Integration user for analytical access to read only data stores generated from transactional systems

• US 9,923,901 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2016
• Issued: 03/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Schneider, Donovan A., Im, Fred, Chakravarthy, Vijayasarathy
• Primary Examiner(s): REVAK, CHRISTOPHER A
• Application Number:
  US15/229,024
• Publication Number:
  US 20160344741A1
• Time in Patent Office: 593 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2379 Updates performed during online database operations; commit processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/254 Extract, transform and load [ETL] procedures, e.g. ETL data flows in data warehouses
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/105 Arrangements for software license management or administration, e.g. for managing licenses at corporate level
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1077 Recurrent authorisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles

Abstract

The technology disclosed preserves the tenant specificity and user specificity of the tenant data by associating user IDs to complementary special IDs referred to as the integration user(s). In particular, it combines the traceability of user actions, the integration of security models and the flexibility of a service ID into one integration user(s).

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of controlling and tracking usage of an analytical data analysis system associated with a transactional data management system, the method including:

receiving a logon request with an associated user ID for use of the transactional data management system that manages data stored in a transaction data store, authenticating the logon request, and identifying that authorizations associated with the user ID include usage of the analytical data analysis system,

wherein the analytical data analysis system responds to requests to visualize data stored in an analytic data store that is a subset of, but not all of, the data stored in the transactional data store; and

responsive to a request to use the analytical data analysis system with the user ID, invoking a complementary special ID linked to the user ID, wherein;

special ID rights provide access to at least one immutable analytic data store accessed through a specific analytical data analysis system; and

use of the transactional data management system is separately licensed and accounted for from the analytical data analysis system.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further including:

associating with the special ID, security attributes particular to retrieval of data objects from the specific analytical data analysis system.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further including:

applying first security translation rules that accept one or more security attributes from the transactional data management system as predicates; and

generating one or more security tokens to associate with the special ID when interacting with the specific analytical data analysis system,

wherein the security tokens govern access using the special ID to objects managed by the specific analytical data analysis system.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further including:

associating with the special ID, security attributes particular to the specific analytical data analysis system by accessing two or more heterogeneous transactional data management systems that have divergent security models;

accessing data in the two or more transactional data management systems and creating objects that merge the data from the transactional data management systems; and

processing first security translation rules that accept data set security attributes from the two or more transactional data management systems as predicates and generating one or more security tokens to associate with secured objects that merge the data.

5. An apparatus to control and track usage of an analytical data analysis system associated with a transactional data management system, the apparatus comprising:

a computer including a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory includes computer program instructions causing the computer to implement a process including;

receiving a logon request with an associated user ID for use of the transactional data management system, authenticating the logon request, and identifying that authorizations associated with the user ID include usage of the analytical data analysis system,

wherein the analytical data analysis system responds to requests to visualize data stored in an analytic data store that is a subset of, but not all of, the data stored in a transactional data store of the transactional data management system; and

responsive to a request to use the analytical data analysis system with the user ID, invoking a complementary special ID linked to the user ID, wherein;

special ID rights provide access to at least one immutable analytic data store accessed through a specific analytical data analysis system; and

use of the transactional data management system is separately licensed and accounted for from the analytical data analysis system.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, further including computer program instructions causing the computer to implement a process including:

associating with the special ID, security attributes particular to retrieval of data objects from the specific analytical data analysis system.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, further including computer program instructions causing the computer to implement a process including:

applying first security translation rules that accept one or more security attributes from the transactional data management system as predicates; and

generating one or more security tokens to associate with the special ID when interacting with the specific analytical data analysis system,

wherein the security tokens govern access, using the special ID, to objects managed by the specific analytical data analysis system.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, further including computer program instructions causing the computer to implement a process including:

associating with the special ID, security attributes particular to the specific analytical data analysis system, by accessing two or more heterogeneous transactional data management systems that have divergent security models;

accessing data in the two or more transactional data management systems and creating objects that merge the data from two or more of the transactional data management systems; and

processing first security translation rules that accept data set security attributes from the two or more transactional data management systems as predicates and generating one or more security tokens to associate with secured objects that merge the data.

9. A tangible computer-readable memory including computer program instructions that cause a computer to implement a process including:

receiving a logon request with an associated user ID for use of a transactional data management system that manages data stored in a transaction data store, authenticating the logon request, and identifying that authorizations associated with the user ID include usage of an analytical data analysis system,

wherein the analytical data analysis system responds to requests to visualize data stored in an analytic data store that is a subset of, but not all of, the data stored in the transactional data store; and

responsive to a request to use the analytical data analysis system with the user ID, invoking a complementary special ID linked to the user ID, wherein;

special ID rights provide read-only access to at least one analytic data store accessed through a specific analytical data analysis system; and

use of the special ID is separately licensed and accounted for from the user ID.

10. The tangible computer-readable memory of claim 9, further including computer program instructions that cause the computer to implement a process including:

associating with the special ID, security attributes particular to retrieval of data objects from the specific analytical data analysis system.

11. The tangible computer-readable memory of claim 9, further including computer program instructions that cause the computer to implement a process including:

applying first security translation rules that accept one or more security attributes from the transactional data management system as predicates; and

generating one or more security tokens to associate with the special ID when interacting with the specific analytical data analysis system,

wherein the one or more security tokens govern access using the special ID to objects managed by the specific analytical data analysis system.

12. The tangible computer-readable memory of claim 9, further including computer program instructions that cause the computer to implement a process including:

associating with the special ID, security attributes particular to the specific analytical data analysis system, by accessing two or more heterogeneous transactional data management systems that have divergent security models;

accessing data in the two or more transactional data management systems and creating objects that merge the data from two or more of the transactional data management systems; and

processing first security translation rules that accept data set security attributes from the two or more transactional data management systems as predicates and generating one or more security tokens to associate with secured objects that merge the data.