International Business Machines Corporation

Kevin Michael McBride

Shyh-Mei Fang Ho

Gregory Maurice Plow

Farrokh Pourmirzaie

Alice Chiang

Matthew Wayne Novak

Mark Alan Bach

Calvin C Yee

Holger Karn

Peter Wansch

Thomas Beavers Sander

Wai-Yee Doris Ling

Kelly Ann Spain

H Moncrief Rowe-Anderson

Wei Chen

Stephen Andrew Brodsky

Maryela Evelin Weihrauch

Mehul M Shah

Michael Leon Pauser

Kyle Jeffrey Charlet

Steve T Kuo

Jacques Labrie

Theresa Hsing Lai

Randall William Horman

Mi Wan Shum

Chan S Lim

Betty J Patterson

Shannon Matthew Farrington

Bach Dinh Doan

Judith Eleanor Hill

Daiv Santos Barrios

Attila J Fogarasi

Bill Thanh Huynh

In Ha Chung

John Kevin Flanigan

David C Tu

Pei-chen Liu

Thomas Arthur Vogel

Huey Moncrief Rowe-Anderson

Xi Xu

Kevin Forbes Audleman

Candace Antonina Garcia

Megan Elena Bock

Takaki Wakejima

Leila J Johannesen

Yongchun Zhu

Ai-chi Lu

An apparatus, system, and method are provided for evaluating database accesses. The apparatus may comprise a computer program that causes a computer system to exchange profiling data between a client application module and a database module; execute a database access; determine a database access policy violation at a detection point module; and selectively request context information from a context point module related to the database access.

Apparatus, system, and method for database management extensions

A computer receives one or more sets of historical data points, wherein each set of historical data points corresponds to a component. The computer normalizes the one or more sets of historical data points. The computer receives and normalizes a first set of additional data points corresponding to a first set of the one or more sets and a second set of additional data points corresponding to the second set of the one or more sets. The computer creates a first visual representation corresponding to the first set of the one or more sets and the first set of additional points and a second visual representation corresponding to the second set of the one or more sets and the second set of additional data points.

Identification of outliers

A method of setting alert thresholds in the context of a real-time dashboard chart. An application program displays a graphical user interface (GUI) and dynamically updates a chart of real-time event data. The chart includes an event threshold bar displayed concurrently with the real-time event data. If the real-time event data has exceeded an event threshold value that corresponds to a position of the event threshold bar, the application program executes a pre-defined response function. If a click and drag input is received while a cursor is located over a graphically-textured handle located on an end of the event threshold bar, the application program moves the event threshold bar to a new location and updates a numerical threshold value that corresponds to the position of the event threshold bar. The numerical threshold value and a unique identification symbol are displayed in close proximity to the graphically-textured handle.

Setting alert thresholds in the context of a real-time dashboard chart

Various embodiments of a method, apparatus and computer readable storage medium are disclosed. An application displays a portion of a unit of information in a first window on a display, and another portion of the unit of information in a second window on the display. The first and second windows are concurrently displayed on the display. The application closes the second window on the display. The closing inserts an indicator representing the second window into the unit of information and removes the second window from the display. The unit of information does not comprise the indicator prior to closing. In response to an interaction involving the indicator, the application redisplays another portion of the unit of information in a third window on the display. The first window and the third window are concurrently displayed on the display. Prior to redisplaying, the indicator is displayed in the first window.

Multicast file viewing and editing

Various embodiments of a method, apparatus and computer readable storage medium are disclosed. An application performs a close operation of windows displaying portions of a unit of information on a display. The portions of the unit of information are content of the unit of information. The close operation removes the windows from the display, and causes positioning information to be stored in the unit of information. The positioning information comprises at least one indicator of the portions of the unit of information that were displayed in the windows at a time of the close operation. The application performs an open operation. The displayed portions of the unit of information at the time of the close operation are redisplayed by the open operation in windows on the display in accordance with the positioning information in the unit of information.

A method of efficiently adjusting a timeline in a time window. An application program displays a window that includes a graphical user interface (GUI), at least a portion of time-based data, a timeline, and a slider bar. If a click and drag occurs while a cursor is over the slider bar, the application moves the slider bar and changes a position of data displayed in the window by an amount corresponding to the movement. The application increases the timeline scale if the slider bar reaches an edge of the timeline. If a click and drag occurs while the cursor is over a handle on an edge of the slider bar, the application resizes the slider bar and adjusts the timeline scale to correspond to the slider bar scale. If additional time-based data is available and is not displayed, the application displays an indicator on a corresponding edge of the timeline.

