Management system for managing information system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017017617-A1
Application number	US-201415124688-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 27, 2014
Priority date	May 27, 2014
Publication date	Jan 19, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A management system displays a plurality of elements detected from an information system according to a horizontal relation view (HRV) format which is a multi-column display format, based on information of the plurality of detected elements. In the HRV format display, the plurality of columns correspond to a plurality of types, and include a key column which is a column serving as a key for aggregated display and an aggregation target column subjected to aggregated display according to the key column. The key column includes key objects which represent information on elements belonging to the corresponding type and which are arranged vertically. A lateral area of each of the key objects in the aggregation target column includes aggregation objects indicating aggregation information of elements related to an element represented by the key object, whereby the key objects and the related aggregation objects are arranged on the same row.

First claim

1 . A management program which is a computer program executed by at least one computer coupled to an information system including a plurality of elements of a plurality of types, the program causing the at least one computer to execute:
(I) detecting the plurality of elements by collecting configuration information from the information system including the plurality of elements of the plurality of types; (II) selecting a plurality of display target types from among the plurality of types; (III) receiving a designation of a type serving as a key for aggregated display from among the display target types; and (IV) displaying information on the plurality of elements according to an HRV (horizontal relation view) format which is a multi-column display format having columns corresponding to the respective display target types, displaying the information according to the HRV format including, (A1) selecting a plurality of elements belonging to the key type; (A2) displaying a plurality of key objects each being an object indicating information of the plurality of elements selected in (A1), in a column corresponding to the key type; and (A3) for each key object and the display target type other than the key type:
(A3a) calculating aggregation information of an element which belongs to the display target type and is related to the element selected in (A1); and
(A3b) displaying an aggregation object which is an object indicating the aggregation information calculated in (A3a), so that at least a portion of the aggregation object is included in an area in which a column corresponding to the display target type crosses an area in which the key object displayed in (A2) is extended in a horizontal direction.

2 . The management program according to claim 1 , the program causing the at least one computer to execute:
(B1) detecting a height enlargement request that designates a predetermined element from among the elements selected in (A1); and (B2) in order to secure an enlarged area including at least an area in which a predetermined key object representing the information on the predetermined element is extended in the horizontal direction:
(B2a) moving a key object other than the predetermined key object to the outside of the enlarged area;
(B2b) moving the aggregation object displayed in relation to the key object moved in (B2a), to the outside of the enlarged area;
(B3) selecting an element related to the predetermined element; and (B4) displaying the information on the predetermined element and information on the element selected in (B3), in the enlarged area according to the multi-column display format.

3 . The management program according to claim 2 , wherein the multi-column display format to be displayed in the enlarged area is a VEL (vertical element list view) format, and the program causes the at least one computer to execute, in displaying information according to the VEL format display:
(C1) displaying an object representing the information on the predetermined element in a column corresponding to the key type; and (C2) for the display target type other than the key type,
(C2a) selecting elements belonging to the type from the elements related to the predetermined element; and
(C2b) displaying objects representing the information on the elements selected in (C2a), in a column corresponding to the type such that the objects are arranged in a vertical direction.

4 . The management program according to claim 2 , the program causing the at least one computer to execute in (B2):
(E1) for each deployment target type,
(E1a) selecting a sub-type of an element included in the type;
(E1b) selecting a sub-element which is included in the predetermined element or the element selected in (B3) and belongs to the sub-type selected in (E1a); and
(E1c) displaying information on the sub-element selected in (E1b) according to the multi-column display format in an area in which the deployment target column crosses the enlargement target area.

5 . The management program according to claim 3 , the program causing the at least one computer to execute:
(F1) selecting an element subjected to emphasis display from among the predetermined element or the elements selected in (C2b); (F2) selecting an element related to the element selected in (F1) from among the predetermined element or the elements selected in (C2b); and (F3) emphasizing an object representing information on the elements selected in (F1) and (F2).

6 . The management program according to claim 3 , the program causing the at least one computer to execute, in a display in at least one of the HRV format and the VEL format, when the number of display objects belonging to each column is larger than an allowable number corresponding to a height of the column, performing, on at least the column, a reduced-scale display representing that part of the display objects have been reduced in a height direction.

7 . The management program according to claim 6 , the program causing the at least one computer to execute enlarging an object representing an element that satisfies a condition among the part of the display objects subjected to the reduced-scale display, without changing a height of a range of the reduced-scale display and a height of at least one column among heights of columns including the reduced-scale display.

8 . The management program according to claim 7 , the program causing the at least one computer to execute enlarging, among the part of the display objects subjected to the reduced-scale display in the HRV format display, the object representing the element that satisfies the condition and also aggregation objects related to the object so that the aggregation objects have the same height as the object.

9 . The management program according to claim 1 , the program causing the at least one computer to execute adjusting a display position of each of the aggregation objects so that even a portion of the aggregation object does not fall within an area in which a key object which is not related to the aggregation object is extended in the horizontal direction.

10 . The management program according to claim 1 , the program causing the at least one computer to execute, in display the information according to the HRV format display, not drawing a relation line between the key object and the aggregation object.

11 . A management system that manages an information system including a plurality of elements of a plurality of types, comprising:
a processor configured to detect the plurality of elements by collecting configuration information from the information system; a storage resource configured to store information on the plurality of elements; and a display device in which the plurality of detected elements are displayed, by the processor, according to an HRV (horizontal relation view) format which is a multi-column display format, as for displaying the plurality of elements according to the HRV,
1A) each of the plurality of columns corresponding to any one of the plurality of types,
1B) the plurality of columns including a key column which is a column serving as a key for aggregated display and an aggregation target column subjected to aggregated display according to the key column,
1C) the key column including key objects which are objects representing information on elements belonging to the corresponding type and which are arranged vertically, and
1D) a lateral area of each of the key objects in the aggregation target column including aggregation objects indicating aggregation information of elements related to an element represented by the key object, so that the key objects and the related aggregation objects are

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Sato Yosuke
• Shibata Kousuke
• Ootsubo Kazuki
• Ishida Takaichi
• Fujii Tsutomu
• Kimura Tomoki

Classifications

• G06F13/00

  Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units (interface circuits for specific input/output devices G06F3/00 {; multiprogram control therefor  G06F9/46}; multiprocessor systems  G06F15/16 ) · CPC title

• G06F3/048

  Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title

• G06F40/106 Primary

  Display of layout of documents; Previewing · CPC title

• G06F9/451

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title

• G06Q10/00 Primary

  Administration; Management · CPC title