CHAINING APPLICATIONS

• US 20140282189A1
• Filed: 03/18/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bharadwaj, Sunil, Venkatramani, Chitra, Wagle, Rohit S., Bansal, Anju, Velega, Raghuram R., Venkataraman, Shankar
• Granted Patent: US 9,471,211 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/323 Visualisation of programs or trace data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3419 by assessing time
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/25 Integrating or interfacing systems involving database management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/865 Monitoring of software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/35 model driven

Abstract

Method, system, and computer program product to enforce application dependencies, by building a data model based on inputs specifying relationships between a plurality of applications, generating, based on the data model, a list of candidate executions for a first application having a specified relationship with a second application, and outputting a visual representation of the data model, the visual representation comprising a plurality of objects representing the plurality of applications and arranged to represent the relationships between the applications, the list of candidate executions, and one or more user interface elements allowing user navigation between the first application and the second application, of the list of candidate executions.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

building, by operation of one or more computer processors, a data model based on inputs specifying relationships between a plurality of applications;

generating, based on the data model, a list of candidate executions for a first application having a specified relationship with a second application; and

outputting a visual representation of the data model, the visual representation comprising;

a plurality of objects representing the plurality of applications and arranged to represent the relationships between the applications;

the list of candidate executions; and

one or more user interface elements allowing user navigation between the first application and the second application, of the list of candidate executions.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user inputs specify a relationship between at least one of a parent application and a child application of each of the plurality of applications, wherein the data model is built by using the relationship between the at least one of the parent application and child application of each of the plurality of applications.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of objects representing the plurality of applications and the list of candidate executions are user-selectable and, upon being selected, reveal associated configuration metadata.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein each candidate execution, of the list of candidate executions, is further based on a respective prior execution of the first application and the second application.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein each prior execution includes a respective execution path for the candidate execution.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more user interface elements are further configured to allow a user selection to define an execution dependency between an execution of the second application and one or more candidate executions from the list of candidate executions.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of objects represent a type of each of the plurality of applications comprising:

(i) a category of applications, and (ii) an application, wherein the category of applications defines a class of applications, wherein the category of applications includes at least one child application, wherein the category of applications has no parent application.

8. A system, comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

a memory containing a program, which when executed by the one or more computer processors, performs an operation, the operation comprising;

building a data model based on inputs specifying relationships between a plurality of applications;

generating, based on the data model, a list of candidate executions for a first application having a specified relationship with a second application; and

outputting a visual representation of the data model, the visual representation comprising;

a plurality of objects representing the plurality of applications and arranged to represent the relationships between the applications;

the list of candidate executions; and

one or more user interface elements allowing user navigation between the first application and the second application, of the list of candidate executions.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the user inputs specify a relationship between at least one of a parent application and a child application of each of the plurality of applications, wherein the data model is built by using the relationship between the at least one of the parent application and child application of each of the plurality of applications.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of objects representing the plurality of applications and the list of candidate executions are user-selectable and, upon being selected, reveal associated configuration metadata.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein each candidate execution, of the list of candidate executions, is further based on a respective prior execution of the first application and the second application.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein each prior execution includes a respective execution path for the candidate execution.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more user interface elements are further configured to allow a user selection to define an execution dependency between an execution of the second application and one or more candidate executions from the list of candidate executions.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the plurality of objects represent a type of each of the plurality of applications comprising:

(i) a category of applications, and (ii) an application, wherein the category of applications defines a class of applications, wherein the category of applications includes at least one child application, wherein the category of applications has no parent application.

15. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code comprising;

computer-readable program code configured to build a data model based on inputs specifying relationships between a plurality of applications;

computer-readable program code configured to generate, based on the data model, a list of candidate executions for a first application having a specified relationship with a second application; and

computer-readable program code configured to output a visual representation of the data model, the visual representation comprising;

a plurality of objects representing the plurality of applications and arranged to represent the relationships between the applications;

the list of candidate executions; and

one or more user interface elements allowing user navigation between the first application and the second application, of the list of candidate executions.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the user inputs specify a relationship between at least one of a parent application and a child application of each of the plurality of applications, wherein the data model is built by using the relationship between the at least one of the parent application and child application of each of the plurality of applications.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the plurality of objects representing the plurality of applications and the list of candidate executions are user-selectable and, upon being selected, reveal associated configuration metadata.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein each candidate execution, of the list of candidate executions, is further based on a respective prior execution of the first application and the second application.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein each prior execution includes a respective execution path for the candidate execution.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the one or more user interface elements are further configured to allow a user selection to define an execution dependency between an execution of the second application and one or more candidate executions from the list of candidate executions.

21. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the plurality of objects represent a type of each of the plurality of applications comprising:

(i) a category of applications, and (ii) an application, wherein the category of applications defines a class of applications, wherein the category of applications includes at least one child application, wherein the category of applications has no parent application.