Process Map Visual Indicators for Deployment Status Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing log messaging systems for tracking large-scale automated deployments lack visual clarity, making it difficult for users to intuitively understand the status of tasks and identify failures, relying on detailed messages that may not convey the necessary information effectively.
Innovation Solution
A method that displays a process map in a user interface, visually indicating the completion rate of tasks, comparing actual to expected completion rates, and providing notifications and options for addressing deviations, using visual indicators like filled nodes and halos to represent task progress and potential issues.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If log messaging is used to track task execution status, then task tracking capability is provided, but visual clarity and intuitive understanding of task status deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a visual copy of the deployment process through a process map that replicates the task execution status in graphical form. Each node in the map represents a task, and visual indicators (such as color coding and icons) copy the status information from the underlying log data, presenting it in an intuitively understandable visual format that resolves the contradiction between information completeness and visual clarity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms one-dimensional log text data into a two-dimensional visual process map. By adding spatial dimensionality with nodes arranged in a graphical layout, the system enables users to perceive task relationships, status, and progress visually rather than through linear text scanning, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining comprehensive task status information
2Loss of information
If detailed log messages are provided to convey task status, then information completeness is improved, but ease of understanding and quick failure identification deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the deployment process into discrete tasks represented as individual nodes in the process map. Each node can be independently visualized with its own status indicators, allowing users to quickly scan and identify which specific task has failed without wading through detailed log messages. This segmentation maintains complete task status information while dramatically reducing the time needed to locate and understand failures
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs color changes as visual indicators to convey task status and failure information. Different colors represent different states (e.g., green for success, red for failure, yellow for in progress), enabling users to instantly grasp the status of multiple tasks through rapid visual scanning. This color-coding system preserves detailed status information while eliminating the time required to parse text-based log messages for failure identification
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AI summary
Tracking a status of a process includes displaying relationship(s) between process tasks of a process map in a user interface, visually indicating an actual completion rate of at least one of the tasks, and comparing the actual completion rate to an expected completion rate of the tasks.