JPH08292902A - Information processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The information processing apparatus allows the user to select an event that the user wants to monitor and display. [Structure] A first attention event selection unit that displays event candidates and allows a user to select an event to be registered as a attention event from the displayed events, and an event that the detected event is displayed and the user wants to register as an attention event from the detected events A second event-of-interest selection unit is provided to enable selection of. The detected event is displayed in a predetermined window, and it is discriminated whether or not it is the event of interest. When the event of interest is displayed, it is displayed in a more recognizable window different from the normal event window.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, and more particularly to an event monitoring display thereof, and not only displays an event but also allows a user to select an event to be displayed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai) No. 5-73274 discloses a method of monitoring a plurality of computer systems with a single console. In this publication, a failure message pre-registered in the console and each computer system are disclosed. It compares various messages sent from, and when they match, it is judged as a failure and displayed as a list on the multi-window screen of the console.

However, this conventional technique does not realize a more easy-to-understand event display by the user selecting events according to his / her application.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an information processing apparatus which allows a user to freely select a display message.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has, as a first feature, a plurality of resources including a display device, and detects and detects an event generated in the resource. In the information processing device for displaying the event on the display device, provided in the resource, candidate event information storage means for storing information about a candidate event that may occur in the resource,
Detection means for detecting an event generated in the resource, candidate event display control means for displaying the candidate event on the display device, and candidate event selection means for selecting the candidate event displayed by the candidate event display control means And the selected event information storage means for storing information on the selected event selected by the candidate event selection means, and the detected event based on the information stored in the selected event information storage means. Discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the selected event corresponds to the selected event selected by the selecting means, and when the event detected by the detecting means corresponds to the selected event selected by the candidate event selecting means, The detected event is displayed on the display means based on the determination result. Detection selection event so that provided a display control unit that.

Further, in the first feature, the detected event information storage means for storing information on the detected event and the detected event based on the information stored in the detected event information storage means. You may further provide the detection event display control means displayed on the said display device. Then, the detection selection event display control means and the detection event display control means may display the events in separate windows. Further, the candidate event display control means has means for designating the class of the candidate event, and by the means for designating,
You may make it display only the candidate event which belongs to a predetermined class. Furthermore, the selection of the candidate event may be performed for each event type.

A second feature of the present invention is an information processing apparatus comprising a plurality of resources including a display device, detecting an event generated in the resource, and displaying the detected event on the display device. Candidate event information storage means for storing information about a candidate event that may occur in a resource, detection means provided in the resource for detecting an event occurred in the resource, and display means for displaying the detected event. The detected event display control means, the detected event display means for selecting the detected event displayed by the detected event display control means, and the selected event information for storing information on the selected event selected by the detected event selection means. Stored in the storage means and the selected event information storage means Means for determining whether or not the detection event detected by the detection means corresponds to the selected event selected by the detection event selection means based on the information according to When corresponding to the selected event selected by the event selection means, based on the determination result of the determination means,
A detection selection event display control means for displaying the detected event on the display means is provided.

A third feature of the present invention is an information processing apparatus comprising a plurality of resources including a display device, detecting an event occurring in the resource, and displaying the detected event on the display device. A detection unit provided in a resource for detecting an event generated in the resource; a detection event display control unit for displaying the detected event on the display unit; and a detection event displayed by the detection event display control unit. Detecting event selecting means for selecting, candidate event information storing means for storing information on candidate events that may occur in the resources, candidate event display control means for displaying the candidate events on the display device, and the candidates A case of selecting the above candidate event displayed by the event display control means Based on the event selection means, the selection event information storage means for storing information on the selection event selected by the detection event selection means or the candidate event selection means, and the information stored in the selection event information storage means Means for determining whether the detected event corresponds to the selected event selected by the detected event selection means or the candidate event selection means, and the event detected by the detection means is the detected event selection means or the above And a detection / selection event display control means for displaying the detected event on the display means based on the discrimination result of the discrimination means when corresponding to the selection event selected by the candidate event selection means. ing.

