Systems and methods for providing for third party visualizations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10049473-B2
Application number	US-201514697283-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2015
Priority date	Apr 27, 2015
Publication date	Aug 14, 2018
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure are systems and methods for providing third party visualizations. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving, via an API, computer-executable instructions configured to render a visualization using events and a variable field; rendering the visualization using the events; causing displaying of a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a visualization panel and a variable element; receiving, via the variable element of the GUI, an indication of a first change in the value of the variable field to a first value; re-rendering the visualization using the events and the first value; and causing display of the GUI with an updated visualization panel and the variable element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, via an application programming interface (API), a variable field and computer-executable instructions configured to render a visualization based on events, wherein a change in a value of the variable field results in a change in the visualization, and wherein each event of the events is raw machine-generated data associated with a respective timestamp;
rendering the visualization; and
causing display of a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a visualization panel and a variable graphical element,
wherein the visualization panel displays the visualization; and
wherein the variable graphical element comprises a GUI element corresponding to the variable field.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the GUI further comprises a menu panel that comprises a menu element corresponding to the visualization, and further comprising:
receiving, via the variable graphical element of the GUI, an indication of the value of the variable field;
re-rendering the visualization based on the events and the value; and
causing display of the GUI with an updated visualization panel and the variable graphical element;
receiving, via the menu panel of the GUI, an indication of a selection of the menu element.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rendering the visualization further comprises:
receiving the events from a plurality of searches; and
rendering the visualization using the events from the plurality of searches.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
registering the visualization as part of a framework for visualizations of events.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving visualization editor options for the visualization; and
storing the computer-executable instructions, the variable field, and the visualization editor options.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying the visualization in a dashboard GUI.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transferring the computer-executable instructions and the variable field to a specified device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions configured to render the visualization are in a JavaScript syntax.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, via the variable graphical element of the GUI, an indication of the value of the variable field;
re-rendering the visualization based on the events and the value; and
causing display of the GUI with an updated visualization panel and the variable graphical element;
receiving, via the variable graphical element of the GUI, an indication of a change in the value of the variable field to a second value;
rendering a second visualization based on the events and the second value; and
causing display of the GUI the updated visualization panel using the second visualization and the variable graphical element.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving the events from one or more indexers.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the variable graphical element is one of: a slider; a checkbox; a text field; a drop down menu; a dial element; a spinner; or a combination box.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, via the API, a second variable field, wherein a change in a value of the second variable field results in the change in the visualization; and
wherein the GUI further comprises a second variable graphical element, wherein the second variable graphical element comprises a second GUI element corresponding to the second variable field.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the computer-executable instructions do not render an existing visualization.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
rendering the visualization using events obtained using a predefined search criteria for searching the machine-generated data.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the events are obtained from at least one of: activity logs; error logs; configuration files; network packets; application data; virtual machine data; or database records.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein rendering the visualization further comprises:
extracting field values from the events using one or more extraction rules of a late-binding schema; and
rendering the visualization using the field values.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the events comprise aggregated heterogeneous machine-generated data generated by at least one of a server, a database, an application, or a network.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the events are extracted from machine-generated data based at least in part on a search query.

19. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
rendering the visualization panel and the variable graphical element using data received with the computer-executable instructions to render the visualization.

20. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a search query using one or more values associated with the visualization and the value of the variable field;
submitting the search query to a search system; and
receiving the events from the search system, wherein the search system obtained the events using the search query.

21. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting the computer-executable instructions configured to render the visualization to a different user.

22. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
causing display of an updated GUI comprising the visualization and one or more additional third party visualizations.

23. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
rendering the visualization using two or more data sets of events of machine-generated data; and
causing display of an updated GUI comprising the visualization depicting the two or more data sets.

24. A system comprising:
at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions; and
at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to access the at least one memory and to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
receive, via an application programming interface (API), a variable field and computer-executable instructions configured to render a visualization based on events, wherein a change in a value of the variable field results in a change in the visualization, and wherein each event of the events is raw machine-generated data associated with a respective timestamp;
render the visualization; and
cause displaying of a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a visualization panel and a variable graphical element,
wherein the visualization panel displays the visualization; and
wherein the variable graphical element comprises a GUI element corresponding to the variable field.

25. The system of claim 24 , wherein the GUI further comprises a menu panel that comprises a menu element corresponding to the visualization, and wherein the at least one processor is configured to access the at least one memory and to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
receive, via the variable graphical element of the GUI, an indication of the value of the variable field;
re-render the visualization based on the events and the value;
cause display of the GUI with an updated visualization panel and the variable graphical element; and
receive, via the menu panel of the GUI, an indication of a selection of the menu element.

26. The system of claim 24 , w

Assignees

• Splunk Inc
• Splunk Inc

Inventors

• Filippi Nicholas
• Fishel Simon
• Puchbauer-Schnabel Siegfried
• Elting Mathew
• Yestrau Carl

Classifications

• G06T11/26 Primary

  Drawing of charts or graphs · CPC title

• G06T2200/24

  involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs] · CPC title

• G06F16/9038

  Presentation of query results · CPC title

• G06T11/206 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30991

  Physics · mapped topic