Multi-Level Dashboard for Dynamic Status Information Presentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current management tools for monitored systems, such as virtualized infrastructures and virtual storage area networks, overwhelm administrators with excessive information, making it difficult to identify the root cause of errors due to the abundance of data presented, especially in complex systems.
Innovation Solution
A multi-level dashboard within a graphical user interface that dynamically presents status information, featuring a high-level view with a textual representation and interactive elements, which promotes relevant information to the forefront and allows for corrective actions upon detecting specific conditions, enabling administrators to effectively manage and triage issues.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a dashboard includes comprehensive information about monitored systems, then the information completeness is improved, but the information becomes overwhelming and obscures pertinent data
Solution Approach 1:
The dashboard is segmented into multiple hierarchical levels: a first level providing high-level summary information and a second level providing detailed information. This segmentation allows administrators to access comprehensive information when needed while defaulting to a simplified view that highlights only pertinent data, thus resolving the contradiction between information completeness and ease of identifying relevant information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a hierarchical dimension to the dashboard structure, organizing information across multiple levels of abstraction. The first level presents summarized status information, while the second level provides detailed data. This dimensional organization allows administrators to navigate between comprehensive and simplified views, maintaining information completeness while improving ease of operation by defaulting to the higher-level summary view.
2Measurement precision
If a dashboard presents detailed status information, then the measurement precision is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The dashboard is divided into distinct segments or levels, with the first level showing high-level status summaries and the second level showing detailed monitored attributes. This segmentation reduces the perceived complexity by organizing detailed information into manageable sections that are only fully visible when administrators explicitly navigate to the second level.
Solution Approach 2:
By introducing a hierarchical dimension with multiple levels of detail, the patent manages complexity through structured organization. The detailed status information exists in the second level, but the overall dashboard structure remains manageable because administrators interact with the simplified first level by default, accessing detailed information only when specific monitoring needs arise.
3Reliability
If comprehensive monitoring data is displayed, then the reliability of system monitoring is improved, but the time to identify root causes increases
Solution Approach 1:
The first level of the dashboard performs preliminary action by pre-summarizing monitored system status into high-level indicators before administrators need to analyze detailed data. This preliminary summarization allows administrators to quickly identify potential issues and only then navigate to the second level for detailed root cause analysis, thus maintaining monitoring reliability while significantly reducing the time required to identify problems.
Solution Approach 2:
By segmenting monitoring information into hierarchical levels, the patent enables administrators to first assess overall system health at the first level, then drill down to detailed attributes at the second level only when needed. This segmented approach maintains complete monitoring capability while reducing the average time to identify root causes by avoiding unnecessary exposure to detailed data for routine monitoring.
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AI summary
In a computer-implemented method for dynamically presenting status information of a monitored system within a graphical user interface, a first view is displayed within the graphical user interface, the first view including a textual representation indicative of a status of a monitored system, the textual representation including at least one interactive portion that is user-selectable for presenting underlying information associated with the interactive portion. Responsive to a user selection, a second view is displayed within the graphical user interface, the second view including a plurality of status boxes representative of monitored attributes of the monitored system. A particular status box of the plurality of status boxes is selectively promoted to the first view in response to the detection of a particular condition based on the monitored attributes. A particular interactive portion associated with the particular status box is integrated into the textual representation.