Method and apparatus for processing monitoring

• US 20070185929A1
• Filed: 02/01/2006
• Published: 08/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sap Portals Israel Ltd (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: Sap Portals Israel Ltd (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Kahn, Philippe, Frishberg Barak, Oren, Azoulay, Zacky
• Application Number:
  US11/344,756
• Publication Number:
  US 20070185929A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management

Abstract

A method and device for monitoring processing in a multi-user computerized environment, such as a coding and compilation environment. An on-going process checks every predetermined time for new changes in the compiled code. When a change is found, the critical set of entities affected by the change is processed. If the processing succeeds, the system goes on to process the regular set of entities affected by the change. If any of the processing fails, a notification is sent to the person responsible for the change. A status indicator is constantly updated. After a predetermined time, the process checks for new changes and repeats the mentioned steps.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring a processing environment of entities, the method comprising the steps of:

determining if an at least one file comprising an at least one change was checked into a source control system;

determining an at least one set of entities affected by the at least one change;

processing the at least one set of entities and obtaining processing results; and

notifying an at least one person about the results of the processing of said at least one set of entities.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the processing is compiling.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the processing is checking compatibility between files.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the file is a change list.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one set of entities comprises two sets of entities, the first set is a critical set and the second set is a regular set.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the regular set is processed only if the critical set was processed successfully.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising a waiting step before determining if a new file was checked into the source control system.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the notifying step comprises one or more of the following:

updating a web page, updating a database table, sending an e-mail to an at least one person, sending an SMS to an at least one person, sending an instant message to an at least one person, or making a phone call to an at least one person.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the at least one person is a person responsible for an at least one error in the processing.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the at least one person is a supervisor of the person responsible for an at least one error in the processing.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising an error correction step for correcting an at least one error in the processing.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising a dependency determination step.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

erasing all processing results and products; and

processing all entities.

14. An apparatus for monitoring a processing environment of entities, the apparatus comprising:

a dependency determination component for determining an at least one set affected by a change in an at least one file;

a processing launching component for launching a processing of the at least one set;

a processing result analysis component for analyzing an at least one result of the processing of the at least one set; and

a notification component for generating and issuing an at least one notification to an at least one person about the at least one result.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the processing is a compilation.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the processing is checking compatibility between files.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the at least one set comprises two sets the first is a critical set and the second is a regular set.

18. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the at least one file is an at least one change list.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 further comprising a change list parsing component for parsing the at least one change list.

20. The apparatus of claim 14 further comprising a source control communication component for communicating with a source control system.

21. The apparatus of claim 14 further comprising a status update component for updating the at least one result.

22. The apparatus of claim 14 further comprising an error correction component for correcting an at least one processing error.

23. A computer readable storage medium containing a set of instructions for a general purpose computer, the set of instructions comprising:

a dependency determination component for determining an at least one set affected by a change in an at least one file;

a processing launching component for launching a processing of the at least one set;

a processing result analysis component for analyzing an at least one result of the processing of the at least one set; and

a notification component for generating and issuing an at least one notification to an at least one person about the at least one result.