Patent ID: 9130860
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G06T,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: creating and storing one or more entity definitions that each associate an entity with machine data pertaining to that entity; creating and storing a service definition for a service provided by one or more entities, the service definition referencing a corresponding one of said entity definitions for each of the one or more entities; creating one or more key performance indicators (KPIs), each KPI defined by a search query that produces a value derived from the machine data identified in one or more of the entity definitions referenced in the service definition, each value indicative of how the service is performing at a point in time or during a period of time; automatically performing the search query for at least one of the KPIs in accordance with a monitoring frequency, thereby making a transformation from machine data to derived KPI value; and wherein the method is performed by a computing system comprising one or more processing devices coupled to computer memory for storing the service definition, entity definitions, and one or more KPIs.