Patent ID: 8938666
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for selectively viewing filtered system diagrams of a configurable system, the method comprising: in response to receiving a user selection of system components to include within the configurable system, displaying an initial top-level system diagram showing physical locations of physical components within the configurable system, the system diagram comprising a first component corresponding to a first physical component of the physical components within the configurable system, the first component having a first attribute, and a second component corresponding to a second physical component of the physical components within the configurable system, the second component having a second attribute, wherein each of the physical components of the system is defined in a configuration model comprising logic defining a logical grouping representative of one or more of the physical components, wherein the logical grouping, is or is not selectively, a physical group of components and wherein an attribute associated with one or more components identifies the one or more components to enable grouping; receiving a designation specifying the first attribute, wherein the designation specifies one or more logical groups or functional groups to display including attributes comprising normal attributes and new attributes, the new attributes further comprising a valid view filter attribute and a corresponding functional group attribute; selecting a group of the physical components associated with the one or more logical groups or functional groups using the designation to form a selected group; displaying the selected group using a filtered system diagram, wherein a physical location of the first component within the configurable system is graphically indicated within the filtered system diagram using physical context information associated with the components to visually distinguish the selected group from other system components; responsive to receiving the designation specifying the first attribute, identifying whether the second attribute is identical to the first attribute; responsive to identifying that the second attribute is identical to the first attribute, displaying the selected group using the filtered system diagram, wherein a physical location of the second component within the configurable system is also graphically indicated within the filtered system diagram; and responsive to identifying the second attribute is not identical to the first attribute, displaying the selected group using the filtered system diagram, wherein the filtered system diagram does not graphically indicate the physical location of the second component within the system.