[0009]

According to the first feature of the present invention, a candidate event is displayed, the display is used to allow the user to select a desired event, and when the selected event is newly detected, this event is displayed. Is displayed to the user, the user is notified only of the event he or she really wants to monitor. In addition to the events you have selected, you can also display other, less important events, and display the selected events and the less important events in separate windows to systematically grasp the events. You can also Furthermore, if the class is specified when displaying the candidate events, the selection target can be narrowed down.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the event of high importance is selected using the list of actually detected events, the display event can be selected in accordance with the actual environment. .

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the display event is selected using both the candidate event list and the actually detected event list, not only the planned selection but also the actual selection is performed. You can make selections according to the environment of, and extremely surely select the display events without excess or deficiency.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a simplified diagram of an information processing system according to an embodiment. In FIG. 1, a user system 1 is shown.
1 is connected to a plurality of resources 12. The user system 11 may be connected to the resource 12 via a network such as a LAN (local area network), or may be directly connected via a unique cable. The resource 12 may be hardware such as a computer system, a printer, or a scanner, or may be software executed on the hardware. The resource 12 has an event detection unit 13 that detects an event that occurs in the resource 12, and event data is sent to the user system 11 when an event occurs.

The user system 11 is, for example, a personal computer or a workstation, and has a processing unit 14, a keyboard 15, a display unit 16,
It consists of mouse 17 and so on. The processing device 14 performs an event monitoring display process together with various processes, and for convenience, the processing device 14 can be regarded as an event monitoring display unit. The event monitoring display unit realized by the processing device 14 in the software realization mode is the event data storage unit 1.
8, an attention event data storage unit 19, an attention event determination unit 20, a candidate event data storage unit 21, and an input / output management unit 22. The input / output management unit 22 includes a first attention event selection unit 23, a second attention event selection unit 24,
Normal event display section 25 and attention event display section 26
have.

Resource 12 of the information processing system of the embodiment
The event detection unit 13 provided therein detects an event that occurs in the corresponding resource and sends the event data to the user system 11. In the user system 11, the event data storage unit 18 outputs this event data. At the same time as storing, the normal event display unit 25 displays this event data in a predetermined window of the display 16.

The candidate event data storage unit 21 stores information on events that may occur in the resource 12. The first event-of-interest selection unit 23 displays a candidate event defined by the data in the candidate event / data storage unit 21 to the user so that the user can select the event. Data regarding the event selected by the user is stored in the event-of-interest data storage unit 19. The second event-of-interest selection unit 24 allows the user to select a predetermined event from the events displayed on the display device 16 by the normal event display unit 25. Data regarding the event selected here is also stored in the event-of-interest data storage unit 19.

The event-of-interest determination unit 20 detects the event data and the event of interest notified from the event detection unit 13.
The event data in the data storage unit 19 is compared, and if they match, the noticed event display unit 26 is notified.
The noticed event display unit 26 displays the notified event in a window in front of the window for the normal event on the display device 16.

FIG. 2 shows the above-described embodiment in accordance with a more specific mode of realization. In this figure, the parts corresponding to those in FIG. 1 are designated by the corresponding numerals, and the detailed description thereof will be omitted. . In FIG. 2, the event detection program 13 of the resource 12 detects an event that occurred in the resource 12, stores the event data 30 in the event list 19, and stores the stored event data in the focused event determination program 20 and the normal event, respectively. It is sent to the display program 25.

As shown in FIG. 3, the event data 30 includes an event ID 30a as an identifier uniquely indicating the type of notification information, an event importance ID 30b as an identifier indicating the importance of the notification information, and the notification information. The event category ID 70c is included as an identifier indicating whether or not the information is related to. Taking an example of a failure as an event, the actual failure information is multiple pieces of dynamic component information that indicate which device failed, what failure occurred, and at what point in time. Composed. In this embodiment, the information component data list 30e, which is a pair of the information component data ID as an identifier representing these components, and the information component data that is the actual dynamic component data, and is included in the information component data list. The event data 30 includes the information part number / data 30d indicating the number of parts to be stored.

For example, when a predetermined service is requested to the resource 12 but the service is stopped on the resource 12 side, the event message "service A is stopped for reason B" is sent to the user system 11. Notification will be given. In this case, if A and B are variables,
The event message "service A is stopped for reason B" represents the type of event that a given service is stopped for a given reason. The event may occur anywhere, any service may be used for any reason. The type of such event is specified by the event ID 30a. The component ID corresponds to "service" and "reason", and the component data corresponds to specific A and B values. Then, based on these pieces of information, a specific message "service A is stopped for reason B" is generated.

