System and method for analytic process design

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and system for developing an analytic process. The method includes displaying, within an electronic system, a plurality of components operable to be used for designing a data analysis process. A user makes a selection of a data access component from the plurality of components. The data access component is operable for configuring access to a data source. The method further includes the user making a selection of a data selection component from the plurality of components and a data display component. The data selection component is operable for selecting data accessed via the data access component. The data display component is operable for configuring display of data based on the data selection component. Configuration data corresponding to the data access component, the data selection component, and the data display component can then be stored.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]Embodiments of the present invention are generally related to digital computer systems and analytic processes.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]As computing systems have advanced, the use of computers in enterprises has increased significantly. The various parts of an enterprise each produce large amounts data in the normal course of conducting business operations. Analysis of such data may provide useful insights to improve or track business operations. Unfortunately, such data often is spread across a variety of disparate systems, such as the many different systems of an individual department. The large amounts of data and inherently different characteristics and formats of the data makes it complicated to properly analyze the data, especially in real-time scenarios.[0003]Conventional solutions have involved developing custom analytic applications, which are individually tailored to each system. Such conventional solutions typically require many months t...

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Benefits of technology

[0005]Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for visually designing an analysis process. A graphical user interface (GUI) is presented for selection, layout, and configuration of components of an analytics process. The GUI allows analytic processes to be developed efficiently and configured for processing of real-time data streams.

Problems solved by technology

Unfortunately, such data often is spread across a variety of disparate systems, such as the many different systems of an individual department.

The large amounts of data and inherently different characteristics and formats of the data makes it complicated to properly analyze the data, especially in real-time scenarios.

Such conventional solutions typically require many months to develop and also require a full team of dedicated developers.

The development of the application, is thus, very time intensive and expensive.

In addition, custom solutions often have performance and reliability issues, which limit the effectiveness of the solutions.

In particular, the performance issues also can reduce the usefulness of attempts to provide real-time data.

As a result, the long development periods and limited capabilities of the custom applications limit the benefits of the data analysis.

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