Information System Management Display Rule
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Solution Overview
Problem
The management of complex information systems with numerous elements and relationships becomes inefficient due to increased visibility issues and difficulty in distinguishing element types, leading to decreased analysis accuracy and user burden.
Innovation Solution
A management system implements a customized display rule that organizes elements into columns based on selection types and event types, prioritizing elements topologically related to selected elements, enhancing visibility and analysis accuracy by filtering unnecessary columns and focusing on relevant relationships.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If elements are displayed in multicolumn to show relationships, then completeness of information is improved, but visibility deteriorates due to increased number of columns
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display into multiple columns based on element types, with each column representing a specific type (e.g., application server, database server, storage device). This segmentation allows comprehensive display of relationships while organizing information systematically to maintain visibility, directly resolving the contradiction between showing complete relationships and maintaining visual clarity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a vertical dimension for displaying multiple elements of the same type within each column, rather than spreading them horizontally. This dimensional change allows the system to display numerous elements and their relationships without increasing the horizontal space occupation, thus maintaining visibility while preserving information completeness.
2Adaptability or versatility
If various types of components are included to reflect cloud system trends, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal display framework that can accommodate multiple types of information system elements (application servers, database servers, storage devices, networks, etc.) using a common column-based structure. This universal approach allows the system to handle diverse cloud components without requiring separate complex display mechanisms for each type, thus improving adaptability while controlling complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent manages complexity by allowing dynamic configuration of display parameters such as column width, element size, and relationship line visibility. These parameter changes enable the system to adapt to different numbers and types of components while maintaining manageable complexity through adjustable display characteristics.
3Loss of information
If all element types are displayed to provide comprehensive information, then information completeness is improved, but analysis accuracy deteriorates due to difficulty in distinguishing element types
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by giving each column a distinct visual identity through type-specific icons, colors, and labels. Each element within a column also displays its specific type characteristics. This localized differentiation allows users to quickly distinguish element types within the comprehensive multicolumn display, thereby maintaining both information completeness and analysis accuracy.
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AI summary
A management system displays two or more columns lined up in accordance with a sequence order of a selected display rule. Each display rule is a customized rule, and includes a first type, one or more second types, and a sequence order of display for two or more columns respectively corresponding to the first type and the one or more second types. In a first column, which corresponds to a selection type, one or more objects is displayed respectively corresponding to a one or more elements, and in each of a one or more second columns, an object is displayed which belongs to a type corresponding to the second column, and corresponds to an element that is topologically related to at least one of the one or more selected elements.