Access Permission Mapping for Conflict-Free Data Migration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for migrating data and user accounts between systems face challenges in identifying and resolving access permission conflicts, which are often manual, time-consuming, and prone to errors due to differences in capabilities between source and target systems.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize a set of mappings to translate access permissions from a source system to a target system, employing conflict resolution strategies such as warn-and-skip, expansive, and restrictive to automatically identify and resolve permission conflicts during data migration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manual processes are used to identify and resolve permission conflicts during data migration, then flexibility in handling complex permission scenarios is improved, but time consumption and error rates increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically detecting permission conflicts during data migration and applying resolution strategies without requiring manual intervention. The conflict detection module identifies conflicts between source and target system permissions, and the resolution module automatically resolves them using predefined strategies (restrictive, expansive, or warn-and-skip), enabling the system to handle complex permission scenarios autonomously and reduce time consumption.
2Ease of operation
If manual processes are used to identify and resolve permission conflicts during data migration, then control over permission decisions is improved, but error rates increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the conflict detection module continuously monitors permission assignments during migration, identifies conflicts, and provides information to the resolution module. The resolution module applies strategies and feeds back the results, allowing for automated control while maintaining reliability through systematic conflict resolution rather than manual processes that are prone to errors.
3Loss of time
If automated conflict resolution strategies are applied, then time consumption is reduced, but complexity of the migration system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The migration system is segmented into distinct functional modules: a conflict detection module that identifies permission conflicts, a resolution module that applies resolution strategies, and a migration execution module that performs the actual data migration. This segmentation allows the system to automate conflict resolution and reduce time consumption while managing complexity through modular design, where each module has a specific responsibility.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple conflict resolution strategies are provided, then adaptability to different permission scenarios is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides dynamic conflict resolution by offering multiple resolution strategies (restrictive, expansive, and warn-and-skip) that can be selected based on the specific permission scenario. The resolution module dynamically applies the appropriate strategy depending on the type of conflict detected, enabling adaptability to different permission scenarios while managing complexity through a unified resolution framework that handles multiple strategies.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments provide for identifying and resolving conflicts in access permissions migrated data by receiving a set of mappings including path mappings of a hierarchy of data objects on the source system to locations on the target system for migrated data objects. Based on the received set of mappings, permissions controlling access to data objects of the hierarchy of data objects on the source system can be translated to permissions controlling access to the migrated data objects on the target system for one or more user accounts on the target system. One or more conflicts can be detected between permissions on the source system and permissions on the target system. A conflict resolution strategy can be selected from a plurality of conflict resolution strategies and the selected conflict resolution strategy can be applied to the permissions controlling access to the migrated data objects on the target system.