MECHANISM FOR MONITORING DATA USING WATCHLIST ITEMS

• US 20140304811A1
• Filed: 04/08/2014
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: RODGERS, Michael Patrick, WALSH, Christopher Lee
• Granted Patent: US 10,454,947 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/22
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1408 by monitoring network traffic monitoring network traffic per se H04L43/00

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a mechanism for monitoring data using a watchlist item and a watchlist item definition that includes a set of parameters for identifying a set of data items for user action and criteria for recommending or requiring user action for the set of data items to be identified.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring data items, comprising:

identifying data items in a database for monitoring;

determining a set of parameters for identifying a set of data items amongst the data items in the database for user action;

determining criteria for recommending or requiring user action for the set of data items to be identified;

creating a watchlist item definition for evaluating the data items in the database for monitoring, wherein the watchlist item definition includes the set of parameters for identifying the set of data items amongst the data items in the database for user action and the watchlist item definition defines criteria for recommending or requiring user action for the set of data items to be identified;

evaluating the watchlist item definition to identify the set of data items for user action by comparing the data items in the database against the set of parameters in the watchlist item definition;

presenting an indication of the set of data items after evaluating the watchlist item definition; and

providing an alert recommending or requiring user action when the set of data items identified during evaluation of the watchlist item definition meets the criteria for recommending or requiring user action defined by the watchlist item definition.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the set of data items for user action comprises utilizing an existing framework for a database having the set of data items.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein identifying the set of data items for user action involves performing logical operations on the database.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein utilizing the existing framework comprises performing a query.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the alert is a warning alert when the set of data items meets a warning threshold.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the alert is a critical alert when the set of data items meets the warning threshold and a critical threshold.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising re-evaluation the watchlist item definition.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the watchlist item definition is re-evaluated upon user request.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the watchlist item definition is re-evaluated periodically.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication of the set of data items and the alert recommending or requiring user action are provided to a user without requiring the user to perform an active step.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the indication of the set of data items allows the user to be presented with the set of data items for user action.

12. A computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor causes the processor to execute a method for monitoring data items comprising:

identifying data items in a database for monitoring;

determining a set of parameters for identifying a set of data items amongst the data items in the database for user action;

determining criteria for recommending or requiring user action for the set of data items to be identified;

creating a watchlist item definition for evaluating the data items in the database for monitoring, wherein the watchlist item definition includes the set of parameters for identifying the set of data items amongst the data items in the database for user action and the watchlist item definition defines criteria for recommending or requiring user action for the set of data items to be identified;

evaluating the watchlist item definition to identify the set of data items for user action by comparing the data items in the database against the set of parameters in the watchlist item definition;

presenting an indication of the set of data items after evaluating the watchlist item definition; and

providing an alert recommending or requiring user action when the set of data items identified during evaluation of the watchlist item definition meets the criteria for recommending or requiring user action defined by the watchlist item definition.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein identifying the set of data items for user action comprises utilizing an existing framework for a database having the set of data items.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein identifying the set of data items for user action involves performing logical operations on the database.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein utilizing the existing framework comprises performing a query.

16. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the alert is a warning alert when the set of data items meets a warning threshold.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the alert is a critical alert when the set of data items meets the warning threshold and a critical threshold.

18. The computer program product of claim 12, further comprising re-evaluation the watchlist item definition.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the watchlist item definition is re-evaluated upon user request.

20. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the watchlist item definition is re-evaluated periodically.

21. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the indication of the set of data items and the alert recommending or requiring user action are provided to a user without requiring the user to perform an active step.

22. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein selecting the indication of the set of data items allows the user to be presented with the set of data items for user action.

23. A system for monitoring data items, comprising:

a processor for;

identifying data items in a database for monitoring;

determining a set of parameters for identifying a set of data items amongst the data items in the database for user action;

determining criteria for recommending or requiring user action for the set of data items to be identified;

creating a watchlist item definition for evaluating the data items in the database for monitoring, wherein the watchlist item definition includes the set of parameters for identifying the set of data items amongst the data items in the database for user action and the watchlist item definition defines criteria for recommending or requiring user action for the set of data items to be identified;

evaluating the watchlist item definition to identify the set of data items for user action by comparing the data items in the database against the set of parameters in the watchlist item definition;

presenting an indication of the set of data items after evaluating the watchlist item definition; and

providing an alert recommending or requiring user action when the set of data items identified during evaluation of the watchlist item definition meets the criteria for recommending or requiring user action defined by the watchlist item definition.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein identifying the set of data items for user action comprises utilizing an existing framework for a database having the set of data items.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein identifying the set of data items for user action involves performing logical operations on the database.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein utilizing the existing framework comprises performing a query.

27. The system of claim 23, wherein the alert is a warning alert when the set of data items meets a warning threshold.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the alert is a critical alert when the set of data items meets the warning threshold and a critical threshold.

29. The system of claim 23, further comprising re-evaluation the watchlist item definition.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein the watchlist item definition is re-evaluated upon user request.

31. The system of claim 29, wherein the watchlist item definition is re-evaluated periodically.

32. The system of claim 23, wherein the indication of the set of data items and the alert recommending or requiring user action are provided to a user without requiring the user to perform an active step.

33. The system of claim 23, wherein selecting the indication of the set of data items allows the user to be presented with the set of data items for user action.