Processing Queries for Event Data in a Foreign Representation

• US 20120323941A1
• Filed: 06/17/2011
• Published: 12/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Chkodrov, Gueorgui Bonov, Meek, Colin Joseph, Raman, Balan Sethu, Sezgin, Beysim, Tarnavski, Tihomir Tsvetkov
• Application Number:
  US13/163,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20120323941A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/756
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24568 Data stream processing; Continuous queries

Abstract

The subject disclosure is directed towards processing a query corresponding to event data in a foreign representation. In order to produce results for the query, an event structure is defined for each requested event type. Information is automatically generated for configuring adapters to identify attribute data associated with the each requested event type and return the attribute data according to the event structure. These adapters search historical event data or real-time event data for the event-related data.

Claims

1. In a computing environment, a method performed at least in part on at least one processor, comprising:

processing at least one query corresponding to event data, including automatically generating configuration information that defines at least one event structure associated with the at least one query, applying the configuration information to at least one adapter, wherein the at least one adaptor uses the at least one event structure to transform the event data into at least one event stream, and examining the at least one event stream to produce results for the at least one query.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the event data comprises real-time event data or historical event data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the configuration information further comprises instructing the at least one adapter to translate the event data from a foreign representation into at least one event corresponding with the at least one event structure.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the configuration information further comprising configuring the at least one adapter to identify at least one event having the at least one event structure from the event data.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one adapter is further configured to extracting attribute data from the at least one event, wherein the attribute data is associated with components of the at least one event structure.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein automatically generating the configuration information further comprises accessing at least one identifier associated with at least one event in the event data or at least one provider of the at least one event.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one event structure comprises at least one generated event class for a real-time session or a file.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the configuration information further comprises providing at least one identifier associated with at least one manifest based provider.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the configuration information further comprises mapping components of the at least one event structure to components of at least one data format for representing the event data.

10. In a computing environment, a system, comprising:

a configuration mechanism for mapping at least one component of at least one data format to at least one component of at least one event structure, wherein the data format represents event data used by at least one source and requesting at least one event stream from at least one adapter running on the at least one source, wherein the at least one adapter translates the event data into attribute data corresponding with the at least one component of the at least one event structure and creates the at least one stream using the attribute data.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one adapter uses at least one identifier associated with at least one event or at least one provider to translate the event data from a foreign representation into at least one event having the at least one event structure.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the configuration mechanism examines the at least one event stream to produce results for at least one query.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the configuration mechanism defines the at least one event structure based on at least one query for the event data.

14. The system of claim 10 further comprising a query engine for processing an execution plan for at least one query, wherein the execution plan uses the at least one event structure to identify attribute data within the at least one event stream.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one adapter identifies events within the event data using the at least one component of the at least one data format.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the configuration mechanism generates information for configuring the at least one adapter to perform event data translation using at least one generated event class for a real-time session or a file.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one adapter generates the at least one event stream using at least one identifier associated with at least one manifest based provider.

19. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 17 having further computer-executable instructions comprising:

accessing at least one identifier associated with at least one manifest based provider.

20. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 17 having further computer-executable instructions comprising:

defining at least one event structure using at least one generated event class for a real-time session or a file.

18. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions, which when executed perform steps, comprising:

in response to at least one query for event data, automatically configuring at least one adapter running on the at least one source with at least one event structure, wherein the at least one adaptor translate the event data from a foreign representation into at least one event having the at least one event structure;

processing the at least one event stream using an execution plan for identifying attribute data within the at least one event stream; and

producing results for the at least one query using the attribute data.