Systems and methods for business network management discovery and consolidation
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- discovering a plurality of interconnected entities in a network landscape;
automatically consolidating a subset of the entities into a business participant, wherein said consolidating is performed in accordance with at least one rule based algorithm; and
generating a business process landscape including the business participant;
wherein one of the entities in the subset of the entities consolidated into the business participant in the business process landscape is a system;
wherein said discovering a plurality of interconnected entities in a network landscape comprises;
discovering information about the subset of the entities consolidated into the business participant in the business process landscape, the information discovered about the subset of the entities consolidated into the business participant including a plurality of source models and a plurality of different representations of the system; and
wherein said automatically consolidating a subset of the entities into a business participant comprises;
performing similarity detection and relationship determination across the source models in accordance with the at least one rule based algorithm.
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Abstract
According to some embodiments, a plurality of interconnected entities may be discovered in a network landscape. A subset of the entities may then be automatically consolidated into a business participant, the consolidating may performed in accordance with at least one rule based algorithm. A business process landscape, including the business participant, may then be generated and/or displayed to an operator.
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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discovering a plurality of interconnected entities in a network landscape; automatically consolidating a subset of the entities into a business participant, wherein said consolidating is performed in accordance with at least one rule based algorithm; and generating a business process landscape including the business participant; wherein one of the entities in the subset of the entities consolidated into the business participant in the business process landscape is a system; wherein said discovering a plurality of interconnected entities in a network landscape comprises; discovering information about the subset of the entities consolidated into the business participant in the business process landscape, the information discovered about the subset of the entities consolidated into the business participant including a plurality of source models and a plurality of different representations of the system; and wherein said automatically consolidating a subset of the entities into a business participant comprises; performing similarity detection and relationship determination across the source models in accordance with the at least one rule based algorithm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20)
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13. A network management server, comprising:
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a network service layer platform to discover a plurality of interconnected entities in a network landscape; and a network consolidation layer platform to automatically consolidate a subset of the entities into a business participant, wherein said consolidating is performed in accordance with at least one rule based algorithm; wherein one of the entities in the subset of the entities consolidated into the business participant in the business process landscape is a system; wherein said network service layer platform to discover a plurality of interconnected entities in a network landscape comprises; a network service layer platform to discover information about the subset of the entities consolidated into the business participant in the business process landscape, the information discovered about the subset of the entities consolidated into the business participant including a plurality of source models and a plurality of different representations of the system; and wherein the network consolidation layer platform to automatically consolidate a subset of the entities into a business participant comprises; a network consolidation layer platform to perform similarity detection and relationship determination across the source models in accordance with the at least one rule based algorithm. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing program code executable by a computer to perform a method, said method comprising:
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discovering a plurality of interconnected entities in a network landscape; automatically consolidating a subset of the entities into a business participant, wherein said consolidating is performed in accordance with at least one rule based algorithm; and generating a business process landscape including the business participant; wherein one of the entities in the subset of the entities consolidated into the business participant in the business process landscape is a system; wherein said discovering a plurality of interconnected entities in a network landscape comprises; discovering information about the subset of the entities consolidated into the business participant in the business process landscape, the information discovered about the subset of the entities consolidated into the business participant including a plurality of source models and a plurality of different representations of the system; and wherein said automatically consolidating a subset of the entities into a business participant comprises; performing similarity detection and relationship determination across the source models in accordance with the at least one rule based algorithm. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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