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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2011
Serguei Mankovski, Toronto, CA;
Maria Velez-rojas, Dublin, CA (US);
Michael C. Roberts, McKinney, TX (US);
Esin Kiris, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Serguei Mankovski, Toronto, CA;
Maria Velez-Rojas, Dublin, CA (US);
Michael C. Roberts, McKinney, TX (US);
Esin Kiris, Holmdel, NJ (US);
CA, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for layered overview visualization of an IT environment having nodes and links related to the nodes, comprising initializing the layered overview visualization by establishing a number of hierarchical levels, combining the nodes and the links related to the nodes into a plurality of elements based on one of function and type, for each hierarchical level, assigning one or more of the plurality of elements to the level in accordance with one of the function and the type and determining overlap of the assigned elements. The method further comprises navigating the layered overview visualization by selecting a view, selecting a level of the hierarchical levels within the selected view, choosing the overlap of one or more of the assigned elements in the selected level and highlighting the chosen elements, and displaying on a screen the selected level and the highlighted chosen elements in the selected level.