The normal event display program 25 displays a list of the events notified from the event detection program 13 in the normal event display window of the display device 16 using the event data. This display example is shown in FIG.
Shown in Note that the normal event display program 25 unconditionally displays all the notified events or displays only the events selected according to preset conditions, depending on the display mode.

The candidate event list 21 stores candidates of all events that can occur in the information processing system of the embodiment as a list of candidate event data 31.
As shown in FIG. 5, the candidate event data 31 includes the event ID 3 as an identifier uniquely indicating the type of notification information.
1a, an event importance degree ID 31b as an identifier showing the importance of the notification information, an event category ID 31c as an identifier showing what the notification information is,
It is composed of a display event message example 84 corresponding to the event ID 31a. An example of an event message is, for example, "Service A is stopped due to reason B" mentioned above. However, A and B are variables. FIG. 6 shows an example of the candidate event list 21. In this example, seven types of candidate events are displayed.

The first event-of-interest selection program 23 of the input / output management unit 22 operates upon receiving an operation instruction from the user using the keyboard 15 or the mouse 17,
The candidate events in the candidate event list 21 are listed in a window in the display device 16. The user selects a desired event to be displayed as the event of interest from the list of event candidates by using the mouse 17 or the keyboard 15
Use to select and indicate. When displaying this list, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, the importance or category of the candidate event may be selected and only the candidate events belonging to the same importance or category may be displayed. Of course, all candidates may be displayed. In the example of FIG. 7, among the degrees of importance, interruption, error, and warning are selected, and all of the server, scanner, job, and user operation are selected as the event source. The selection may be performed by clicking the corresponding button using the mouse 17, and the x mark is displayed in the button accordingly. In the window of FIG. 7, message examples of candidate events are displayed line by line. Clicking the corresponding line with the mouse 17 to select the candidate event, and then clicking the register button completes the registration. If you register in this way, the candidate event ID of the candidate event
Stored in list 19. In this way, the desired event type is registered.

The second attention event selection program 24 is
The user manually operates by receiving an operation instruction from the user using the keyboard 15 or the mouse 17. The user selects and gives an instruction from the events already listed in the normal event display window of the display device 16 by the normal event display program 25, as the event of interest. The second focused event selection program 24 refers to the event list 18 and stores the event ID of the selected event in the focused event list 19. Thus, the first event on the featured event list 19
The event IDs of the events selected using the focused event selection program 23 and the second focused event selection program 24 are stored as a list. Since the event ID is registered, the displayed specific event is not registered, but a predetermined event type including the specific event is registered. Therefore, an event similar to the displayed specific event is also treated as the event of interest.

Selected attention event display program 33
Operates in response to an operation instruction from the user using the keyboard 15 or the mouse 17, and
All event IDs 3 registered in list 19
2 is compared with the event ID 31a of the candidate event data 31 in the candidate event list 21, and the matching candidate event is the event data 3 of the candidate event list.
Display a list using 1. An example of this display is shown in FIG.

The attention event determination program 20 sequentially compares the event ID of the event notified from the event detection program 13 with all the event IDs stored in the attention event list 19, and if they match, the attention event The event display program 26 is notified. The attention event display program 26 generates a window for attention event display different from the window generated by the normal event display program 24, and displays the event notified from the attention event determination program 20. The window for the attention event is arranged in the foreground so that the user can easily recognize the occurrence of the attention event. 1
When the attention event determination program 20 notifies another attention event during the display of one attention event, a list is displayed in a window for the same attention event, and a messy display of windows is created by creating a new window. It is supposed to block. An example of such a list display is shown in FIG.

In the above embodiment, the noticeable event is registered for each type of event, but it may be registered for each specific event.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, the user can specify the event that he or she really wants to monitor, and the usability is improved. In addition, selection based on a list of candidate events allows for systematic systematic selection, and in this case, specifying the class of candidate events is particularly effective. In addition, selection based on the list of detected events allows selection according to the actual environment, and particularly covers important events that were overlooked in the list of candidate events.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a simplified embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the above embodiment in a more complex realization.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a format of event data of the above-described embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of a normal event in the above embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a format of event data of interest in the above embodiment.

