Dynamic report mapping apparatus to physical data source when creating report definitions for information technology service management reporting for peruse of report definition transparency and reuse
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for dynamically creating report mapping relationships at runtime, the computer implemented method comprising:
- responsive to generating a report definition comprising a generalized description of desired data without any database-specific properties, creating a relationship mapping definition based on the generalized description in the report definition, wherein the relationship mapping definition comprises data connection information for accessing one or more data sources containing the desired data;
initiating a connection to the one or more data sources using the relationship mapping definition; and
responsive to acquiring the desired data from the one or more data sources, generating a report using the acquired data.
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Abstract
A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for dynamically creating report mapping relationships at runtime within an information technology infrastructure. When report definition comprising a generalized description of desired data without any database-specific properties is generated, a relationship mapping definition based on the generalized description in the report definition is created, wherein the relationship mapping definition comprises data connection information for accessing the data sources containing the desired data. The relationship mapping definition is then used to initiate a connection to the data sources. Once the desired data has been acquired from the data sources, a report may then be created using the acquired data.
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13 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for dynamically creating report mapping relationships at runtime, the computer implemented method comprising:
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responsive to generating a report definition comprising a generalized description of desired data without any database-specific properties, creating a relationship mapping definition based on the generalized description in the report definition, wherein the relationship mapping definition comprises data connection information for accessing one or more data sources containing the desired data; initiating a connection to the one or more data sources using the relationship mapping definition; and responsive to acquiring the desired data from the one or more data sources, generating a report using the acquired data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A data processing system for dynamically creating report mapping relationships at runtime, the data processing system comprising:
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a bus; a storage device connected to the bus, wherein the storage device contains computer usable code; at least one managed device connected to the bus; a communications unit connected to the bus; and a processing unit connected to the bus, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable code to create a relationship mapping definition based on the generalized description in the report definition in response to generating a report definition comprising a generalized description of desired data without any database-specific properties, wherein the relationship mapping definition comprises data connection information for accessing one or more data sources containing the desired data, initiate a connection to the one or more data sources using the relationship mapping definition, and generate a report using the acquired data in response to acquiring the desired data from the one or more data sources. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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