Patent ID: 7818745

Claim:
A method for managing a transaction processing system, the method comprising: defining at least one criterion including all of: a system level criterion, a transaction level criterion, a multi-transactional level criterion, and a workload characteristic, using a server; defining at least one threshold metric for each of the at least one criterion using the server; defining at least one trigger action in response to the at least one threshold metric using the server; performing the at least one trigger action in response to the at least one threshold metric being met using the server; implementing an interval criterion matrix using the server, wherein the interval criterion matrix is a source of configurable data and is created by an administrator or accessed from a pre- built electronic source; acquiring a transaction list of currently executing transactions; collecting details for each of the currently executing transactions; evaluating transaction details against the interval criterion matrix which further defines thresholds associated with the currently executing transactions; and performing actions when the evaluation step determines a threshold has been met.