Multi-tenant Workflow Automation via Routine Chaining
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tools for managing multi-tenancy architectures in cloud computing are complex to build and maintain, particularly for small users, and lack efficient solutions for automating IT workflows and handling real-time events.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows users to define and execute workflows by chaining routines, using a markup language to encode workflows for execution in either real-time or non-real-time computing engines, leveraging a scalable and distributed complex event processing infrastructure, and providing a domain-specific language for simple and robust workflow management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If existing open source tools are used to manage multi-tenancy architectures, then automation of IT workflows is possible, but the system becomes complicated to build and maintain
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments workflow management into reusable, modular routines that can be independently developed, stored, and combined. Each routine represents a discrete unit of automation logic that can be chained with others to form complete workflows, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high automation capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer consisting of the routine repository and workflow orchestration mechanism. This intermediary abstracts the complexity of automation logic from end users, providing a simplified interface where users can chain pre-defined routines without needing to understand the underlying complex automation framework.
2Productivity
If a multi-tenant architecture is implemented to serve multiple users, then resource efficiency is improved, but managing different tenants' workflows becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a universal routine repository and workflow management framework that serves all tenants through a single multi-tenant software instance. The same infrastructure handles workflow definition, storage, and execution for multiple tenants, eliminating the need for separate systems per tenant while maintaining tenant-specific workflow customization through the chaining mechanism.
3Ease of repair
If workflows are encoded using markup language for both human-readable and machine-readable formats, then ease of maintenance is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates and maintains copies of workflow definitions in multiple formats simultaneously. The markup language version serves as the authoritative human-readable copy for maintenance purposes, while compiled or interpreted versions serve as machine-executable copies for efficient runtime processing, eliminating the need to parse markup during execution.
Data Source
AI summary
Computer implemented techniques comprise instructions configured to cause a processor to obtain routines, receive a user defined set of obtained routines to form a chain of at least two routines, produce the chain of the at least two routines according to the user defined set of routines, receive a user defined designation of the chain as a workflow, and produce by the computing system the designated workflow.