Enterprise Intelligence ('EI') Reporting In An EI Framework

• US 20130018910A1
• Filed: 07/14/2011
• Published: 01/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Reddington, Francis X., Sahota, Neil
• Granted Patent: US 8,566,345 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24573 using data annotations, e.g. user-defined metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 7/00 Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled logic circuits H03K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Enterprise Intelligence (‘EI’) reporting in an EI framework, including: identifying, by an EI report generator, EI report criteria for inclusion in an EI report; extracting, by an EI report generator, EI report information that meets the EI report criteria from an EI data repository; assembling, by an EI report generator, the EI report information into an EI report; and presenting the EI report to an EI administrator.

Claims

1. A method of Enterprise Intelligence (‘

EI’

) reporting in an EI framework, the method comprising;

identifying, by an EI report generator, EI report criteria for inclusion in an EI report;

extracting, by an EI report generator, EI report information that meets the EI report criteria from an EI data repository;

assembling, by an EI report generator, the EI report information into an EI report; and

presenting the EI report to an EI administrator.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying EI report criteria for inclusion in an EI report includes selecting, by an EI administrator, the EI report criteria.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying EI report criteria for inclusion in an EI report includes inferring the EI report criteria in dependence upon a specification of the assembly stored in an EI assembly repository.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying EI report criteria for inclusion in an EI report includes:

discovering, dynamically without user interaction, EI assemblies included in the EI framework; and

identifying EI report criteria for each discovered EI assembly.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein extracting EI report information that meets the EI report criteria from the EI data repository, assembling and presenting the EI report is carried out in real-time responsive to receiving a request for an EI report.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein extracting EI report information that meets the EI report criteria from the EI data repository, assembling and presenting the EI report is carried out periodically at a predefined interval.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

initiating EI reporting at a predetermined interval; and

storing the EI report in an EI report repository.

8. Apparatus for Enterprise Intelligence (‘

EI’

) reporting in an EI framework, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of;

identifying, by an EI report generator, EI report criteria for inclusion in an EI report;

extracting, by an EI report generator, EI report information that meets the EI report criteria from an EI data repository;

assembling, by an EI report generator, the EI report information into an EI report; and

presenting the EI report to an EI administrator.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein identifying EI report criteria for inclusion in an EI report includes selecting, by an EI administrator, the EI report criteria.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein identifying EI report criteria for inclusion in an EI report includes inferring the EI report criteria in dependence upon a specification of the assembly stored in an EI assembly repository.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein identifying EI report criteria for inclusion in an EI report includes:

discovering, dynamically without user interaction, EI assemblies included in the EI framework; and

identifying EI report criteria for each discovered EI assembly.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein extracting EI report information that meets the EI report criteria from the EI data repository, assembling and presenting the EI report is carried out in real-time responsive to receiving a request for an EI report.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein extracting EI report information that meets the EI report criteria from the EI data repository, assembling and presenting the EI report is carried out periodically at a predefined interval.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:

initiating EI reporting at a predetermined interval; and

storing the EI report in an EI report repository.

15. A computer program product for Enterprise Intelligence (‘

EI’

) reporting in an EI framework, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable storage medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of;

identifying, by an EI report generator, EI report criteria for inclusion in an EI report;

extracting, by an EI report generator, EI report information that meets the EI report criteria from an EI data repository;

assembling, by an EI report generator, the EI report information into an EI report; and

presenting the EI report to an EI administrator.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein identifying EI report criteria for inclusion in an EI report includes selecting, by an EI administrator, the EI report criteria.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein identifying EI report criteria for inclusion in an EI report includes inferring the EI report criteria in dependence upon a specification of the assembly stored in an EI assembly repository.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein identifying EI report criteria for inclusion in an EI report includes:

discovering, dynamically without user interaction, EI assemblies included in the EI framework; and

identifying EI report criteria for each discovered EI assembly.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein extracting EI report information that meets the EI report criteria from the EI data repository, assembling and presenting the EI report is carried out in real-time responsive to receiving a request for an EI report.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein extracting EI report information that meets the EI report criteria from the EI data repository, assembling and presenting the EI report is carried out periodically at a predefined interval.

21. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:

initiating EI reporting at a predetermined interval; and

storing the EI report in an EI report repository.