Journey Flow Visualization Node Placement Shortest Distance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current data intake and query systems face challenges in seamlessly searching and analyzing diverse data types from various data sources, as their capabilities are often limited to internal data stores, and processing flows are unidirectional, lacking the ability to route data to different destinations for comprehensive analysis.
Innovation Solution
A data intake and query system that extends search and analytics capabilities by employing a search process master and query coordinators combined with a scalable network of distributed nodes, allowing data to be collected and processed from diverse data systems, and providing search results that harmonize data from internal and external sources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If data is pre-processed and only specified data items are extracted and stored, then data retrieval and analysis efficiency is improved, but data flexibility and the ability to analyze all generated data is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary indexing of all raw data fields during data ingestion, creating a searchable structure in advance without discarding any data. This allows efficient retrieval of any data item later while maintaining the ability to analyze all generated data, resolving the contradiction between retrieval efficiency and analysis flexibility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If massive quantities of raw data are stored for later retrieval, then data analysis flexibility is improved, but data management complexity and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments raw data into structured events with standardized fields and metadata during ingestion. Each event is indexed individually with a unique identifier, creating manageable units that can be efficiently stored, retrieved, and analyzed. This segmentation reduces management complexity while preserving full data flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an event-based intermediary layer between raw data ingestion and analysis. Raw data from diverse sources is transformed into standardized events with consistent schemas, making the data manageable and searchable without losing original information. This intermediary structure simplifies data management while maintaining analytical flexibility.
3Adaptability or versatility
If data from multiple diverse data sources is integrated, then comprehensive analysis capability is improved, but system complexity and data harmonization difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a universal event schema that can represent data from multiple diverse sources (logs, metrics, traces, machine data) in a unified format. The standardized event structure with common fields enables comprehensive analysis across different data types without requiring separate processing pipelines for each source, reducing integration complexity.
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AI summary
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for generating and providing journey flow visualizations. In one computer-implemented embodiments, a data intake and query system can be used to generate and provide journey flow visualizations. In operation, a set of journey instances associated with a journey having a set of steps is obtained. Thereafter, a journey flow visualization that represents flow paths for the set of journey instances is generated, for example, by a data intake and query system. The generation of the journey flow visualization includes, for each node representing a corresponding step of the journey, determining a flow level based on a shortest distance among the set of journey instances between the corresponding step and a journey start. The generation of the journey flow visualization further includes, for each node, determining an in-level position within the flow level based on positions of nodes in a higher flow level. Thereafter, the journey flow visualization can be presented to represent flow paths for the set of journey instances by a computing device via a graphical user interface.