Executing a child query based on results of a parent query

US11216511B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Splunk Inc. · US

Inventors

• Nasim Bigdelu · North Vancouver, CA
• Hema Krishnamurthy Mohan · San Mateo, US
• Amin Moshgabadi · San Diego, US
• Clark Eugene Mullen · San Mateo, US
• Siri Singamneni · Sunnyvale, US
• Daniel Streit · Berkeley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 16, 2019
• Grant date: Jan 4, 2022
• Expiry date: Jul 16, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/907
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for allowing a user to iteratively build a query. For example, a user interface (UI) data manager can obtain a child query entered or selected by a user. The child query may be a child query to a parent query, such that execution of the child query relies on the query results of the parent query. The UI data manager can associate an identifier corresponding to the query results of the parent query with the child query, and cause a data intake and query system to execute the second query using the identifier. The UI data manager can then instruct a client browser to display the query results provided by the data intake and query system in a graphical user interface (GUI) in an area separate from an area that displays the query results of the parent query.