Patent ID: 8060782

Claim:
A system for automated root cause identification; said system comprising: a memory area for storing activity event data, said activity event data being received from at least one executing process, said activity event data corresponding to a plurality of activity events, each of said activity events having an activity type, an activity instance identifier, a correlation identifier, a resolution status, and an occurrence time value associated therewith; a processor programmed to: assign each of the plurality of activity events to one of a plurality of event groups based on the correlation identifier and activity type of the activity events; identify at least one of the plurality of event groups having at least one of the activity events assigned thereto with a resolution status indicating failure of the executing process; select one of the at least one of the activity events from the identified event group as a root cause activity event based on the occurrence time values; and modify the activity event data stored in the memory area to indicate the root cause activity event.