Patent ID: 8037457

Claim:
A method comprising: importing, from a first trace data provider, a first trace data associated with a programming engine that is associated with first trace activities at a first computer system, wherein the first trace data is imported in a first trace format that is compatible with a common trace data format, wherein the common trace data format comprises a trace format that is designated as the common trace data format and includes a common performance trace format; importing, from a second trace data provider, a second trace data associated with a second programming engine that is associated with second trace activities at a second computer system, wherein the second trace data is imported in a second trace format that is incompatible with the common trace data format; tracking a first plurality of factors associated with the first trace data, and a second plurality of factors associated with the second trace data; converting the second trace format of the second trace data such that the second trace format is compatible with the common trace data format, wherein converting includes correlating the tracked second plurality of factors with the tracked first plurality of factors; and generating a common trace data format-based graphical representation of each of the correlated first and second plurality of factors associated with the first and second trace data.