Automatic detection of problems in a large-scale multi-record update system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10180957-B2
Application number	US-201514701845-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 1, 2015
Priority date	Aug 14, 2014
Publication date	Jan 15, 2019
Grant date	Jan 15, 2019

Abstract

A method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying, by a computing device, a change to at least one record of a plurality of records in a multi-record update. At least one problem condition associated with the change to the at least one record is determined, wherein the at least one problem condition is determined via at least one problem definition object before the change is saved. The at least one problem condition is organized on a display. An action is executed on the at least one problem condition displayed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
identifying, by a computing device, a change to at least one record of a plurality of records in a multi-record update, wherein the at least one record is linked to at least one new related record via a special field on a user interface, wherein the special field includes one or more references to the at least one related record, wherein, upon using a create activity user interface button to create the at least one new related record, a new form is rendered and displayed on the user interface;
determining at least one problem condition associated with the change to the at least one record, wherein the at least one problem condition is determined via at least one problem definition object before the change is saved;
organizing the at least one problem condition on a display; and
executing an action on the at least one problem condition displayed.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein identifying the change to the at least one record includes monitoring changes in a directly selected record of the plurality of records.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein identifying the change to the at least one record includes monitoring changes in a related record of the plurality of records that results from a changed workflow logic.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the problem definition object is customizable.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the at least one problem condition is organized on the display based upon, at least in part, at least one of the at least one record that is determined to have the at least one problem condition via the at least one problem definition object due to the change, the at least one problem condition object used to determine the at least one problem condition, and severity of the at least one problem condition.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the action includes at least one of ignoring the at least one problem condition, cancelling the change to the at least one record, and correcting the change to the at least one record.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the action is executed on at least a portion of the at least one problem condition displayed.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Barroso Filipe J
• Cass Judith H
• Deckert Marlin R
• Saylor Michael J
• Skwersky Adam

Classifications

• G06F17/3038 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30368

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F16/2358

  Change logging, detection, and notification (replication G06F16/27) · CPC title

• G06F16/2386 Primary

  Bulk updating operations (data conversion details G06F16/258) · CPC title