Automated synchronization of distributed dashboards

• US 9,525,604 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2014
• Issued: 12/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Gingade, Sunil Kumar S., Gupta, Gaurav, Honnavar, Yochana S., Jhoney, Albee, Kalangumvathakkal, Vijay R., Kumar, Anil N., Thakur, Ashish K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hailu, Tadeese
• Application Number:
  US14/217,626
• Publication Number:
  US 20150271032A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,008 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/045 for graphical visualisation of monitoring data

Abstract

According to embodiments of the present invention, one or more computer processors publish a resource detail displayed and an associated first usage context, wherein the resource detail is displayed by a dashboard associated with a leader application. The one or more computer processors determine an appropriate graphical representation for a follower application, to display a first resource having a relationship to a second resource, wherein the second resource is displayed in the dashboard associated with the leader application. The one or more computer processors generate a dashboard universal resource locator for the follower application utilizing the resource detail. The one or more computer processors instruct the follower application to update an associated dashboard with information included in the generated dashboard universal resource locator.

Claims

1. A method to synchronize distributed dashboards, the method comprising:

designating, by one or more processors, a first application of a plurality of applications as a leader application, wherein the remaining applications of the plurality of applications are designated as follower applications;

publishing, by one or more computer processors, a resource detail and an associated first usage context, wherein the resource detail is displayed by a dashboard associated with the leader application;

determining, by one or more computer processors, an appropriate graphical representation for the follower application, to display a first resource having a relationship to a second resource, wherein the second resource is displayed in the dashboard associated with the leader application;

generating, by one or more computer processors, a dashboard universal resource locator for the follower application utilizing the resource detail; and

instructing, by one or more computer processors, the follower application to update an associated dashboard with information included in the generated dashboard universal resource locator, wherein the dashboard associated with the leader application is synchronized with a dashboard of one or more follower applications.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource detail include an identification of one or more of an application, middleware, database, server, network element, and relationship between two or more resources.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising instructing the leader application to iterate through a list of two or more resources at a predetermined periodicity.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are included in a distributed computing environment.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining, by the one or more computer processors, the appropriate graphical representation for the follower application, includes determining, by the one or more computer processors, a resource that is related to and managed by the follower application in a second usage context, wherein the second usage context is similar to the first usage context.

6. A computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable tangible storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable tangible storage media, the program instructions executable by one or more processors to;

designate a first application of a plurality of applications as a leader application, wherein the remaining applications of the plurality of applications are designated as follower applications;

publish a resource detail and an associated first usage context, wherein the resource detail is displayed by a dashboard associated with the leader application;

determine an appropriate graphical representation for the follower application, to display a first resource having a relationship to a second resource, wherein the second resource is displayed in the dashboard associated with the leader application;

generate a dashboard universal resource locator for the follower application utilizing the resource detail; and

instruct the follower application to update an associated dashboard with the generated dashboard universal resource locator, wherein the dashboard associated with the leader application is synchronized with a dashboard of one or more follower applications.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the resource detail include an identification of one or more of an application, middleware, database, server, network element, and relationship between two or more resources.

8. The computer program product of claim 6, further comprising program instructions to instruct the leader application to iterate through a list of two or more resources at a predetermined periodicity.

9. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the one or more processors are included in a distributed computing environment.

10. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the program instructions to determine the appropriate graphical representation for the follower application, includes program instructions to determine a resource that is related to and managed by the follower application in a second usage context, wherein the second usage context is similar to the first usage context.

11. A computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer readable tangible storage media;

program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable tangible storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising program instructions to;

designate a first application of a plurality of applications as a leader application, wherein the remaining applications of the plurality of applications are designated as follower applications;

publish a resource detail and an associated first usage context, wherein the resource detail is displayed by a dashboard associated with the leader application;

determine an appropriate graphical representation for the follower application, to display a first resource having a relationship to a second resource, wherein the second resource is displayed in a dashboard associated with the leader application;

generate a dashboard universal resource locator for the follower application utilizing the resource detail; and

instruct the follower application to update an associated dashboard with the generated dashboard universal resource locator, wherein the dashboard associated with the leader application is synchronized with a dashboard of one or more follower applications.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the resource detail include an identification of one or more of an application, middleware, database, server, network element, and relationship between two or more resources.

13. The computer system of claim 11, further comprising program instructions to instruct the leader application to iterate through a list of two or more resources at a predetermined periodicity.

14. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are included in a distributed computing environment.

15. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the program instructions to determine the appropriate graphical representation for the follower application, includes program instructions to determine a resource that is related to and managed by the follower application in a second usage-context, wherein the second usage context is similar to the first usage context.