SELECTIVE LOGGING BASED ON SET PARAMETER

• US 20110066891A1
• Filed: 09/17/2009
• Published: 03/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: WECHSLER, Chesla C., ROBERTSON, John Sutton
• Granted Patent: US 8,352,796 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0766 Error or fault reporting or storing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2308 Concurrency control transaction processing G06F9/466

Abstract

Providing asset-based logging by setting a flag for an identified asset and a transaction includes generating a first detailed log for logging activity related to the identified asset and the transaction by a first application implemented on a first node. A transaction identifier, the flag, and any of the identified asset, information generated by the first application implemented on the first node, information provided to the first application implemented on the first node and a representation of the identified asset is passed to at least one downstream application implemented on at least one second node. Detailed logs generated by the at least one downstream application are correlated with the first detailed log.

Claims

1. A method of providing asset-based logging, comprising:

setting a flag for at least one of an identified asset and a transaction;

generating a first detailed log for logging activity related to at least one of the identified asset and the transaction by a first application implemented on a first node;

passing a transaction identifier, the flag, and any of the identified asset, information generated by the first application implemented on the first node, information provided to the first application implemented on the first node and a representation of the identified asset to at least one downstream application implemented on at least one second node; and

correlating detailed logs generated by the at least one downstream application with the first detailed log.

2. The method according to claim 1,

wherein the transaction involves the identified asset.

3. The method according to claim 1,

wherein the identified asset comprises a specified subset of objects stored in a data store.

4. The method according to claim 1,

wherein the first detailed log and the detailed logs collect more detailed information than logging information collected for a transaction that is not designated with the flag, and

wherein the first detailed log and the detailed logs collect more detailed information than logging information collected for an identified asset that is not designated with the flag.

5. The method according to claim 1,

wherein a correlated log is used to resolve an issue experienced by a user corresponding to at least one of the identified asset and the transaction.

6. The method according to claim 1,

wherein a time to live parameter is set for the flag, and

wherein the flag is purged after the time to live parameter expires.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

passing a request, encapsulating the flag and the transaction identifier, to the at least one downstream application.

8. The method according to claim 6,

wherein a path, through the first node and the at least one second node, corresponding to the transaction is undetermined prior to initiating the transaction, and

wherein a correlated log indicates the path corresponding to the transaction.

9. The method according to claim 6,

wherein the detailed log collects information relating to at least one sub-transaction involving the identified asset.

10. The method according to claim 1,

wherein the detailed log collects information relating to at least one sub-transaction of the transaction.

11. A system of providing asset-based logging comprising:

a generator that generates a first detailed log to log activity, related to at least one of an identified asset for which a flag is set and a transaction for which the flag is set, by a first application implemented on a first node;

a transmitter that passes a transaction identifier, the flag, and any of the identified asset, information generated by the first application implemented on the first node, information provided to the first application implemented on the first node and a representation of the identified asset to at least one downstream application implemented on at least one second node; and

a correlation engine that correlates detailed logs generated by the at least one downstream application with the first detailed log.

12. The system according to claim 11,

wherein the first application implemented on the first node is enabled to access a time to live parameter and the flag.

13. The system according to claim 11,

wherein a level of detail provided by at least one of the first detailed log and the detailed logs is variable.

14. The system according to claim 11, further comprising:

an automated rules processor that determines a course of action to resolve an issue based on the correlated log.

15. The system according to claim 11,

wherein the first node is at least one of a processor, a network element, a server, a computing device, a physical storage and a physical memory, and

wherein the at least one second node is at least one of a processor, a network element, a server, a computing device, a physical storage and a physical memory.

16. The system according to claim 11,

wherein a correlated log comprises at least one uniform resource locator (URL) link to at least one of:

the first detailed log, the detailed logs, a portion of the first detailed log and a portion of the detailed logs.

17. The system according to claim 11,

wherein the detailed log collects information relating to passage of at least one of:

the identified asset and information specified by the identified asset among portions of the first application.

18. The system according to claim 11,

wherein the detailed log collects information from at least one of the identified asset and a user.

19. The system according to claim 14,

wherein the course of action does not require human intervention.

20. A tangible computer readable medium that stores a program, recorded on the tangible computer readable medium, for providing asset-based logging, the tangible computer readable medium comprising:

a setting code segment, recorded on the tangible computer readable medium, that sets a flag for at least one of an identified asset and a transaction;

a generating code segment, recorded on the tangible computer readable medium, that generates a first detailed log for logging activity related to at least one of the identified asset and the transaction by a first application implemented on a first node;

a passing code segment, recorded on the tangible computer readable medium, that passes a transaction identifier, the flag, and any of the identified asset, information generated by the first application implemented on the first node, information provided to the first application implemented on the first node and a representation of the identified asset to at least one downstream application implemented on at least one second node; and

a correlating code segment, recorded on the tangible computer readable medium, that correlates detailed logs generated by the at least one downstream application with the first detailed log.