Multiple Datasets Performance Visualization — Traveler
Phase-1 of Google Summer of Code 2022 at Stellar Group
This summer, I am working as a Google Summer of Code mentee in STE||AR Group on “Upgrading Multiple Datasets Performance Visualization feature in Traveler” under the mentorship of Kate Isaacs. This blog summarizes my work on the Traveler Platform during phase 1 of Google Summer of Code 2022 program.
About Traveler
Traveler-Integrated is a web-based visualization system for parallel performance data, such as OTF2 traces and HPX execution trees. HPX traces are collected with APEX and written as OTF2 files with extensions. It is developed by the HDC Lab (Humans, Data and Computers Lab) at the University of Arizona.The major goal of this platform is to provide meaningful insights into parallel performance data in the form of Gantt charts (trace data timelines with dependencies), source code, expression tree, aggregated time series line charts for counter data, utilization chart and task level histograms.
Abstract
The aim of this project, “Multiple Datasets Performance Visualization,’’ is to add specific features in the platform that will help in managing multiple data files and organizing traveler interface windows to handle the comparison of data. Organizing multiple datasets in the platform, comparison of datasets side by side, implementing a highlighted linking system for multiple datasets and organizing datasets efficiently for visualization are some of the major sub-goals.
Phase — 1
Updated the Tagging system of Traveler Interface to accommodate multiple datasets
Issue : Organizing the datasets according to their assigned tags.
Made changes in the interface main menu to display the datasets according to their tags names. Tested the tagging system back-end to accommodate multiple datasets. The screenshot displays the fixes made when tested with 2 datasets.
Issue Link: https://github.com/hdc-arizona/traveler-integrated/issues/90
Pull Request: https://github.com/hdc-arizona/traveler-integrated/pull/91
Fixed glitches related Traveler front-end
Issue: Displaying a clear relationship between a folder and its datasets.
Made changes in the front-end to make the lines visible that shows the connection between folder and its datasets. Adjusted the tag header to solve the tag overlapping issue for multiple datasets. The screenshot of the changes are shown below.
Issue link: https://github.com/hdc-arizona/traveler-integrated/issues/92
Pull request link: https://github.com/hdc-arizona/traveler-integrated/pull/93
Adding dynamic color highlighting system
Issue: Adding a color picker system to distinguish between multiple datasets.
“Change Datasets color” option is added to datasets context menu. With this feature, a user can change the datasets selection color and main menu color to be distinguishable from other datasets. The screenshots of changes done till now are displayed below:
Pull request link: https://github.com/hdc-arizona/traveler-integrated/pull/94
