Patent Document ID: 20110238687
Application ID: 12731743
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: obtaining data, the obtained data specifying (a) that a source metric of a plurality of available metrics is related to a first related metric of the plurality of available metrics, (b) a first type of system component associated with the source metric, and (c) a second type of system component associated with the first related metric; based on the obtained data, identifying an instance of the first type of system component, identifying an instance of the second type of system component, obtaining first metric data corresponding to the source metric that was collected from the identified instance of the first type of system component, and obtaining second metric data corresponding to the first related metric that was collected from the identified instance of the second type of system component; and causing concurrent display of the first metric data and the second metric data in a manner that facilitates visual comparison of the source metric to the first related metric; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.