Microstrategy, Inc.

Andrew Smith

Clayton Myers

Timothy Lang

Richard Gardner

Herminio Carames

Thomas Leuchtner

Scott Rowley

Jose Manuel Nocedal De La Garza

Wei Jiang

Alejandro Olvera Velasco

Holly Stevens

Divya Singh

Qingru Shen

Jin Liu

Jun Peng

Ying Ma

Hao Shen

Shreyas Shah

Martin Lucius Bonica

Binbin Wu

David Hagen

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for designing custom applications. In some implementations, a system identifies a predetermined set of application elements that are available to be selectively included in a custom application. The system provides an interface for generating the custom application, wherein the interface includes features to specify each of a plurality of adjustable settings, such that input through the interface can adjust an appearance of the custom application and select which of the predetermined application features are included in the custom application. The system receives input through the interface that specifies settings for the custom application. Based on the input received through the interface, the system generates configuration data for the custom application and updates one or more records to make the custom application available to one or more client devices of one or more users.

Systems for designing custom applications

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for development and deployment of custom applications. In some implementations, configuration data that specifies a configuration of application elements is stored. A repository of modules that are used to implement the respective application elements is stored. A request from a client device over a network is received. User interface data for a view of the custom application is generated. The user interface data for the custom application is provided to the client device over the network in response to the request.

Development and deployment of custom applications

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for automated workflows enabling selective interaction with users. In some implementations, a workflow module indicating a set of operations to be performed by one or more computers is accessed, where the workflow module specifies rules that instruct one or more actions to be selectively performed based on detection of one or more conditions. The occurrence of a particular condition specified by the workflow module is detected, where the workflow module is configured to initiate a communication when the particular condition occurs. In response to detecting the occurrence of the particular condition, a user is identified based on data of the workflow module, a communication corresponding to the particular condition is generated, and communication with the identified user is initiated to provide the generated message.

Automated workflows enabling selective interaction with users

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for workflow generation using multiple interfaces. In some implementations, an interface for defining a workflow having one or more operations for a computer system to perform is provided. The interface can provide options that are selectable to cause an operation from a predetermined set of operations to be added to the workflow. Data indicating user selection of an option of the interface corresponding to a first operation in the predetermined set of operations is received. Code that specifies one or more custom operations is received. The workflow is defined to include (i) the first operation based on the data indicating the user selection and (ii) a second operation specified by the code.

Workflow generation using multiple interfaces

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for testing performance of server systems. In some implementations, a method includes identifying, by one or more computers, a resource provided by a server system. The method includes generating, by the one or more computers, a performance test for the server system. The performance test includes a series of operations that includes (i) providing the resource and (ii) responding to one or more interactions with the resource. The method includes performing one or more performance testing cycles that each include: causing the server system to perform the series of operations of the performance test; and evaluating one or more performance measures that characterize the performance of the series of operations by the server system.

Customizing computer performance tests

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer-readable media, for environment monitoring and management. In some implementations, information indicating a planned usage level for usage of cloud computing services is accessed by a group of multiple computing environments over a period of time. Usage of cloud computing services is monitored for the group of multiple computing environments. A usage measure indicating an amount of usage of cloud computing services by the group of multiple computing environments is generated over the period of time. A cloud computing usage notification is generated based on the planned usage level and the usage measure. The cloud computing usage notification is provided for presentation by an electronic device.

Environment monitoring and management

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer-readable media, for automated idle environment shutdown. In some implementations, activity of a server environment is monitored over a period of time. A measure of user-initiated activity of the server environment is determined based on the monitored activity of the server environment over the period of time. The level of user-initiated activity over the period of time is determined to be less than a threshold level. In response to determining that the level of user-initiated activity over the period of time is less than the threshold level, shut down of the server environment is initiated.

Automated idle environment shutdown

One or more computers receive a request from a user to change a configuration of a computing environment provided by one or more servers. In response to receiving the request and before performing the requested change in the configuration of the environment, the computers determine an estimated measure of performance that represents a level of performance of the computing environment if changed according to the request and provide data indicating performance measures indicating the estimated measure of performance for the environment corresponding to the change in the configuration of the environment. After providing the data indicating the estimated performance measures, the computers receive data indicating user input confirming the request to change the configuration of the environment, and perform the requested change in the configuration of the computing environment.

Enterprise health score and data migration

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for monitoring performance of computing systems. In some implementations, a set of tasks for a server system to perform is identified. Multiple performance testing cycles are performed, in which each of the performance testing cycles includes: sending, for each task in the set of tasks, a request for the server system to perform the task; receiving a response from the server system for each of the requests, and storing a performance measure for each of the tasks based on the response received from the server system for the task. Based on the performance measures for the multiple performance testing cycles, an evaluation is performed whether conditions are satisfied for adjusting one or more operating parameters of the server system or for providing a notification regarding the operation of the server system.

Monitoring performance of computing systems

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for self-optimization of computing environments. In some implementations, different combinations of settings used by one or more server environments are determined. Results achieved by the one or more server environments are monitored when using the different combinations of settings. Based on the monitored results, one or more performance measures are generated that correspond to each of the different combinations of settings. An updated set of settings are selected for a particular server environment based on the performance measures. The selected settings are provided for the particular server environment.

Self-optimization of computing environments

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for backup, restoration, and migration of computer systems. In some implementations, data from a first server environment is obtained. A data package is generated that includes configuration data, data objects, and/or metadata from the first server environment organized in a predetermined arrangement. Data indicating (i) a destination on which to deploy the archived data from the first server environment and (ii) one or more characteristics of the destination is received. Mapping data that specifies a mapping of elements in the predetermined arrangement to elements of server environments having the one or more characteristics is accessed. Server environment data derived from the data package is deployed, the server environment data being deployed to the destination and arranged at the destination in a manner specified by the mapping data.

Backup, restoration, and migration of computer systems

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable storage media, for centralized platform management for multiple environments. In some implementations, a management system obtains configuration information for each of multiple computing environments. The management system stores the configuration information for the multiple computing environments in a repository and monitors actions that change configurations of the multiple computing environments. The management system provides an interface configured to provide information about the configurations of the multiple computing environments and to adjust the configurations of the multiple computing environments in response to input received through the interface.

Centralized platform management for computing environments

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage media, for validation of mobile device workflows. In some implementations, a mobile device application to be tested is identified. An installation of the application on each of a plurality of remote mobile devices, including mobile devices having different hardware configurations and different operating system configurations, is initiated. Usage of the application by instructing the remote mobile devices to perform a series of operations using the application is simulated. Performance of the respective mobile devices during the simulated usage is measured. A document indicating performance of the application across the different mobile device configurations is generated.

Validation of mobile device workflows

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for monitoring performance deviations. In some implementations, a workflow that is configured to monitor performance of an operation of one or more computers is run. In running the workflow, a performance measure for the operation is determined. In running the workflow, a reference performance level for the operation is determined. In running the workflow, it is determined whether the performance measure indicates a deviation from the reference performance level for the operation. In running the workflow, an action specified by the workflow is selectively performed based on whether the performance measure is determined to indicate a deviation from the reference performance level for the operation.

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