Efficiently adjusting a timeline in a time window

Same data of a unit of information is displayed in first and second windows. The same data of the unit of information is not frozen in the first window and in the second window. The second window comprises a freeze control. In response to receiving an activation of the freeze control, the same data of the unit of information in the second window is frozen. The same data of the unit of information in the first window is not frozen in response to the activation of the freeze control. In response to receiving an edit to the same data in the first window, the same data of the unit of information in the first window is modified in accordance with the edit. The edit is not applied to the frozen data in the second window.

Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for troubleshooting of computer systems using a fault tree analysis. In one embodiment, data parameters describing a status of a system may be monitored to determine the existence of a fault. In the event of a fault, fault tree analysis metadata may be evaluated to attempt to determine a root cause of the fault. If a root cause can be automatically determined, it may be presented to a user in a troubleshooting console, or may be used to trigger an automated corrective action. Alternatively, if a root cause cannot be automatically determined, the user may be presented with additional fault tree analysis metadata and any relevant data parameters in the troubleshooting console, so that the user may determine the root cause of the fault event.

Collaborative troubleshooting computer systems using fault tree analysis

Systems, methods, and computer products that efficiently share and move data between different types of data storage formats. More particularly, the preferred embodiment of the present invention provides an easy to use graphical user interface (GUI) for displaying, navigating, and selecting hierarchical database segments and fields. The preferred embodiment of the present invention novelly uses a hierarchical tree structure that clearly represents the structures of a database and their mutual exclusivity, for easy understanding of and navigation through the various database structures. The user is prevented from selecting segments and fields that are not valid for the selected path thereby ensuring accuracy in the representation of the database data structures. Also, the user may select a path from the top of the hierarchical tree, the root, to a specific segment or field.

Systems, methods, and computer program products to display and select hierarchical database segments and fields

A system and associated method for flagging differences in resource attributes across multiple database and transaction systems, to substantially improve database maintenance operations performed by database administrators. The system and method perform search for object attributes that define a resource across a large number of database systems, and return the information to a database administrator, with the information in an exception state flagged. The system and method offer significant advantages for database administration in the ability to simplify the views of multiple systems into a single system image, and the ability to provide a significant degree of flexibility in displaying database information, thus making it relatively easy to identify resources that do not necessarily conform to the single system definition. These features substantially enhance the efficiency of database administration operations and reduce the labor demand associated with performing two-dimensional searches for exception states.

Method for flagging differences in resource attributes across multiple database and transaction systems

A graphical user interface can be automatically generated from a command syntax for managing multiple computer systems as one computer system. The command syntax is represented using an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) document file, an XML schema file, and a text description file. The XML document file, XML schema file, and text description file are maintained on a server and downloaded to a client as required. A user interface program uses the XML document, XML schema, and text descriptions to generate a &ldquo;Wizard&rdquo; that comprises the graphical user interface, wherein the Wizard provides a series of step-by-step dialogs for assisting the operator in creating a command from the command syntax.

Generating a graphical user interface from a command syntax for managing multiple computer systems as one computer system

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for accessing a hierarchical database. The hierarchical structure of a database is modeled into an objects framework, wherein the objects framework is comprised of one or more objects that correspond to application views, database definitions, and data defined and stored in the database, and the objects are organized into a tree structure to represent the hierarchical structure of the database. An Internet-enabled application accesses the hierarchical structure of the database through the objects framework using at least one multi-frame output form, wherein the multi-frame output form displays data from a plurality of the objects.

Multi-frame output form that facilitates internet search and update in a hierarchical database

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for generating class specifications for an object-oriented application that accesses a hierarchical database. The class specifications are generated using a command line interface of a class definition tool. A database description and a record layout associated with the hierarchical database are captured and associated to define a specification for the database. Class definitions are then generated from the database specification, wherein the class definitions are instantiated as objects in the objects framework that encapsulate data retrieved from the database.

Command line interface for creating business objects for accessing a

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for generating an application for accessing a hierarchical database. A database description and a record layout associated with the hierarchical database are captured and associated to define a specification for the database. Class definitions are then generated from the database specification, wherein the class definitions are instantiated as objects in an objects framework that encapsulate data retrieved from the database. Display forms are also generated from the database specification, wherein the display forms are used to display the data encapsulated by the instantiated objects in the objects framework.

Generating an internet application for accessing a hierarchical database

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for generating program specifications for a computer program that accesses datastore persistent objects materialized from a datastore. A 'wizard' or 'task guide' is displayed on a monitor attached to a computer, wherein the wizard comprises a step-by-step procedure for creating the program specifications. Operator input is accepted into the computer in response to the step-by-step procedure and the program specifications are created using the operator input.

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