Work With Network Visualization Diagrams

Create a new Investigation with Platform Manager or Data Processor as the search type.

When the results appear, click the Network Visualization tab.

Do any of the following:

• From the network visualization diagram

  • Click the + next to nodes to expand them.

    

  • Point to a node to see a screen tip with additional information.

    

  • Click a Host to show connections to other Hosts and display detailed information in the left pane.

    • Arrows at the end of the lines indicate direction.

    • If a host is both the origin and destination, the line loops back to itself.

      

    • Red lines indicate the log failure count is greater than 0.

    • Briefly pause on a link to display a screen tip with statistics about the link.

    • Press Ctrl and click a link to display its statistics in the left pane.

      

  • Double-click a node to drill down and show logs where the node is either the origin or impacted host.

  • Click a node to view its statistics in the left pane.

  • Right-click a selected node to display a context menu with the following options:

    

    • Drilldown (Origin and Impacted). Show logs that have the selected node is the origin or the impacted Host.

    • Drilldown (Origin). Show logs that have the selected node as the origin Host.

    • Drilldown (Impacted). Show logs that have the selected node as the impacted Host.

    • Map Location. If location information is available and you have access to a browser, select this option to display a map of a node location.

      

• From the left pane of the network visualization tab 
  

  • From the top of the left pane
    

    • Select a Host Statistics Mode. Set the diagram links and link display mode here. The options are:

      • Origin and Impacted (default)

      • Origin

      • Impacted

    • Link Display Mode. Set the diagram links and host statistics mode here. The options are:

      • Logs

      • Bytes In, or Bytes Out, or Bytes In +Out

      • Items In, or Items Out, or Items In + Out

    • Click Restore View to return the diagram to the default view.

    • Click Settings to display a window where you can:

    • Select which Group Levels to display.

    • Select Expand Levels and Zoom to fit in the default view. This setting only affects the default display. You can still expand/contract nodes and modify the zoom in the diagram.

  • From the middle of the left pane

    • Click a node to select it.

    • Click the root node to view statistics for the entire diagram.

    • Click the parent node to view statistics for all related child nodes.

  • From the bottom of the left pane

    • Slide the zoom control to increase or decrease the size of the diagram.

    • Move the rectangle around the thumbnail diagram to select the viewing area.

    • Click Fit to set the zoom and viewing area to display the entire diagram in one action.