System and method for database management

• US 20050193033A1
• Filed: 02/26/2004
• Published: 09/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Domo, Inc.
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Steffenhagen, Nathan Gary, Springer, Crystal Faye, Davis, Jeffrey Michael, Oyarzabal, Randy Eugenio
• Granted Patent: US 8,082,520 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/217 Database tuning G06F16/2282 takes precedence; database performance monitoring G06F11/3409

Abstract

A method, system and article of manufacture for database management and, more particularly, for managing multiple information management tools in a data processing system. One embodiment provides a method of managing multiple information management tools in a data processing system. The method comprises displaying, on a display device, a user interface of a toolkit configured for managing the multiple information management tools, the user interface comprising a plurality of selectable operations applicable to information management tools, receiving a user selection of an operation of the plurality of selectable operations, and applying the selected operation to at least one of the information management tools.

Claims

1. A method of managing multiple information management tools in a data processing system, comprising:

displaying, on a display device, a user interface of a toolkit configured for managing the multiple information management tools, the user interface comprising a plurality of selectable operations applicable to information management tools;

receiving a user selection of an operation of the plurality of selectable operations; and

applying the selected operation to at least one of the information management tools.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the toolkit resides on a first computer and each of the multiple information management tools resides on one or more second computers connected to the first computer via a network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the multiple information management tools comprises at least one of a calendar function and an email function.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the multiple information management tools comprises databases.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the multiple information management tools is one of a Lotus Notes application and a Lotus Notes database.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the multiple information management tools are databases and the selected operation is one of an operation for querying one or more of the databases and an operation for modifying a database design of the one or more of the databases.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user selection of at least one information management tool from the multiple information management tools; and

wherein applying the selected operation includes applying the selected operation only to the at least one selected information management tool.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein user selection of the at least one information management tool from the multiple information management tools is performed using a query.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the multiple information management tools are multiple documents stored in at least one database, the method further comprising:

receiving a user selection of one or more databases;

receiving a query suitable for identifying a subset of the multiple documents; and

identifying the subset of documents; and

wherein applying the selected operation includes applying the selected operation only to the identified subset of documents.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein each of the one or more databases is a Lotus Notes database.

11. A method of managing multiple databases in a data processing system, comprising:

displaying, on a display device, a first user interface screen of a toolkit configured for managing the multiple databases, the first user interface screen comprising a viewable representation of a plurality of selectable databases;

receiving a user selection of a subset of databases from the plurality of selectable databases;

displaying, on the display device, a second user interface screen of the toolkit, the second user interface screen comprising a viewable representation of a plurality of selectable operations applicable to databases;

receiving a user selection of an operation of the plurality of selectable operations; and

applying the selected operation to each database of the subset of databases.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein each database of the subset of databases is a Lotus Notes database.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the selected operation is one of an operation for querying each database of the subset of databases and an operation for modifying a database design of each database of the subset of databases.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the subset of databases comprises a multiplicity of documents, the method further comprising:

receiving a query suitable for identifying a subset of documents from the multiplicity of documents; and

identifying the subset of documents; and

wherein applying the selected operation includes applying the selected operation only to each document of the identified subset of documents.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the toolkit resides on a first computer and each of the multiple databases resides on one or more second computers connected to the first computer via a network.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein each of the multiple databases comprises at least one of a calendar function and an email function.

17. A computer readable medium containing a program which, when executed, performs a process of managing multiple information management tools in a data processing system, the process comprising:

displaying, on a display device, a user interface of a toolkit configured for managing the multiple information management tools, the user interface comprising a plurality of selectable operations applicable to information management tools;

receiving a user selection of an operation of the plurality of selectable operations; and

applying the selected operation to at least one of the information management tools.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the toolkit resides on a first computer and each of the multiple information management tools resides on one or more second computers connected to the first computer via a network.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein each of the multiple information management tools comprises at least one of a calendar function and an email function.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein each of the multiple information management tools comprises databases.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein each of the multiple information management tools is one of a Lotus Notes application and a Lotus Notes database.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein at least a portion of the multiple information management tools are databases and the selected operation is one of an operation for querying one or more of the databases and an operation for modifying a database design of the one or more of the databases.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the process further comprises:

receiving a user selection of at least one information management tool from the multiple information management tools; and

wherein applying the selected operation includes applying the selected operation only to the at least one selected information management tool.

24. The computer readable medium of claim 23, wherein user selection of the at least one information management tool from the multiple information management tools is performed using a query.

25. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the multiple information management tools are multiple documents stored in at least one database, the process further comprising:

receiving a user selection of one or more databases;

receiving a query suitable for identifying a subset of the multiple documents; and

identifying the subset of documents; and

wherein applying the selected operation includes applying the selected operation only to the identified subset of documents.

26. The computer readable medium of claim 25, wherein each of the one or more databases is a Lotus Notes database.

27. A computer readable medium containing a program which, when executed, performs a process of managing multiple databases in a data processing system, the process comprising:

displaying, on a display device, a first user interface screen of a toolkit configured for managing the multiple databases, the first user interface screen comprising a viewable representation of a plurality of selectable databases;

receiving a user selection of a subset of databases from the plurality of selectable databases;

displaying, on the display device, a second user interface screen of the toolkit, the second user interface screen comprising a viewable representation of a plurality of selectable operations applicable to databases;

receiving a user selection of an operation of the plurality of selectable operations; and

applying the selected operation to each database of the subset of databases.

28. The computer readable medium of claim 27, wherein each database of the subset of databases is a Lotus Notes database.

29. The computer readable medium of claim 27, wherein the selected operation is one of an operation for querying each database of the subset of databases and an operation for modifying a database design of each database of the subset of databases.

30. The computer readable medium of claim 27, wherein the subset of databases comprises a multiplicity of documents, the process further comprising:

receiving a query suitable for identifying a subset of documents from the multiplicity of documents; and

identifying the subset of documents; and

wherein applying the selected operation includes applying the selected operation only to each document of the identified subset of documents.

31. The computer readable medium of claim 27, wherein the toolkit resides on a first computer and each of the multiple databases resides on one or more second computers connected to the first computer via a network.

32. The computer readable medium of claim 27, wherein each of the multiple databases comprises at least one of a calendar function and an email function.

33. A data processing system, comprising:

a display device configured for displaying a user interface comprising a plurality of selectable operations applicable to a plurality of information management tools; and

a toolkit for managing multiple information management tools, the toolkit being configured for;

receiving, via the user interface, a user selection of an operation of the plurality of selectable operations; and

applying the selected operation to at least one information management tool of the plurality of information management tools.

34. A data processing system, comprising:

a toolkit for managing multiple databases, the toolkit being configured for;

displaying a first user interface screen comprising a viewable representation of a plurality of selectable databases;

displaying a second user interface screen comprising a viewable representation of a plurality of selectable operations applicable to databases; and

receiving, via the first user interface screen, a user selection of a subset of databases from the plurality of selectable databases;

receiving, via the second user interface screen, a user selection of an operation of the plurality of selectable operations; and

applying the selected operation to each database of the subset of databases.