Patent ID: 9646276
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A method for providing a custom dashboard to display runtime data associated with a distributed business transaction performed by a system of machines or nodes connected over a network, the method comprising: monitoring the distributed business transaction performed by the system of machines or nodes connected over the network; receiving the runtime data collected from the system of machines or nodes, the runtime data indicative of a performance of the monitored distributed business transaction; providing a dashboard interface by a server to a remote device for configuring the custom dashboard for displaying the collected runtime data indicative of the performance of the monitored distributed business transaction associated with the system of machines or nodes connected over the network; providing through the dashboard interface, a choice to select from one of predetermined categories of metrics and custom defined categories of metrics in the collected runtime data; receiving a selection from the provided choice of predetermined categories of metrics and custom defined categories of metrics; receiving an input which specifies a filter for displaying metrics associated with the selected category including a number of and sort order of the metrics; dynamically displaying, through the dashboard interface, the custom dashboard that includes the filter specified number of the metrics and in the filter specified sort order, wherein the metrics displayed in the custom dashboard are selected from the collected runtime data dynamically at the time the custom dashboard is displayed so as to be up-to-date at the time the custom dashboard is displayed; and applying the filter dynamically each time the custom dashboard is displayed to reselect the metrics dynamically each time the custom dashboard is displayed.