Patent ID: 8600947

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for providing backup interfaces, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying a backup policy configured to back up data from a source system during a plurality of backup stages according to a backup configuration, wherein at least one backup operation is performed at each backup stage within the plurality of backup stages; identifying a request to display the backup policy within a graphical user interface; and in response to the request, portraying the backup policy within the graphical user interface as a flow diagram, the flow diagram comprising: a box representing the source system that displays an identifier of the source system; a plurality of boxes representing the plurality of backup stages of the backup policy, each box within the plurality of boxes: representing a backup stage within the plurality of backup stages; and displaying an identifier of at least one backup operation performed at the backup stage; a first directed edge connecting the box representing the source system and a first box within the plurality of boxes that indicates that a backup operation performed at the backup stage represented by the first box will be performed on the data from the source system; and a second directed edge connecting the first box with a second box within the plurality of boxes that indicates that: a backup operation performed at the backup stage represented by the second box will be performed on data created by the backup operation performed at the backup stage represented by the first box; and configuration details of the backup operation performed at the backup stage represented by the second box are automatically populated in response to modifications made via the first box to related configuration details of the backup operation performed at the backup stage represented by the first box.