There are provided a data processing apparatus, a data processing method, and a computer-readable recording medium, in which icons which enable the user to visually identify functions possessed by information processing devices on a network can be displayed on virtual system construction display screen. The data processing method has the steps of: discriminating the information processing device having a server function, storing information showing which server function the information processing device having a server function discriminated by the server function discriminating step has into server function type memory means, and when it is determined by the server function discriminating step that the information processing device has at least one server function, displaying such an information processing device onto the virtual system construction display screen by character information expressing such a function.