Patent ID: 9542063
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for use in managing alert thresholds, the method comprising: providing a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a utilization bar associated with allocation of data storage in a data storage system, wherein the utilization bar includes an alert threshold slider comprising an integrated warning thumb, and wherein the utilization bar comprises a current data storage allocation area and a remaining unallocated data storage space area in the data storage system; displaying an existing setting for a severity setting of an alert threshold, wherein the existing setting for the severity setting is an icon displayed integrally with the integrated warning thumb, wherein the icon is selected from among a plurality of different graphical severity indicators, and wherein the alert threshold slider indicates the alert threshold; and allowing a user to view and change the existing setting for the severity setting of the alert threshold using an integrated slider setting dialog pop-up, wherein the integrated slider setting dialog pop-up pops-up and is displayed next to the icon of the integrated warning thumb by hovering over the integrated warning thumb portion of the alert threshold slider, wherein the integrated slider setting dialog pop-up includes the plurality of graphical severity indicators, a numerical input GUI element for setting the alert threshold to a numerical value, and an alert threshold check box, wherein each of the plurality of different graphical severity indicators is associated with a respective particular severity setting, and wherein the severity setting is user selectable and the existing setting for the severity setting is the icon of the plurality graphical severity indicators currently selected by the user via the integrated slider setting dialog pop-up.