Lineage information for streaming event data and event lineage graph structures for visualization

US9542662B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP SE · DE

Inventors

• Philipp Roesch · Dresden, DE
• Sebastian Weng · Dresden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 30, 2010
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2017
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/063
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Implementations of the present disclosure include methods for providing transparency in streaming event data. In some implementations, methods include receiving a plurality of events, each event comprising event data and being generated by an event source in response to a real-world activity, processing the plurality of events using one or more complex event processing (CEP) rules to generate a complex event, in response to generating the complex event, generating at least one lineage event that comprises lineage information, the lineage information comprising information corresponding to one or more source events, each of the one or more source events contributing to the complex event, and storing the lineage event and the one or more source events in an event archive provided as a computer-readable storage medium.