Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Alan T G Jowett

Nk Srinivas

Sivaprasad V Padisetty

Thirumalesh Bhat

Rajat Mishra

Balaji Santhanam

Ravishankar V Sathanur

An error tracing analysis tool applies static code analysis to software source code to identify error paths in the code and determine how many of these error paths have trace statements.

Tracing errors in software

The invention provides a framework for collecting, storing, and analyzing system metrics concerning a computing system or a computer component. A configuration module is provided to configure settings specific to a metric. A data collection module is provided to collect metric data according to the settings in the configuration module and in one or more component specific plug-ins that extend and customize the framework according to specific needs of the component. The data collection module collects metrics at specified time intervals and periodically updates metric data stored in a central metrics storage module. An analysis module is provided to analyze metric data stored in the central metrics storage module online or offline. The analysis module may analyze a metric statistically or graphically, individually or combined with other metrics.

Framework for collecting, storing, and analyzing system metrics

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Monroe, WA, United States of America

Alan T G Jowett