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Figure 2. XDMoD Portal
The 9 Navigation Tabs along the top of the window have the following functionality.
1. My Summary: Displays an overview of the individual user’s jobs.
2. TG Summary: Displays a system-wide overview of all users jobs.
3. My Usage: Displays a large number of metrics related to the individual’s usage.
4. TG Usage: Displays a large number of metrics related to the system-wide TG
usage.
5. Allocations: Displays a summary of the status of the individual’s TG allocations.
6. App Kernels: Provides information on application kernel performance on various
resources.
7. Report Generator: Provides a mechanism for generating user specified reports.
8. User Like Me: Provides an evaluation of resources based upon user specifications.
9. Search: Allows authorized users to search for data on users, institutes, etc.
Other key functional features include: the “Add Charts” button that adds the displayed chart to
the report queue, the “Report Queue” button that aids the user in managing and exporting reports
that are a compilation of user selected charts, the “Export” button that allows plot data to be
output in a variety of formats (XLS, CSV, XML, PNG), the “Chart/Dataset” button that allows
the user to toggle between the display of a given chart or the data set used in its generation, the
Date Selection pull-down menu that allows the user to select different time ranges for the desired
plot, a search feature that helps the user in locating charts, and a series of buttons that allow the
user to resize the displayed charts and control which information fields are visible.
Based on the feedback received at SC10 for the beta version of XDMoD as well as input from the
TG Quarterly Meetings, we have substantially revised the functionality planned for the initial
release of XDMoD 1.0, which is scheduled for the summer of 2011. For example, XDMoD has
been enhanced by the addition of time-based plots similar to those included in the TG Quarterly
Reports. Plots such as Number of Jobs, Total CPU Consumption, and Total SU Charged over
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