System and method for building business service model
First Claim
1. A computer server comprising at least one element of hardware, the computer server programmed with instructions for causing the computer server to perform a computer network service modeling method, the method comprising:
- receiving at least one user-entered search criterion in a service model editor to locate information about one or more resources of a computer network service, wherein the service model editor comprises a graphical user interface (GUI);
searching information in a database based on the at least one user-entered search criterion to create a service model for managing the computer network service, the information in the database describing resources of the computer network service;
creating at least a portion of a service model of the computer network service in the service model editor using information obtained through searching;
enabling manipulation of at least the portion of the service model in the service model editor;
enabling user selection of different publishing options using the service model editor including an option to publish only selected objects of the service model;
providing a publishing preview interface using the service model editor including options to view objects to be published including object attributes and values for a selected object;
initiating publishing of at least a portion of the service model to one or more impact managers of the computer network service responsive to the user selection of the publishing options; and
providing a publication history interface listing a history of publications including details and error information for a selected publication in the history.
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Abstract
A modeling system has a database that stores information of resources of a computer network service. A server f has a graphical user interface application for creating and editing service models. The application receives user-entered search criteria and searches information in the database based on the criteria. The search criteria can include a name, type, attribute, and other information of the resources. In addition, the search criteria can be a user-entered search query entered that has one or more logical or Boolean conditions relating resource attributes to attribute values. Using information obtained through searching, the application is used to create at least a portion of a service model of the computer network service. Once created, the application is used to initiate publishing of at least a portion of the service model to one or more impact managers of the computer network service.
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33 Claims
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1. A computer server comprising at least one element of hardware, the computer server programmed with instructions for causing the computer server to perform a computer network service modeling method, the method comprising:
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receiving at least one user-entered search criterion in a service model editor to locate information about one or more resources of a computer network service, wherein the service model editor comprises a graphical user interface (GUI); searching information in a database based on the at least one user-entered search criterion to create a service model for managing the computer network service, the information in the database describing resources of the computer network service; creating at least a portion of a service model of the computer network service in the service model editor using information obtained through searching; enabling manipulation of at least the portion of the service model in the service model editor; enabling user selection of different publishing options using the service model editor including an option to publish only selected objects of the service model; providing a publishing preview interface using the service model editor including options to view objects to be published including object attributes and values for a selected object; initiating publishing of at least a portion of the service model to one or more impact managers of the computer network service responsive to the user selection of the publishing options; and providing a publication history interface listing a history of publications including details and error information for a selected publication in the history. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A non-transitory program storage device, readable by a programmable control device, comprising instructions stored on the non-transitory program storage device for causing the programmable control device to perform the acts of:
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receiving at least one user-entered search criterion in a service model editor to locate information about one or more resources of a computer network service, wherein the service model editor comprises a graphical user interface (GUI); searching information in a database based on the at least one user-entered search criterion to create a service model for managing the computer network service, the information in the database describing resources of the computer network service; creating at least a portion of a service model of the computer network service in the service model editor using information obtained through searching; enabling manipulation of at least the portion of the service model in the service model editor; enabling user selection of different publishing options using the service model editor including an option to publish only selected objects of the service model; providing a publishing preview interface using the service model editor including options to view objects to be published including object attributes and values for a selected object; initiating publishing of at least a portion of the service model to one or more impact managers of the computer network service responsive to the user selection of the publishing options; and providing a publication history interface listing a history of publications including details and error information for a selected publication in the history. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer network service modeling system, comprising:
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a database storing information describing resources of a computer network service; and a server functionally coupled to the database, the server having a graphical user interface application configured to; receive at least one user-entered search criterion about one or more resources of the computer network service to locate information about the one or more resources, search information in the database based on the at least one user-entered search criterion to create a service model for managing the computer network service, create at least a portion of a service model of the computer network service using information obtained through searching, enable manipulation of at least the portion of the service model in the graphical user interface application, enable user selection of different publishing options using the graphical user interface application including an option to publish only selected objects of the service model, provide a publishing preview interface using the graphical user interface application including options to view objects to be published including object attributes and values for a selected object, initiate publishing of at least a portion of the service model to one or more impact managers of the computer network service responsive to the user selection of the publishing options, and provide a publication history interface listing a history of publications including details and error information for a selected publication in the history. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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