Search Based Content Inventory Comparison

• US 20150127497A1
• Filed: 11/07/2013
• Published: 05/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Rao, Milini A., Baker, Kyle
• Granted Patent: US 9,507,589 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes receiving a selection of content filters for content data that identifies products, packages, and repositories, and receiving a selection of environment filters. The method includes filtering the content data to identify content items in view of the content filters and the environment filters. The content items include one or more of the repositories, the products, or the packages. The method includes causing presentation of a list of the content items, which organizes the content items in view of release environments that are within the content items and repositories that are within the content items. The method includes receiving a selection of repository-environment combinations from the subset of the release environments and the subset of the repositories and causing presentation of a comparison of ones of the packages for each of the repository-environment combinations.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a selection of one or more content filters from a plurality of content filters comprising a products content filter, a repositories content filter, and a packages content filter, wherein a release management system stores content data that identifies a plurality of products that each have a plurality of packages, wherein the content data identifies each of the plurality of packages as a particular version of at least a component of a corresponding one of the plurality of products, and wherein the content data identifies a plurality of repositories that each store a subset of the plurality of packages for one or more of the plurality of products;

receiving a selection of one or more environment filters from a plurality of environment filters, wherein the release management system has a plurality of release environments comprising one or more of a development environment, a testing environment, or a production environment, wherein the plurality of environment filters comprise one or more of a development environment filter, a testing environment filter, or a production environment filter that correspond to the plurality of release environments, and wherein each of the plurality of release environments has a corresponding one of a plurality of changesets that comprises at least one package from the plurality of packages for one or more of the plurality of products;

filtering the content data to identify a first plurality of content items in view of the one or more content filters and the one or more environment filters, wherein the first plurality of content items comprises one or more of the plurality of repositories, the plurality of products, or the plurality of packages;

causing presentation of a list of the first plurality of content items, wherein the presentation organizes the first plurality of content items in view of a subset of the plurality of release environments that are within the first plurality of content items and a subset of the plurality of repositories that are within the first plurality of content items;

receiving a selection of a plurality of repository-environment combinations from the subset of the release environments and the subset of the plurality of repositories; and

causing presentation of a comparison of ones of the plurality of packages for each of the plurality of repository-environment combinations.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a selection of a content type from a plurality of content types comprising a products content type, a repositories content type, and a packages content type, wherein the presentation of the list of the first plurality of content items is organized further in view of the content type.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising receiving a selection of a uniqueness filter from a plurality of uniqueness filters comprising a unique filter that filters for unique ones of the content type across the subset of the release environments, a shared filter that filters for shared ones of the content type across the subset of the release environments, and an all filter that filters for all of the content type across the subset of the release environments, wherein filtering the content data to identify the first plurality of content items is further in view of the uniqueness filter.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection of a content item from the first plurality of content items in the list; and

causing presentation of a list of a second plurality of content items that are within the content item in response to receiving the selection of the content item.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a selection of a keyword search term, wherein filtering the content data to identify the first plurality of content items is further in view of the keyword search term.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection of one or more packages from the comparison of the ones of the plurality of packages for each of the plurality of repository-environment combinations; and

adding the one or more packages to a changeset in the plurality of changesets.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a selection of one or more content filters from a plurality of content filters comprising a products content filter, a repositories content filter, and a packages content filter, wherein a release management system stores content data that identifies a plurality of products that each have a plurality of packages, wherein the content data identifies each of the plurality of packages as a particular version of at least a component of a corresponding one of the plurality of products, and wherein the content data identifies a plurality of repositories that each store a subset of the plurality of packages for one or more of the plurality of products;

receiving a selection of one or more environment filters from a plurality of environment filters, wherein the release management system has a plurality of release environments comprising one or more of a development environment, a testing environment, or a production environment, wherein the plurality of environment filters comprise one or more of a development environment filter, a testing environment filter, or a production environment filter that correspond to the plurality of release environments, and wherein each of the plurality of release environments has a corresponding one of a plurality of changesets that comprises at least one package from the plurality of packages for one or more of the plurality of products;

filtering the content data to identify a first plurality of content items in view of the one or more content filters and the one or more environment filters, wherein the first plurality of content items comprises one or more of the plurality of repositories, the plurality of products, or the plurality of packages;

