Patent ID: 8505035

Claim:
A method for providing data to support a diagnosis of a system dependent on an event trace recorded during a system run, the system providing at least a number of services, the method comprising: providing a system specification of the system; deriving a number N 1 (N 1 >1) of base patterns dependent on the system specification, each base pattern representing at least one service and having a number N 2 (N 2 >1) of parameterisable events and a parameterisable control section representing at least one of a control flow and a data flow between the parameterisable events; selecting a number N 3 (N 3 >0), wherein N 3 ≦N 1 , of base patterns and providing a control structure representing at least one of a control flow and a data flow between the selected base patterns, the number N 3 of base patterns being dependent on an event trace expected as a result of the system run; and providing the data, the data including at least the selected base patterns and the provided control structure.