Method and Apparatus for Creating a Monitoring Template for a Business Process

• US 20110191128A1
• Filed: 01/29/2010
• Published: 08/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chao, Tian J., Ramakrishnan, Sreeram
• Application Number:
  US12/696,486
• Publication Number:
  US 20110191128A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.11
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/067 Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Methods and apparatus are provided for creating a monitoring template for a business process. A monitoring template for a business process monitoring system is generated by providing a predefined schema definition for the monitoring template, wherein the predefined schema definition comprises a predefined format for describing the business process monitoring system using one or more predefined keywords, wherein the predefined schema definition comprises at least one monitoring model element that allows a user to specify one or more monitoring elements required to generate the business process monitoring system; and receiving a specification of the one or more monitoring elements from the user. The monitoring template can be used, for example, to generate deployable code for an operational runtime version of the business process monitoring system. The monitoring template allows monitoring models and business process monitoring systems to be reused.

Claims

1. A method for generating a monitoring template for a business process monitoring system, comprising:

providing a predefined schema definition for said monitoring template, wherein said predefined schema definition comprises a predefined format for describing said business process monitoring system using one or more predefined keywords, wherein said predefined schema definition comprises at least one monitoring model element that allows a user to specify one or more monitoring elements required to generate said business process monitoring system; and

receiving a specification of said one or more monitoring elements from said user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said monitoring template is used to generate deployable code for an operational runtime version of said business process monitoring system.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of generating a monitoring model from said monitoring template, wherein said monitoring model allows deployable code to be generated for an operational runtime version of said business process monitoring system from said monitoring template.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving step allows said user to generate a customized version of said business process monitoring system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said predefined schema definition further comprises a monitoring header element that allows said user to specify a monitoring intent for said monitoring template.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said monitoring intent allows said monitoring template to be matched with one or more search keywords.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein said monitoring intent can be used as a search criteria to identify one or more of desired business processes and monitoring templates that match said search criteria.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said predefined schema definition further comprises a monitoring extension element that allows said user to specify one or more call-out services.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said one or more call-out services invoke one or more called external services by specifying a name of said one or more called external services, one or more parameters to be passed to said called external service and a return value.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said business process monitoring system comprises an existing business process monitoring system.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said business process monitoring system comprises a new business process monitoring system.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said monitoring template allows one or more of a monitoring model and said business process monitoring system to be reused.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said monitoring model element allows said user to specify one or more of a business event, metric, key performance indicator, situation and dimension group of said business process monitoring system.

14. A computer program product for generating a monitoring template for a business process monitoring system, said computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, said computer readable program code comprising:

computer readable program code configured to provide a predefined schema definition for said monitoring template, wherein said predefined schema definition comprises a predefined format for describing said business process monitoring system using one or more predefined keywords, wherein said predefined schema definition comprises at least one monitoring model element that allows a user to specify one or more monitoring elements required to generate said business process monitoring system; and

computer readable program code configured to receive a specification of said one or more monitoring elements from said user.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein said monitoring template is used to generate deployable code for an operational runtime version of said business process monitoring system.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein said computer readable program code is further configured to generate a monitoring model from said monitoring template, wherein said monitoring model allows deployable code to be generated for an operational runtime version of said business process monitoring system from said monitoring template.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein said receiving of said specification allows said user to generate a customized version of said business process monitoring system.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein said predefined schema definition further comprises a monitoring header element that allows said user to specify a monitoring intent for said monitoring template.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein said monitoring intent allows said monitoring template to be matched with one or more search keywords.

20. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein said predefined schema definition further comprises a monitoring extension element that allows said user to specify one or more call-out services.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein said one or more call-out services invoke one or more called external services by specifying a name of said one or more called external services, one or more parameters to be passed to said called external service and a return value.

22. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein said business process monitoring system comprises one or more of a new and an existing business process monitoring system.

23. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein said monitoring template allows one or more of a monitoring model and said business process monitoring system to be reused.

24. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein said monitoring model element allows said user to specify one or more of a business event, metric, key performance indicator, situation and dimension group of said business process monitoring system.

25. An apparatus for generating a monitoring template for a business process monitoring system, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor, coupled to the memory, operative to;

provide a predefined schema definition for said monitoring template, wherein said predefined schema definition comprises a predefined format for describing said business process monitoring system using one or more predefined keywords, wherein said predefined schema definition comprises at least one monitoring model element that allows a user to specify one or more monitoring elements required to generate said business process monitoring system; and

receive a specification of said one or more monitoring elements from said user.