Investigator

The Investigator module includes the Investigator, which presents a cohesive view of your data. The Investigator helps you view and analyze information in your discipline-specific data repositories. The Investigator provides multiple work areas (panes) to help you manage your data.

To launch the Investigator, add the Investigator module to your dashboard from the Module Library and then click Start New Investigation . You can also launch the Investigator from the Alerts module, Metrics panel, or from the Policy Status Light module. When launching the Investigator from the other modules, the Investigator displays contextual-data.

Note: After you log in to CA Chorus, open the Investigator and bookmark it in your browser. After you log out, you can launch the Investigator from the browser bookmark. When you do so, the Investigator prompts you to log in. If you have already logged in, you can launch the Investigator from the browser bookmark.

After you launch the Investigator, view tabular data or display desired data in the Topology Viewer or Time Series Facility (TSF). The Topology Viewer provides a pictorial overview of data, which lets you quickly identify relationships. TSF presents performance metrics as line charts for periods of time that you can specify. To switch to these views, use the Topology Viewer and the Time Series buttons in the toolbar. You can also save Investigator search queries as a JCL batch job that you can use to generate reports.

The Investigator operates in the following modes:

Live

Displays current data and enables you to work with the Investigator. When you launch the investigator, it opens in Live mode.

Note: The Investigator opens in Historical mode when you launch it from a saved path (complete or incomplete) in the Investigator module.

Historical

Displays the state of the Investigator window when the breadcrumb you selected was created. Breadcrumbs represent steps in a path. The Investigator enters in Historical mode when you do one of the following tasks:

Click a breadcrumb.
Launch the Investigator from a saved path in the Investigator module.

When you are in Historical mode, the background color of all panes except the History pane changes to gray. Also, the last breadcrumb in an incomplete path is in the selected state and the Investigator toolbar is frozen. You are limited to the following tasks:

Click the Refresh icon to go to the Live mode.
Click the Help icon to go to the Knowledge Center.
Click the Clear Path button to clear the path.

The Investigator switches to Live mode from Historical mode when you do one of the following tasks:

Click the Refresh icon in the Investigator toolbar.
Select a node in the tree.
Select an action.