SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR METRIC BASED ALLOCATION OF COSTS

• US 20110167034A1
• Filed: 10/29/2010
• Published: 07/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Suer, Myles, Knight, Timothy
• Application Number:
  US12/916,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20110167034A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/602
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures

Abstract

Systems, methods and computer-readable storage media are provided for automatically allocating resources based on metrics. A plurality of metric values related to a respective plurality of dimensions may be determined. A resource may be allocated to the plurality of dimensions based on the plurality of metric values. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method of allocating resources in a data warehouse, comprising:

determining a plurality of values of a selected metric for each of a respective plurality of records, each record related to a respective dimension selected from a set of dimensions of an enterprise;

and

allocating a first resource into one or more records of a working allocation table pursuant to a first rule related to the selected metric.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing said records of said working allocation table in a data warehouse.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said metric is at least one of a headcount, a server space consumption, a number of servers, a network nodes number, a network bandwidth, a number of service requests, and a size of a location.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving data related to at least one of said dimensions;

determining at least one value of said selected metric for at least one of said dimensions;

associating said at least one value with said at least one of said dimensions; and

reallocating said first resource into said one or more records pursuant to said first rule.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving data related to an additional dimension not included in said set of dimensions;

determining a value of said selected metric for said additional dimension;

associating said value with an additional record related to said additional dimension; and

reallocating said first resource into said one or more records and said additional record pursuant to said first rule.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said values are associated with a time period, and said resource is allocated to said dimensions according to said time period.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining a second value for each of said records according to a second metric;

associating said second value with a respective dimension associated with each of said records; and

allocating said first resource into said one or more records pursuant to said first rule and a second rule related to said second metric.

8. A computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions which when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform the method of:

determining a plurality of values of a selected metric for each of a respective plurality of records, each record related to a respective dimension selected from a set of dimensions of an enterprise;

and

allocating a first resource into one or more records of a working allocation table pursuant to a first rule related to the selected metric.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 8, the instructions further including storing said records of said working allocation table in a data warehouse.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein said metric is at least one of a headcount, a server space consumption, a number of servers, a network nodes number, a network bandwidth, a number of service requests, and a size of a location.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 8, the instructions further including:

receiving data related to at least one of said dimensions;

determining at least one value of said selected for at least one of said dimensions;

associating said at least one value with said at least one of said dimensions; and

reallocating said first resource into said one or more records pursuant to said first rule.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 8, the instructions further including:

receiving data related to an additional dimension not included in said set of dimensions;

determining a value of said selected metric for said additional dimension;

associating said value with an additional record related to said additional dimension; and

reallocating said first resource into said one or more records and said additional record pursuant to said first rule.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein said values are associated with a time period, and said resource is allocated to said dimensions according to said time period.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 8, the instructions further including:

determining a second value for each of said records according to a second metric;

associating said second value with a respective dimension associated with each of said records; and

allocating said first resource into said one or more records pursuant to said first rule and a second rule related to said second metric.

15. A system comprising:

an application engine configured to;

determine a plurality of values of a selected metric for each of a respective plurality of records, each record related to a respective dimension selected from a set of dimensions of an enterprise;

and

allocate a first resource into one or more records of a working allocation table pursuant to a first rule related to the selected metric.