USER CUSTOMIZABLE QUERIES TO POPULATE MODEL DIAGRAMS

• US 20110072411A1
• Filed: 09/10/2010
• Published: 03/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Cornell, Kevin James
• Granted Patent: US 9,003,359 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/105
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/26 Visual data mining; Browsing structured data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/00 Computer-aided design [CAD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/10 Requirements analysis; Specification techniques

Abstract

A method, computer program product, and system for visually modeling architectures or system designs are described. A method may comprise providing an architectural model having a plurality of elements of one or more types. The method may further comprise providing a platform for a user to develop a non-software code query relating to the elements of the model. The method may also comprise executing the developed query to extract one or more of the plurality of elements from the model. The method may additionally comprise populating a diagram with the extracted one or more of the plurality of elements.

Claims

1. A method for visually modeling architectures or system designs, the method comprising:

providing an architectural model having a plurality of elements of one or more types;

providing a platform for a user to develop a non-software code query relating to the elements of the model;

executing the developed query to extract one or more of the plurality of elements from the model; and

populating a diagram with the extracted one or more of the plurality of elements.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

extracting the diagram into a generated report.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a platform for a user to develop a non-software code query relating to the elements of the model further comprises:

providing a preference page in which at least one parameter is specified.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one parameter includes at least one of desired groups of types of the elements and a scope for searching the model based on relationships for the groups of types of the elements.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a palette tool to enable the user to choose a developed query from among a plurality of developed non-software code queries to execute on one of a plurality of the diagrams.

6. A computer program product for visually modeling architectures or system designs, the computer program product comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to implement a method for visually modeling architectures or system designs, the method further including;

providing an architectural model having a plurality of elements of one or more types;

providing a platform for a user to develop a non-software code query relating to the elements of the model;

executing the developed query to extract one or more of the plurality of elements from the model; and

populating a diagram with the extracted one or more of the plurality of elements.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, further comprising:

extracting the diagram into a generated report.

8. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein providing a platform for a user to develop a non-software code query relating to the elements of the model further comprises:

providing a preference page in which at least one parameter is specified.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the at least one parameter includes at least one of desired groups of types of the elements and a scope for searching the model based on relationships for the groups of types of the elements.

10. The computer program product of claim 6, further comprising:

providing a palette tool to enable the user to choose a developed query from among a plurality of developed non-software code queries to execute on one of a plurality of the diagrams.

11. A system, comprising:

a computing network including a processing device in communication with one or more computer memory storage devices; and

the computing network further configured to implement a method for visually modeling architectures or system designs, the method further including;

providing an architectural model having a plurality of elements of one or more types;

providing a platform for a user to develop a non-software code query relating to the elements of the model;

executing the developed query to extract one or more of the plurality of elements from the model; and

populating a diagram with the extracted one or more of the plurality of elements.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

extracting the diagram into a generated report.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein providing a platform for a user to develop a non-software code query relating to the elements of the model further comprises:

providing a preference page in which at least one parameter is specified.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one parameter includes at least one of desired groups of types of the elements and a scope for searching the model based on relationships for the groups of types of the elements.

15. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

providing a palette tool to enable the user to choose a developed query from among a plurality of developed non-software code queries to execute on one of a plurality of the diagrams.

16. A method for visually modeling architectures or system designs, the method comprising:

providing an architectural model having a plurality of elements of one or more types and having relationships among the elements in each of the one or more types of elements;

extracting one or more of the elements from the model from a derived user-defined non-software code query; and

populating a diagram with at least one of the extracted one or more of the plurality of elements.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

extracting the diagram into a generated report.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein extracting one or more of the elements from the model from a derived user-defined non-software code query comprises:

providing a platform for a user to develop a non-software code query relating to the elements of the model; and

executing the developed query to extract one or more of the plurality of elements from the model.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein providing a platform for a user to develop a non-software code query relating to the elements of the model further comprises:

providing a preference page in which at least one parameter is specified.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the at least one parameter includes at least one of desired groups of types of the elements and a scope for searching the model based on relationships for the groups of types of the elements.

21. A computer program product for visually modeling architectures or system designs, the computer program product comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to implement a method for visually modeling architectures or system designs, the method further including;

providing an architectural model having a plurality of elements of one or more types and having relationships among the elements in each of the one or more types of elements;

extracting one or more of the elements from the model from a derived user-defined non-software code query; and

populating a diagram with at least one of the extracted one or more of the plurality of elements.

22. The computer program product of claim 21, further comprising:

extracting the diagram into a generated report.

23. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein extracting one or more of the elements from the model from a derived user-defined non-software code query comprises:

providing a platform for a user to develop a non-software code query relating to the elements of the model; and

executing the developed query to extract one or more of the plurality of elements from the model.

24. The computer program product of claim 23, wherein providing a platform for a user to develop a non-software code query relating to the elements of the model further comprises:

providing a preference page in which at least one parameter is specified.

25. The computer program product of claim 24, wherein the at least one parameter includes at least one of desired groups of types of the elements and a scope for searching the model based on relationships for the groups of types of the elements.