WebSphere Extended Deployment provides an innovative visualization technique called a runtime map. A runtime map is a method of displaying hierarchical data on different levels from the entire cell. The configuration information for each level shown in the map can be shown by placing the mouse cursor over the level.
The runtime map is a rectangle which is recursively subdivided into smaller rectangles, each of which represents the collection of nodes at some level in that tree of data. The significance of the size and color of each rectangle is purpose-specific. From a WebSphere Extended Deployment perspective, the top layer rectangle represents a cell. The levels or layers can be configured to various objects including nodes, deployment targets, service policies, J2EE modules, or applications. The top layer can also be changed. The upper level selections dictate available options in the bottom levels.
A cell is subdivided into rectangles which represent node groups in that cell. Each node group rectangle is subdivided into rectangles representing dynamic clusters, and so on. The size and color of rectangles correlate to the magnitude of some statistic, depending on which runtime map is being viewed. Color is typically used to represent health or goal attainment, while size typically represents a quantity such as concurrent requests, or number of server instances.
By default, the runtime map displays the entire WebSphere Extended Deployment topology. You can drill down to more granular scopes by clicking on a non-root rectangle in the runtime map.
See the Search facility information to learn how to set levels to search entity statistics for cells, node groups, deployment targets, service classes and applications.