causing presentation of a list of the first plurality of content items, wherein the presentation organizes the first plurality of content items in view of a subset of the plurality of release environments that are within the first plurality of content items and a subset of the plurality of repositories that are within the first plurality of content items;

receiving a selection of a plurality of repository-environment combinations from the subset of the release environments and the subset of the plurality of repositories; and

causing presentation of a comparison of ones of the plurality of packages for each of the plurality of repository-environment combinations.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a selection of a content type from a plurality of content types comprising a products content type, a repositories content type, and a packages content type, and wherein the presentation of the list of the first plurality of content items is organized further in view of the content type.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a selection of a uniqueness filter from a plurality of uniqueness filters comprising a unique filter that filters for unique ones of the content type across the subset of the release environments, a shared filter that filters for shared ones of the content type across the subset of the release environments, and an all filter that filters for all of the content type across the subset of the release environments, and wherein filtering the content data to identify the first plurality of content items is further in view of the uniqueness filter.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a selection of a content item from the first plurality of content items in the list; and

causing presentation of a list of a second plurality of content items that are within the content item in response to receiving the selection of the content item.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a selection of a keyword search term, and wherein filtering the content data to identify the first plurality of content items is further in view of the keyword search term.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a selection of one or more packages from the comparison of the ones of the plurality of packages for each of the plurality of repository-environment combinations; and

adding the one or more packages to a changeset in the plurality of changesets.

13. A system comprising:

an interface to;

receive a selection of one or more content filters from a plurality of content filters comprising a products content filter, a repositories content filter, and a packages content filter, wherein a release management system stores content data that identifies a plurality of products that each have a plurality of packages, wherein the content data identifies each of the plurality of packages as a particular version of at least a component of a corresponding one of the plurality of products, and wherein the content data identifies a plurality of repositories that each store a subset of the plurality of packages for one or more of the plurality of products, and

receive a selection of one or more environment filters from a plurality of environment filters, wherein the release management system has a plurality of release environments comprising one or more of a development environment, a testing environment, or a production environment, wherein the plurality of environment filters comprise one or more of a development environment filter, a testing environment filter, or a production environment filter that correspond to the plurality of release environments, and wherein each of the plurality of release environments has a corresponding one of a plurality of changesets that comprises at least one package from the plurality of packages for one or more of the plurality of products; and

a processing device to;

filter the content data to identify a first plurality of content items in view of the one or more content filters and the one or more environment filters, wherein the first plurality of content items comprises one or more of the plurality of repositories, the plurality of products, or the plurality of packages, and

cause presentation of a list of the first plurality of content items, wherein the presentation organizes the first plurality of content items in view of a subset of the plurality of release environments that are within the first plurality of content items and a subset of the plurality of repositories that are within the first plurality of content items, wherein the interface is further to receive a selection of a plurality of repository-environment combinations from the subset of the release environments and the subset of the plurality of repositories, and wherein the processing device is further to cause presentation of a comparison of ones of the plurality of packages for each of the plurality of repository-environment combinations.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the interface is further to receive a selection of a content type from a plurality of content types comprising a products content type, a repositories content type, and a packages content type, and wherein the presentation of the list of the first plurality of content items is organized further in view of the content type.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the interface is further to receive a selection of a uniqueness filter from a plurality of uniqueness filters comprising a unique filter that filters for unique ones of the content type across the subset of the release environments, a shared filter that filters for shared ones of the content type across the subset of the release environments, and an all filter that filters for all of the content type across the subset of the release environments, and wherein the processing device is to filter the content data to identify the first plurality of content items further in view of the uniqueness filter.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the interface is further to receive a selection of a content item from the first plurality of content items in the list, and wherein the processing device is further to cause presentation of a list of a second plurality of content items that are within the content item in response to receiving the selection of the content item.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the interface is further to receive a selection of a keyword search term, and wherein the processing device is to filter the content data to identify the first plurality of content items further in view of the keyword search term.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the interface is further to receive a selection of one or more packages from the comparison of the ones of the plurality of packages for each of the plurality of repository-environment combinations, and wherein the processing device is further to add the one or more packages to a changeset in the plurality of changesets.