Patent Document ID: 10009216
Application ID: 14939318
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising steps of: determining one or more topology paths of configuration items from a collection of multiple views of a target system, wherein the target system is identified in a root cause analysis query; identifying one or more patterns from the one or more topology paths of configuration items; comparing the one or more identified patterns against a collection of data comprising mappings between (i) multiple root cause analysis logical expressions and (ii) multiple system architecture patterns, thereby identifying one or more of the multiple root cause analysis logical expressions to be executed on the one or more topology paths of configuration items; and generating a user-accessible link via a uniform resource locator for direct invocation of the one or more identified multiple root cause analysis logical expressions executed on the one or more topology paths of configuration items, wherein said generating comprises generating the user-accessible link in a distributed fashion by hiding one or more aspects of an underlying topology, and wherein the user-accessible link enables a user to reduce troubleshooting for a subsequent malfunctioning of the configuration items; wherein said steps are carried out by at least one computing device.