Progress status management system and progress status management method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9229772-B2
Application number	US-201214406853-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 14, 2012
Priority date	Jun 14, 2012
Publication date	Jan 5, 2016
Grant date	Jan 5, 2016

Abstract

A progress status management system comprises a management target system configured to execute a series of processes to the file, which includes a plurality of process units configured to execute a process to a file, and a progress status management unit configured to manage a progress status of a process executed by the process unit included at the management target system. The progress status management unit, in a case of acquiring the first identification information of a file in a first process unit, acquires the first identification information of the file in the second process unit, and links the acquired first identification information in the first process unit and the acquired first identification information in the second process unit to the same second identification information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A progress status management system comprising a management target system configured to execute a series of processes to a file, which includes a plurality of process units configured to execute a process to the file, and a progress status management unit configured to manage a progress status of a process executed by the process unit included at the management target system,
wherein the progress status management system stores process flow information registering therein a process order of the process units to execute a process to the file,
wherein the progress status management unit includes:
an identification information linking unit configured to link first identification information, which is identification information of the file in the process unit, and second identification information, which is identification information of the file unique in the management target system, and store the linked identification information as identification information linking information;
a progress information collection unit configured to collect progress information including a progress status of a process executed by the process unit and the first identification information of the processed file in the process unit executing the process; and
a progress status linking unit configured to refer to the identification information linking information, identify the second identification information linked to the first identification information of progress information collected by the progress information collection unit, link the identified second identification information to a progress status of the progress information collected by the progress information collection unit, and store the second identification information and the linked progress status as progress accumulation information,
wherein the plurality of process units include a first process unit and a second process unit,
wherein the identification information linking unit, in a case of acquiring the first identification information of the file in the first process unit, acquires the first identification information of the file in the second process unit, and
wherein the identification information linking unit links the acquired first identification information in the first process unit and the acquired first identification information in the second process unit to the same second identification information.

2. The progress status management system according to claim 1 comprising a progress status calculation unit configured to calculate, based on the progress accumulation information, stored by the progress status linking unit, a progress status of a process executed to the file by the management target system.

3. The progress status management system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the progress status calculation unit is configured to:
calculate, based on the progress accumulation information stored by the progress status linking unit, a number of the file to be processed by the management target system as a number of entire file;
calculate, based on the progress accumulation information stored by the progress status linking unit, a number of the file whose progress status of a process executed by a process unit configured to execute a last process of a series of processes to be executed thereto by the management target system indicates the process being completed as a number of a process end file; and
calculate, by dividing the calculated process end file number by the calculated entire file number, a progress status of the entire management target system.

4. The progress status management system according to claim 2 , wherein the each process unit calculates, in a case of completing a process to the file, an average of a completion time for executing the process to the file,
wherein the progress status calculation unit is configured to:
calculate, based on the progress accumulation information stored by the progress status linking unit, a remaining number of the file scheduled to be processed for each process unit; and
calculate, by multiplying the calculated remaining number of the file scheduled to be processed by the average of a completion time, an estimated end time for each process unit.

5. The progress status management system according to claim 4 ,
wherein the progress status calculation unit calculates, based on the estimated end time for each process unit and the process order registered at the process flow information, an estimated end time for the entire management target system.

6. The progress status management system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the progress status management system comprises a priority modification unit configured to identify, based on the progress accumulation information stored by the progress status linking unit, the identified file whose progress status indicates a last process of a series of processes to be executed thereto by the management target system remains incomplete, and modify priority of the file, out of the identified file, designated by a user, and
wherein the process unit executes a process in an order of priority.

7. The progress status management system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the progress status management system comprises a first storage area and a second storage area which are able to store the file,
wherein the process unit includes a storage process unit configured to store the file at the first storage area, and
wherein the progress status management system comprises a file movement unit configured to move the file satisfying a predetermined condition and whose progress status of the storage process unit indicates complete to the second storage area, and delete from the first storage area the file moved to the second storage area.

8. A progress status management method of a progress status management system including a management target system configured to execute a series of processes to a file, which includes a plurality of process units configured to execute a process to the file, and a progress status management unit configured to manage a progress status of a process executed by the process unit included at the management target system for managing a progress status,
wherein the progress status management unit stores process flow information registering therein a process order of each process unit to execute a process to the file,
wherein the method includes:
a first step for linking first identification information, which is identification information of the file in the process unit, and second identification information, which is identification information of the file unique in the management target system, and storing as identification information linking information;
a second step for collecting progress information including a progress status of a process executed by the process unit and the first identification information of the processed file in the process unit executing the process; and
a third step for referring to the identification information linking information, identifying the second identification information linked to the first identification information of progress information collected in the second step, linking the identified second identification information to a progress status of the progress information collected in the second step, and storing the second identification information and the linked progress status as progress accumulation information,
wherein the plurality of process units include a first process unit and a second process unit,
wherein the third step includes:
a step for acquiring, in a case of acquiring the first identification information of the file in the first process unit, the first identification information of the file in the second

Assignees

• Kojima Go
• Ishii Yohsuke
• Kodama Shoji
• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Kojima Go
• Ishii Yohsuke
• Kodama Shoji

Classifications

• G06Q10/06 Primary

  Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling · CPC title

• G06F9/4843 Primary

  by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system · CPC title

• G06F9/4881

  Scheduling strategies for dispatcher, e.g. round robin, multi-level priority queues · CPC title

• G06F9/485

  Task life-cycle, e.g. stopping, restarting, resuming execution (G06F9/4881 takes precedence) · CPC title