Patent ID: 8195706
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, from a requestor, a request for a configuration item graph visualization, the request including an identifier of at least one focus configuration item represented in a configuration management database, the at least one focus configuration item being a configuration item from which to generate a configuration item graph visualization, the configuration management database storing data representative of configuration items on a data storage device; retrieving, from the configuration management database, configuration item data of configuration items related to the focus configuration item, the data including configuration item identifiers; executing a process, on at least one processing core of at least one computer processor for each retrieved configuration item identifier to: aggregating the node XML and edge XML representations retrieved from the cache and as built into a single XML document; translating the single XML document into a markup language document capable of being rendered in a graphical user interface as a configuration item graph visualization with each node XML represented as a graphical node and the edge XML representation graphically representing relations between graphical nodes; transmitting the markup language document to the requestor.