6 is a diagram showing a specific example of the event data of interest in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating selection of an event of interest based on an event candidate of the above-described embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating notification of a noticed event according to the above-described embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating display of selected attention events in the above-described embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 User System 12 Resource 13 Event Detecting Unit 14 Processing Device 15 Keyboard 16 Display Device 17 Mouse 18 Event Data Storage Unit 19 Target Event Data Storage Unit 20 Target Event Determination Unit 21 Candidate Event Data Storage Unit 23 First Target Event Selection unit 24 Second event selection unit 25 Normal event display unit 26 Event display unit

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus comprising a plurality of resources including a display device, detecting an event generated in the resource, and displaying the detected event on the display device, which may occur in the resource. A candidate event information storage unit that stores information about a candidate event, a detection unit that is provided in the resource and detects an event that occurs in the resource, a candidate event display control unit that displays the candidate event on the display device, Candidate event selection means for selecting the candidate event displayed by the candidate event display control means, selected event information storage means for storing information regarding the selected event selected by the candidate event selection means, and selected event information storage Based on the information stored in the means detected above Discriminating means for discriminating whether the selected event corresponds to the selected event selected by the candidate event selecting means, and the event detected by the detecting means corresponds to the selected event selected by the candidate event selecting means. sometimes,
An information processing apparatus comprising: a detection / selection event display control means for displaying the detected event on the display means based on a result of the determination by the determination means. 2. A detection event information storage means for storing information on the detected event, and a detection event for displaying the detected event on the display device based on the information stored in the detection event information storage means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display control means. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the detection selection event display control means and the detection event display control means display an event in a separate window. 4. The candidate event display control means has means for designating a class of the candidate event, and the designation means displays only candidate events belonging to a predetermined class. Information processing equipment. 5. The candidate event selecting means is an event
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein a candidate event can be selected for each type. 6. An information processing apparatus comprising a plurality of resources including a display device, detecting an event generated in the resource, and displaying the detected event on the display device, which may occur in the resource. Candidate event information storage means for storing information about a candidate event, detection means provided in the resource for detecting an event occurring in the resource, and detected event display control means for displaying the detected event on the display means. A detection event selection means for selecting the detection event displayed by the detection event display control means, a selection event information storage means for storing information on the selection event selected by the detection event selection means, and the selection event information The above detection is performed based on the information stored in the storage means. Means for determining whether the detected event detected by the means corresponds to the selected event selected by the detected event selecting means, and the event detected by the detecting means selected by the detected event selecting means An information processing apparatus, comprising: a detected selection event display control means for displaying the detected event on the display means based on a determination result of the determination means when the selected event is dealt with. 7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the detection event display control means and the detection selection event display control means display an event in a separate window. 8. The detection event selection means is an event
7. An event can be selected for each type.
Or the information processing device according to 7. 9. An information processing apparatus comprising a plurality of resources including a display device, detecting an event that has occurred in the resource, and displaying the detected event on the display device. Detection means for detecting the event that has occurred, detection event display control means for displaying the detected event on the display means, detection event selection means for selecting the detection event displayed by the detection event display control means, Displayed by the candidate event information storage unit that stores information about the candidate event that may occur in the resource, the candidate event display control unit that displays the candidate event on the display device, and the candidate event display control unit. A candidate event selecting means for selecting the candidate event; Based on the information stored in the selected event information storage means and the selected event information storage means for storing information on the selected event selected by the outgoing event selection means or the candidate event selection means, the detected event is Means for determining whether or not it corresponds to the selected event selected by the detected event selecting means or the candidate event selecting means, and an event detected by the detecting means is selected by the detected event selecting means or the candidate event selecting means An information processing device, comprising: a detected / selected event display control means for displaying the detected event on the display means based on a discrimination result of the discrimination means when the selected event is dealt with. . 10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the detection event display control means and the detection selection event display control means display an event in a separate window. 11. The candidate event candidate display control means has means for designating a class of the candidate event, and the designating means displays only the candidate events belonging to a predetermined class. Information processing equipment. 12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, 10 or 11, wherein the detected event selection means and the candidate event selection means are capable of performing selection for each event type.