METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS OF DATA PROBLEMS
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- an issue report module to receive or generate a data problem report indicative of occurrence of a data problem during performance of a process, the data problem comprising unavailability or incorrectness of a problematic data item, the data problem report including at least one descriptor to identify the problematic data item; and
a computer including a root cause analysis engine to perform automated root cause analysis based at least in part on the at least one descriptor of the problematic data item, to identify at least one potential cause of the data problem indicated by the data problem report.
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Abstract
A method and system comprising an issue report module to receive a data problem report indicative of the occurrence of a data problem during the performance of a process. The data problem report includes at least one descriptor to identify a problematic data item and may include at least one activity descriptor to identify a particular process activity during which the data problem was encountered. A root cause analysis engine performs automated root cause analysis based on the at least one descriptor of the problematic data item, to identify at least one potential cause of the data problem. The system may include at least one memory having stored thereon data dependency information which comprises, with respect to each of a plurality of entity attributes, information regarding process elements and/or process activities which contribute to the provisioning of data items which are instances of the respective entity attribute, automated root cause analysis being based on the data dependency information. The system may include a data issue repository comprising information regarding earlier data problem reports and respective results of root cause analyses.
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32 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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an issue report module to receive or generate a data problem report indicative of occurrence of a data problem during performance of a process, the data problem comprising unavailability or incorrectness of a problematic data item, the data problem report including at least one descriptor to identify the problematic data item; and a computer including a root cause analysis engine to perform automated root cause analysis based at least in part on the at least one descriptor of the problematic data item, to identify at least one potential cause of the data problem indicated by the data problem report. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving a data problem report indicative of occurrence of a data problem during performance of a process, the data problem comprising unavailability or incorrectness of a problematic data item, the data problem report including at least one descriptor to identify the problematic data item; and performing automated root cause analysis to identify at least one potential cause of the data problem indicated by the data problem report, the root cause analysis being based at least in part on the at least one descriptor of the problematic data item. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when performed by a machine, cause the machine to:
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receive a data problem report indicative of occurrence of a data problem during performance of a process, the data problem comprising unavailability or incorrectness of a problematic data item, the data problem report including at least one descriptor to identify the problematic data item; and perform automated root cause analysis to identify at least one potential cause of the data problem indicated by the data problem report, the root cause analysis being based at least in part on the at least one descriptor of the problematic data item.
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32. A system comprising:
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means for receiving a data problem report indicative of occurrence of a data problem during performance of a process, the data problem comprising unavailability or incorrectness of a problematic data item, the data problem report including at least one descriptor to identify the problematic data item; and means for performing automated root cause analysis to identify at least one potential cause of the data problem indicated by the data problem report, the root cause analysis being based at least in part on the at least one descriptor of the problematic data item.
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