Managing Processes In An Enterprise Intelligence ('EI') Assembly Of An EI Framework

• US 20130018682A1
• Filed: 07/14/2011
• Published: 01/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Reddington, Francis X., Sahota, Neil
• Granted Patent: US 9,639,815 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.11
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Managing processes in an Enterprise Intelligence (‘EI’) assembly of an EI framework, including: for each executing EI assembly in the EI framework, in real time: tracking, by the process state transition manager, the present state of processes of each executing EI assembly; analyzing, by the process state transition manager, the present state; and storing, by the process state transition manager, results of the state analysis.

Claims

1. A method of managing processes in an Enterprise Intelligence (‘

EI’

) assembly of an EI framework, the method comprising;

for each executing EI assembly in the EI framework, in real time;

tracking, by the process state transition manager, the present state of processes of each executing EI assembly;

analyzing, by the process state transition manager, the present state; and

storing, by the process state transition manager, results of the state analysis.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein storing results of the analysis further comprise providing the results to an EI administrator.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein tracking the present state of processes of each executing EI assembly further comprises:

identifying all processes that comprise an EI assembly;

identifying an execution order for the processes; and

identifying a presently executing process.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein tracking the present state of processes of each executing EI assembly further comprises identifying, for each presently executing process, a presently executing task.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein identifying, for each presently executing process, a presently executing task further comprises identifying a presently executing step.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein tracking the present state of processes of each executing EI assembly further comprises identifying a value of an input to a presently executing process.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein tracking the present state of processes of each executing EI assembly further comprises identifying a value of an execution parameter used by a presently executing process.

8. Apparatus for managing processes in an Enterprise Intelligence (‘

EI’

) assembly of an EI framework, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of;

for each executing EI assembly in the EI framework, in real time;

tracking, by the process state transition manager, the present state of processes of each executing EI assembly;

analyzing, by the process state transition manager, the present state; and

storing, by the process state transition manager, results of the state analysis.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein storing results of the analysis further comprise providing the results to an EI administrator.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein tracking the present state of processes of each executing EI assembly further comprises:

identifying all processes that comprise an EI assembly;

identifying an execution order for the processes; and

identifying a presently executing process.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein tracking the present state of processes of each executing EI assembly further comprises identifying, for each presently executing process, a presently executing task.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein identifying, for each presently executing process, a presently executing task further comprises identifying a presently executing step.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein tracking the present state of processes of each executing EI assembly further comprises identifying a value of an input to a presently executing process.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein tracking the present state of processes of each executing EI assembly further comprises identifying a value of an execution parameter used by a presently executing process.

15. A computer program product for managing processes in an Enterprise Intelligence (‘

EI’

) assembly of an EI framework, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable storage medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of;

for each executing EI assembly in the EI framework, in real time;

tracking, by the process state transition manager, the present state of processes of each executing EI assembly;

analyzing, by the process state transition manager, the present state; and

storing, by the process state transition manager, results of the state analysis.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein storing results of the analysis further comprise providing the results to an EI administrator.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein tracking the present state of processes of each executing EI assembly further comprises:

identifying all processes that comprise an EI assembly;

identifying an execution order for the processes; and

identifying a presently executing process.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein tracking the present state of processes of each executing EI assembly further comprises identifying, for each presently executing process, a presently executing task.

19. The computer program product of claim 18 wherein identifying, for each presently executing process, a presently executing task further comprises identifying a presently executing step.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein tracking the present state of processes of each executing EI assembly further comprises identifying a value of an input to a presently executing process.

21. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein tracking the present state of processes of each executing EI assembly further comprises identifying a value of an execution parameter used by a presently executing process.