CONTEXT BASED SCRIPT GENERATION

• US 20090287643A1
• Filed: 05/13/2008
• Published: 11/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Corville, Allen O., Wang, Jian De
• Granted Patent: US 8,839,107 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/023 Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design

Abstract

A method for generating script in a computer system having a user interface includes performing user actions by a user using the user interface to perform a user task, monitoring the user actions by the computer system, determining environment information in accordance with the user actions to provide determined environment information, and generating script in accordance with the user actions and the determined environment information to provide generated script. Storing the generated script and repeating the user actions in accordance with the stored script are provided. The user task includes configuring an application program and configuring a further application program in accordance with the generated script. The environment information includes configuration information and an identification of an operating system. The user actions further include providing user input data, updating a data object, and creating a system resource. The script is generated in accordance with context information.

Claims

1. A method for generating script in a computer system, comprising:

providing a user interface for enabling a user to perform user actions using said user interface to perform a user task;

monitoring said user actions by said computer system;

determining environment information in accordance with said user actions; and

generating script in accordance with said user actions and said determined environment information to provide generated script.

2. The method for generating script of claim 1, further comprising enabling repetition of said user actions in accordance with stored script.

3. The method for generating script of claim 1, wherein said user task comprises configuring an application program.

4. The method for generating script of claim 3, further comprising configuring a further application program in accordance with said generated script.

5. The method for generating script of claim 1, wherein said environment information comprises configuration information.

6. The method for generating script of claim 1, wherein said environment information comprises an identification of an operating system.

7. The method for generating script of claim 1, wherein said environment information comprises information on whether said system is a single node system.

8. The method for generating script of claim 1, wherein said user actions further comprises providing user input data.

9. The method for generating script of claim 8, further comprising updating a data object.

10. The method for generating script of claim 8, further comprising creating a system resource.

11. The method for generating script of claim 1, further comprising generating said script in accordance with context information.

12. The method for generating script of claim 11, wherein said context information further comprises scope information.

13. The method for generating script of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a data repository containing stored script; and

querying said generated script against said stored script.

14. The method for generating script of claim 13, further comprising querying said generated script by a filter/analyzer.

15. The method for generating script of claim 13, further comprising determining whether a selected script is stored in said data repository prior to performing said generating.

16. The method for generating script of claim 13, further comprising determining a script syntax of said generated script in accordance with said querying.

17. The method for generating script of claim 13, further comprising determining a script format of said generated script in accordance with said querying.

18. The method for generating script of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a graphical user interface; and

performing said user task by way of said graphical user interface.

19. The method for generating script of claim 18, further comprising monitoring said user actions by way of said graphical user interface.

20. The method for generating script of claim 1, further comprising performing said monitoring only in response to enabling said monitoring by said user.

21. The method for generating script of claim 1, further comprising determining said environment information by an environment assembler.

22. The method for generating script of claim 21, further comprising determining a name of a system environment variable by said environment assembler.

23. The method for generating script of claim 21, further comprising determining an operating system by said environment assembler.

24. The method for generating script of claim 1, further comprising optimizing said generated script by a filter/analyzer.