System and method for automated analysis and hierarchical graphical presentation of application results

• US 7,523,433 B1
• Filed: 03/31/2008
• Issued: 04/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens Industry Software Limited (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Anderson, Hans-Werner
• Primary Examiner(s): Kik; Phallaka
• Application Number:
  US12/059,703
• Time in Patent Office: 386 Days
• Field of Search: 716/11, 716/4, 707/3, 707/4, 707/102, 707/104.1, 707/202, 707/204, 703/16, 703/17, 717/105, 717/109, 717/113, 717/114, 717/120, 717/134, 717/135, 717/136
• US Class Current: 716/139
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/323 Visualisation of programs or trace data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/84 Mapping; Conversion
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99934 Query formulation, input preparation, or translation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability

Abstract

A method for analyzing and presenting application results, said method comprising the steps of creating at least one log file representing a result file of an application; tagging the at least one log file with at least one file tag representing a location of the result file of the application; tagging the at least one log file with at least one return code tag; tagging the at least one log file with at least one application configuration tag representing a graphical representation of the result file of the application; parsing the at least one log file tag; parsing the at least one return code tag; parsing the at least one application configuration tag; generating a summary report file from the at least one log file by using the parsed at least one file tag, the at least one return code tag, and the at least one application configuration tag; translating the summary report file into the graphical representation wherein the graphical representation comprises hyperlinks for navigation between the at least one log file; and presenting the graphical representation.

Claims

1. A method for analyzing and presenting application results, said method comprising the steps of:

creating at least one log file representing a result file of an application;

tagging the at least one log file with at least one file tag representing a location of the result file of the application;

tagging the at least one log file with at least one return code tag;

tagging the at least one log file with at least one application configuration tag representing a graphical representation of the result file of the application;

parsing the at least one log file tag;

parsing the at least one return code tag;

parsing the at least one application configuration tag;

generating a summary report file from the at least one log file by using the parsed at least one file tag, the at least one return code tag, and the at least one application configuration tag;

translating the summary report file into the graphical representation wherein the graphical representation comprises hyperlinks for navigation between the at least one log file; and

presenting the graphical representation.