Tailored system management interface

• US 7,979,893 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2007
• Issued: 07/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Wright, Travis, Bhandari, Chandika, Keane, Thomas W., Duque, Baelson B., Ontaneda, Marisol, McKinnon, Casey, Voloshin, Vitaly
• Primary Examiner(s): JUNG, DAVID YIUK
• Application Number:
  US11/756,547
• Publication Number:
  US 20080301803A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,503 Days
• Field of Search: 726/2, 726/6, 726/5
• US Class Current: 726/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/30 Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance

Abstract

Processes and techniques for tailoring operations management in a system are described. The processes and techniques allow a user to customize operations management based on the user'"'"'s function within a system and the particular tasks that the user wishes to accomplish. Simplified user interfaces can be created by scoping the interfaces based on user profiles, preferences and system components.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining information about a system comprising one or more hardware components, software components, or both hardware and software components;

determining a set of permissions associated with a user'"'"'s role with respect to an operations management system; and

presenting at least a portion of the obtained information to the user, the portion of the obtained information presented to the user being based on the permissions associated with the user.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the obtained information presented to the user is based on one or more models.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the set of permissions associated with the user are determined at least in part by the user'"'"'s role in the system.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising displaying an interface to the user that allows the user to scope the obtained information that is presented to the user based on one or more types, a type comprising a class of system components.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising displaying an interface to the user that allows the user to scope the obtained information that is presented to the user based on one or more objects, an object comprising an instance of a system component.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the obtained information comprises one or more tasks, actions, or help links to the user based on the permissions associated with the user.

7. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the portion of the obtained information presented to the user is further based upon a workspace that the user has activated.

8. One or more computer-readable media comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, perform acts comprising:

ascertaining a role of a user in an operations management system;

defining one or more types that the user has permission to view;

gathering data about one or more components of the operations management system based on the role of the user and the types that the user has permission to view; and

presenting at least a portion of the data to the user.

9. One or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 8, wherein the data presented to the user comprises one or more rules templates.

10. One or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 8, wherein the operations management system comprises one or more hardware components, software components, or both hardware and software components.

11. One or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 8, further comprising presenting one or more tasks, actions, or help links to the user based on the user'"'"'s role in the operations management system.

12. One or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 8, further comprising displaying an interface to the user that allows the user to scope the data that is presented to the user based on one or more types.

13. One or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 8, further comprising displaying an interface to the user that allows the user to scope the data that is presented to the user based on one or more objects.

14. One or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 8, further comprising:

presenting one or more rules templates to a user;

receiving a selection of a rules template from the user; and

generating a monitor based on the selected rules template.

15. A method of generating a monitor comprising:

prompting a user to select a rules template from a selection of one or more rules templates in an operations management system;

loading the selected rules template; and

presenting an interface having fields tailored to the selected rules template.

16. A method as recited in claim 15, wherein each rules template comprises a set of rules for observing one or more components of the operations management system.

17. A method as recited in claim 15, wherein the fields comprise one or more groups, one or more objects, or one or more groups and objects.

18. A method as recited in claim 15, wherein the fields comprise one or more events.

19. A method as recited in claim 15, further comprising:

receiving from the user a selection of one or more of the fields; and

scoping the monitor based on the user selection.

20. A method as recited in claim 15, further comprising implementing the monitor to monitor one or more system components.