify criteria to group the nodes;
displaying the nodes grouped by the criteria specified in the options;
receiving a selection of a node from the nodes that are displayed in the map area;
displaying, in a data links section, information identifying data source connections associated with the selected node;
presenting information about the selected node, including any one of links to the information about the selected node, a document repository associated with the selected node, or a number of applications or data fields associated with the selected node;
displaying and emphasizing inbound edges or outbound edges of the connections to and from the selected node, the inbound edges and the outbound edges representing dataflows;
de-emphasizing inbound edges and outbound edges of the nodes that are not the selected node;
adjusting, in a display options section, a number of hops associated with the selected node, and specifying a spread between nodes, wherein the spread represents a visual distance between nodes;
displaying, in the map area, nodes and connections that are within the number of hops from the selected node according to the specified spread;
determining a level of impact of a proposed change to the selected node to connected nodes based on the number of hops from the selected node to each of the connected nodes; and
declining to synchronize the proposed change to the selected node based at least on the level of impact.
2. The method of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
identifying the connections based on relationships or dataflows between the nodes.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the nodes represents at least one of:
a document;
an organization;
an application;
a server;
a virtual machine;
a database; or
a sub-system.
4. The method of claim 1 , the operations further comprising: receiving data formatting or data structuring information, and extracting information from the data records based on the data formatting or the data structuring information.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data records include at least one of:
a dependency matrix;
a system level block diagram;
a system architecture diagram;
an organizational chart;
a network diagram;
network topology information;
a data structure, document configuration management data;
hardware or software transition plans;
policy documents; or
compliance documents.
6. The method of claim 1 , the operations further comprising: adjusting a plan that affects the nodes based on the level of impact.
7. The method of claim 1 , the operations further comprising: grouping the nodes based on common attributes.
8. The method of claim 1 , the operations further comprising: visually presenting the nodes and the connections in a form of at least one of:
a force directed graph,
a network map, or
a table.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving, in the group by options section, a selection of sizing nodes by total edge count; and
presenting each of the nodes with a corresponding count of the connections associated with the node, wherein the size of a graphic representing the node is based on the count.
10. A computer program product for implementing a user interface on electronic devices that visually maps nodes and connections between the nodes in a graphical user interface, the nodes and the connections determined based on an analysis of data records from multiple data sources, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
receiving data records from one or more data sources;
presenting and highlighting, in a map area of a display associated with the user interface, nodes and connections associated with the one or more data sources;
receiving, in a filtering section of the display, criteria for filtering the nodes, the connections, or both the nodes and the connections;
displaying, in the map area, the nodes and the connections satisfying the criteria;
receiving, in a group by options section of the display, options that specify criteria to group the nodes;
displaying the nodes grouped by the criteria specified in the options;
receiving a selection of a node from the nodes that are displayed in the map area;
displaying, in a data links section, information identifying data source connections associated with the selected node;
presenting information about the selected node, including any one of links to the information about the selected node, a document repository associated with the selected node, or a number of applications or data fields associated with the selected node;
displaying and emphasizing inbound edges or outbound edges of the connections to and from the selected node, the inbound edges and the outbound edges representing dataflows;
de-emphasizing inbound edges and outbound edges of the nodes that are not the selected node;
adjusting, in a display options section, a number of hops associated with the selected node, and specifying a spread between nodes, wherein the spread represents a visual distance between nodes;
displaying, in the map area, nodes and connections that are within the number of hops from the selected node according to the specified spread;
determining a level of impact of a proposed change to the selected node to connected nodes based on the number of hops from the selected node to each of the connected nodes; and
declining to synchronize the proposed change to the selected node based at least on the level of impact.
11. The computer program product of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:
identifying the connections based on relationships or communication dataflows between the nodes.
12. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein each of the nodes represents at least one of:
a document;
an organization;
an application;
a server;
a virtual machine;
a database; or
a sub-system.
13. The computer program product of claim 10 , the operations further comprising: visually presenting the nodes and the connections in a form of at least one of:
a force directed graph,
a network map, or
a table.
14. A system that implements a user interface on electronic devices that visually maps nodes and connections between the nodes in a graphical user interface, the connections determined based on an analysis of data records from multiple data sources, the system comprising:
one or more memory devices that stores instructions; and
one or more processors that are operably connected to the one or more memory devices and that execute the instructions to perform operations comprising:
receiving data records from one or more data sources;
presenting and highlighting, in a map area of a display associated with the user interface, nodes and connections associated with the one or more data sources;
receiving, in a filtering section of the display, criteria for filtering the nodes, the connections, or both the nodes and the connections;
displaying, in the map area, the nodes and the connections satisfying the criteria;
receiving, in a group by options section of the display, options that specify criteria to group the nodes;
displaying the nodes grouped by the criteria specified in the options;
receiving a selection of a node from the nodes that are displayed in the map area;
displaying, in a data links section, information identifying data source connections associated with the selected node;
presenting information about the selected node, including any one of links to the information about the selected node, a document repository associated with the selected node, or a number of applications or data fields associated with the selected node;
displaying and emphasizing inbound edges or outbound edges of the connections to and from the selected node, the inbound edges and the outbound edges representing dataflows;
de-emphasizing inbound edges and outbound edges of the nodes that are not the selected node;
adjusting, in a display options section, a number of hops associated with the selected node, and specifying a spread between nodes, wherein the spread represents a visual distance between nodes;
displaying, in the map area, nodes and connections that are within the number of hops from the selected node according to the specified spread;
determining a level of impact of a proposed change to the selected node to connected nodes based on the number of hops from the selected node to each of the connected nodes; and
declining to synchronize the proposed change to the selected node based at least on the level of impact.
15. The system of claim 14 , the operations further comprising: visually presenting the nodes and the connections in a of a force directed graph.