METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EASY CORRELATION BETWEEN MONITORED METRICS AND ALERTS

• US 20120124503A1
• Filed: 11/11/2010
• Published: 05/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Coimbatore, KrishnaKumar Ramesh, Rao, Dinesh
• Granted Patent: US 9,378,111 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/772
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/328 Computer systems status display G06F11/327 takes precedence

Abstract

A method and system for correlating, for at least one managed system, at least one monitored computer metric and a plurality of associated alerts, comprising selecting a monitored computer metric designated by a user, selecting a time scale designated by the user; and selecting a number of alerts associated with the monitored computer metric, the alert being designated by the user. The monitored computer metric and the number of alerts are correlated over the selected time period, and a graph of the correlated monitored computer metric superimposed with a number of alerts over the selected time period is transmitted for presentation to the user. The user can select various monitored computer metrics, various alerts and various time periods.

Claims

1. A method of correlating, for at least one managed system, over a time period, a plurality of monitored computer metrics and a plurality of associated alerts, the method comprising:

using a computer processor,

detecting the selection of a monitored computer metric by a user,

detecting the selection of a time period by the user;

detecting the selection of at least one alert associated with the monitored computer metric, the at least one alert selected by the user; and

storing the detected monitored computer metric, the detected time period, and the detected at least one alert.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

correlating the stored monitored computer metric and the stored at least one alert over the stored selected time period;

constructing a graph of the correlated monitored computer metric superimposed with the at least one alert over the time period; and

transmitting a signal representing an image of the graph to a client machine for presentation to the user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one alert is a plurality of alerts, and the plurality of alerts in the graph is selected from the group consisting of summed up alerts and alerts stacked one on top of the other.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the graph is constructed in two panels, a first of the two panels illustrating the monitored computer metric and a second of the two panels illustrating alerts.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the correlating is performed using a calculation engine.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the selected monitored computer metric and the selected at least one alert to a client machine for correlation over the time period.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising routing the at least one alert to a client machine for presentation to the user.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the at least one alert is routed to a component of a user interface selected from the group of components consisting of an inbox where all alerts are visible, an email receiver, an SMS/text receiver, and a third party alert inbox visible to a party other than, or in addition to, the user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the selection of the monitored computer metric and the selection of the alert are performed by a design time component that describes monitoring meta data.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embedded therein a set of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of the computer causes the computer to execute operations for correlating over a time period, for at least one managed system, a plurality of monitored computer metrics and a plurality of associated alerts, the operations comprising:

using a computer processor, detecting the selection of a monitored computer metric by a user,

detecting the selection of a time period by the user;

detecting the selection of at least one alert associated with the monitored computer metric, the at least one alert selected by the user; and

storing the detected monitored computer metric, the detected time period, and the detected at least one alert.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, the operations further comprising:

correlating the detected monitored computer metric and the detected at least one alert over the detected time period;

constructing a graph of the correlated detected monitored computer metric superimposed with the detected at least one alert over the detected time period, and transmitting a signal representing an image of the graph to a client machine for presentation to the user.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the at least one alert is a plurality of alerts and the representation of the plurality of alerts in the graph is selected from the group consisting of summed up alerts and alerts stacked one on top of the other.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the graph is constructed in two panels, a first of the two panels illustrating the monitored computer metric and a second of the two panels illustrating alerts.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the correlating is performed using a calculation engine.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, the operations further comprising routing alerts to a client machine for presentation to the user.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the alerts are routed to a component selected from the group of components consisting of an inbox where all alerts are visible, an email receiver, an SMS/text receiver, and a third party alert inbox visible to a party other than, or in addition to, the user.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the selection of the monitored computer metric and the selection of the at least one alert is performed by a design time component that describes monitoring meta data.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, the operations further comprising transmitting the selected monitored computer metric and the selected at least one alert to a client machine for correlation over the time period.

19. A computing system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory in communication with the at least one processor, the memory being configured to store a correlating module for correlating, over a time period, a monitored computer metric and a number of alerts associated with the monitored computer metric, the correlating module having instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause operations to be performed, the operations comprising;

detecting a monitored computer metric selected by a user,

detecting a time period selected by the user;

detecting at least one alert associated with the monitored computer metric during the time period, the at least one alert selected by the use; and

storing the detected monitored computer metric, the detected time period and the detected at least one alert.

20. The computing system of claim 19, the operations further comprising:

correlating the monitored computer metric and the at least one alert over the time period;

constructing a graph of the correlated monitored computer metric superimposed with the at least one alert over the time period, and transmitting a signal representing an image of the graph to a client machine for presentation to the user.

21. The computing system of claim 19, the operations further comprising transmitting the selected monitored computer metric and the at least one alert to a client machine for correlation over the designated time period.