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Investigator

The Investigator presents a cohesive view of data. The Investigator helps you view and analyze information in discipline-specific data repositories. The Investigator provides multiple panes for data management.

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 Table View (TableViewIcon), Topology View (topologyViewrIcon), and the Time Series (timeSeries button) 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 lets you operate data 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).

Historical

Displays an investigation path as a series of breadcrumbs, with each breadcrumb representing a step. The Investigator generally displays "live" data, and enters Historical mode only when you perform one of the following tasks:

In Historical mode, the background color of all panes except the History pane turns 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:

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