CONTROLLING APPLICATION TRACING USING DYNAMIC VISUALIZATION

摘要

A force directed graph may serve as a part of a user control for a tracer. The tracer may collect data while monitoring an executing application� then the data may be processed and displayed on a force directed graph. A user may be able to select individual nodes� edges� or other elements� then cause the tracer to change what data may be collected. The user may be able to select individual nodes� edges� or groups of elements on the graph� then perform updates to the tracer using the selected elements. The selection mechanisms may include clicking and dragging a window to select nodes that may be related� as well as selecting from a legend or other grouping.