Patent ID: 9218676
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying computer dashboard information by a processor device in a computing environment, the method comprising: monitoring a current value for a parameter of interest of incoming data; automatically tracking a plurality of range sizes for maximum values associated with each one of a plurality of time intervals associated with at least one of a plurality of historical values, the plurality of time intervals representing time intervals for a day, a week, a month, and a year; displaying, in a single gauge of a computing dashboard, the maximum values from at least one of the plurality of historical values associated with each one of the plurality of time intervals and incorporating the maximum values for each one of the plurality of time intervals into a background range of colors that are configured to change in the single gauge; wherein a range size for a maximum value from the plurality of range sizes associated with each time intervals are arranged and integrated into the single gauge representing a single metric; contrasting the current value against each one of the maximum values in the single gauge for each one of the plurality of time intervals, wherein the current value is superimposed on the single gauge and further including arranging and displaying in the single gauge the maximum values associated with each one of the plurality of time intervals into the background range of colors in such a manner that the maximum values from the least one of the plurality of time intervals are contrasted against the current value for comparison; and detecting if the current value is greater than each one of the maximum values for the plurality of time intervals, wherein: if the current value is greater than each one of the maximum values for each one of the plurality of time intervals, setting at least one of the maximum values as the current value, the at least one of the plurality of historical values updated periodically, and sending a notification that the current value has been exceeded, and if the current value is not greater than the each one of the maximum values for each one of the plurality of time intervals, displaying in the single gauge at least one of the maximum values associated with one of the plurality of time intervals contrasted against the current value for comparison; and periodically updating the maximum values in the background range of colors in the single gauge less frequently as compared to the current value and the plurality of range sizes changing at a higher frequency.