Flow UI: Show a graph of the components loaded by modules

[ptodev]

Request

If you load a module using a component such as module.string, the UI does not show the sub-graph which module.string loaded, with all of its internal Flow components. It would be nice if this is visible in the UI.

Use case

Ease of use.

[hainenber]

I could tackle this. Please help assign 😄

[ptodev]

Hi @hainenber! Thank you so much, but there are a couple of problems with this task:

• It might be a lot of work. Or it might not. I really don't know 😅
• I am not sure what the UI should look like when modules are visualised.
  • Should the sub graph be displayed inside the module component's box? This would seem most natural.
  • Alternatively, maybe it can be displayed on the side, or in a different location on the page (e.g. in a tab)? This could potentially be an easier implementation.
  • It would be good to get consensus from the team before tackling this.
• If this is a lot of work, then it would be best to see if we want to tackle grafana/alloy#514 first.

I put in a comment on grafana/alloy#514 to ask why it's even raised in the first place. Let's wait for now, to see what the reply is. If grafana/alloy#514 is really important, maybe it's be best not to invest too much time in the current visualisation. In that case we'd have to tackle grafana/alloy#275 after grafana/alloy#514.

[hainenber]

Aight, thanks for the heads up!

I'll try making a PoC to gauge feedbacks firstly then.

Maybe not assign me that early 🤭

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[hainenber]

I've drafted a PoC in the linked PR

There would be a new Graph option on left side

, which redirects to a new page depicting the graph

Wdyt?