VUTL (Visualization for Understanding Transaction Logs) Instruction

Xi Niu & Brad Hemminger

November, 2010

Here is an instruction on how to make the graphic representation from raw logs

The whole process is illustrated as:

These materials currently reside at the URL

http://ils.unc.edu/bmh/pubs/SearchLogAnalysis_UNC2010/

All instructions refer to documents in the above directory.

To view the Raw Log Files for the example visualization

View the file log.txt.

To view the Perl Scripts for the example visualization

See the files action_code.pl, parameters.pl and logxml.pl.

To view the intermediate XML formatted transactions logs for the example visualization

See the file log_pro.xml.

To view the JavaScript code which renders the visualization

Use your web browser to view the source code for the example html result file log_pro.html. I.e. bring up in your browser, then have it display the source.

To view the final graphic visualization using this visualization technique

Use your web browser to view the example html result file log_pro.html.