Monitoring of events and key figures

• US 9,959,545 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2014
• Issued: 05/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Mester, Maren, Kientz, Melanie, Klahre, Andre, Walter, Wolfgang
• Primary Examiner(s): Mansfield, Thomas L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Holzmacher, Derick J
• Application Number:
  US14/539,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20160132899A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,266 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data

Abstract

A system, a method, and a computer program product for monitoring of events and key figures are disclosed. An event in a plurality of events associated with a business process is identified. The identified event is monitored. A business value of the identified event is determined in real time. Based on the determined real-time business value, at least one key figure associated with the monitored event is retrieved and displayed in a user interface.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

identifying, by an event monitor backend layer, an event in a plurality of events associated with execution of at least one first process, the event backend layer is communicatively coupled to a frontend computing component, including a user interface, and a backend computing component, including at least an event monitoring customizing component, an event monitoring controller, an event monitoring analytics application programming interface, and an event monitoring action application programming interface, wherein data associated with the identified event is stored in a buffer of the backend computing component and is dynamically bound to a control element of the user interface, the control element of the user interface controlling displaying of the data associated with the identified event on the user interface;

monitoring, by the event monitor backend layer, the identified event;

determining, by the event monitor backend layer, based on the monitoring, a state of the execution of the at least one first process, a real-time relevance of the at least one first process with respect to execution of at least one second process, and an effect of failure to execute the at least one first process on the execution of the at least one second process;

retrieving, by the backend computing component and based on the determining, at least one key figure associated with the monitored event, wherein the at least one key figure includes a static key figure generated prior to runtime of the at least one first process, the retrieving including;

executing, by the event monitoring controller component,

generating, by the event monitoring customizing component, at least one customizable definition of the at least one key figure in addition to at least one existing definition associated with the at least one key figure;

defining, by the event monitoring action application programming interface, at least one action associated with the generated and existing definitions associated with the at least one key figure; and

identifying, by the event monitoring analytics application programming interface, at least one function for an instance of the at least one key figure based on the generated and existing definitions associated with the at least one key figure; and

determining positioning, based on the retrieved at least one key figure, of the data associated with the identified event in the user interface.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user interface displays the plurality of events in the order beginning with a highest impact on the at least one first process.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one key figure includes a dynamic key figure generated at runtime of the at least one first process.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the backend layer comprises one or more of a server, a database, a software, a hardware, or other computing device.

4. A system comprising:

at least one programmable processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising;

identifying, by event monitor backend layer, an event in a plurality of events associated with execution of at least one first process, the event monitor backend layer is communicatively coupled to a frontend computing component, including a user interface, and a backend computing component, including at least an event monitoring customizing component, an event monitoring controller, an event monitoring analytics application programming interface, and an event monitoring action application programming interface, wherein data associated with the identified event is stored in a buffer of the backend computing component and is dynamically bound to a control element of the user interface, the control element of the user interface controlling displaying of the data associated with the identified event on the user interface;

monitoring, by the event monitor backend layer, the identified event;

determining, by the event monitor backend layer, based on the monitoring, a state of the execution of the at least one first process, a real-time relevance of the at least one first process with respect to execution of at least one second process, and an effect of failure to execute the at least one first process on the execution of the at least one second process; and

retrieving, by the backend computing component and based on the determining, at least one key figure associated with the monitored event, wherein the at least one key figure includes a static key figure generated prior to runtime of the at least one first process the retrieving including;

executing, by the event monitoring controller component,

generating, by the event monitoring customizing component, at least one customizable definition of the at least one key figure in addition to at least one existing definition associated with the at least one key figure;

defining, by event monitoring action application programming interface, at least one action associated with the generated and existing definitions associated with the at least one key figure; and

identifying, by event monitoring analytics application programming interface, at least one function for an instance of the at least one key figure based on the generated and existing definitions associated with the at least one key figure; and

determining positioning, based on the retrieved at least one key figure, of the data associated with the identified event in the user interface.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the user interface displays the plurality of events in the order beginning with a highest impact on the at least one first process.

6. The system according to claim 4, wherein the at least one key figure includes a dynamic key figure generated at runtime of the at least one first process.

11. The system according to claim 4, wherein the backend layer comprises one or more of a server, a database, a software, a hardware, or other computing device.

7. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:

identifying, by event monitor backend layer, an event in a plurality of events associated with execution of at least one first process, the event monitor backend layer is communicatively coupled to a frontend computing component, including a user interface, and a backend computing component, including at least an event monitoring customizing component, an event monitoring controller, an event monitoring analytics application programming interface, and an event monitoring action application programming interface, wherein data associated with the identified event is stored in a buffer of the backend computing component and is dynamically bound to a control element of the user interface, the control element of the user interface controlling displaying of the data associated with the identified event on the user interface;

monitoring, by the event monitor backend layer, the identified event;

determining, by the event monitor backend layer, based on the monitoring, a state of the execution of the at least one first process, a real-time relevance of the at least one first process with respect to execution of at least one second process, and an effect of failure to execute the at least one first process on the execution of the at least one second process; and

retrieving, by the backend computing component and based on the determining, at least one key figure associated with the monitored event, wherein the at least one key figure includes a static key figure generated prior to runtime of the at least one first process the retrieving including;

executing, by the event monitoring controller component,

generating, by the event monitoring customizing component, at least one customizable definition of the at least one key figure in addition to at least one existing definition associated with the at least one key figure;

defining, by event monitoring action application programming interface, at least one action associated with the generated and existing definitions associated with the at least one key figure; and

identifying, by event monitoring analytics application programming interface, at least one function for an instance of the at least one key figure based on the generated and existing definitions associated with the at least one key figure; and

determining positioning, based on the retrieved at least one key figure, of the data associated with the identified event in the user interface.

8. The computer program product according to claim 7, wherein the user interface displays the plurality of events in the order beginning with a highest impact on the at least one first process.

9. The computer program product according to claim 7, wherein the at least one key figure includes a dynamic key figure generated at runtime of the at least one first process.

12. The computer program product according to claim 7, wherein the backend layer comprises one or more of a server, a database, a software, a hardware, or other computing device.