DE102023004764A1 - A method for asynchronously cataloging at least one execution status of at least one command executed by at least one microservice by an audit system, a method for operating a search platform of the audit system for displaying at least one execution status of a command for a motor vehicle executed by at least one microservice , a computer program product and a computer-readable storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating a search platform (20) of the audit system (10) for displaying at least one execution status of a command that is executed by at least one microservice (22) for a motor vehicle (30), comprising the steps:
- Receiving a search input from a user (28) of the search platform (20);
- depending on a search input by the user (28) of the search platform (20), draw at least one metadata of the event (24), which indicates the execution status of the at least one command that is stored in a storage device (16) of the audit system (10); and
- Displaying the at least one execution status of a command that is executed by at least one microservice (22) on a display device (18) of the audit system (10). The invention further relates to a computer program product and a computer-readable storage medium.

Description

The invention relates to the field of motor vehicles. More specifically, the invention relates to a method for asynchronously cataloging at least one execution status of at least one command executed by at least one microservice. The invention also relates to a method for operating a search platform for displaying at least one state of at least one command that is executed by at least one microservice for a motor vehicle. The invention further relates to a corresponding computer program product, a corresponding computer-readable storage medium and a corresponding user interface.

For any system that consists of multiple microservices executing tasks in the automobile, there is no clear way for a layperson to see how the execution of a particular command occurs in the system. Only people with a certain level of expertise and familiarity with a system would be able to track execution progress using logs in a relatively time-consuming manner.

Currently there is no system to track/visualize the command's progress in a complex system that makes it almost impossible for anyone working outside the team to see the status of a particular command. In addition, the standby service currently needs to be activated to resolve a specific command execution error, and it is time-consuming to accurately determine the execution of a single command.

It is the object of the invention to provide a method, a computer program product, a computer-readable storage medium and a user interface with which the progress of a command execution by a microservice can be easily searched for and visualized.

This task is solved by a method, a computer program product, a computer-readable storage medium and a user interface according to the independent claims. Advantageous embodiments are presented in the dependent claims.

One aspect of the invention relates to a method for operating a search platform of the audit system to display at least one execution status of a command that is executed by at least one microservice for a motor vehicle. A search input from a user of the search platform is received. Depending on a search input from the user of the search platform, the retrieval of at least one metadata of an event that indicates the execution status of at least one command stored in a storage device of the monitoring system is performed. The at least one execution status of the command executed by at least one microservice is displayed on a display of the audit system.

Therefore, an audit system is provided to track the progress of commands, and a search platform with a user interface is provided to visualize the progress of commands, for example in a complex system involving the execution of commands and tasks in a vehicle system or Subsystem that makes it easy for anyone working outside of a team familiar with the complex system to see the execution status of a specific command/event. In addition, it is easy to debug to accurately determine the execution of each command. In particular, with the new search platform, a person with limited knowledge of complex systems is able to track the state of a single command execution.

According to one embodiment, the at least one event generated by at least one microservice is searched by entering a vehicle identification number (VIN) of the motor vehicle.

According to another embodiment, the at least one event generated by at least one microservice is searched by entering a time of execution of the command on the microservice.

According to another embodiment, the at least one event generated by at least one microservice is searched for a process identification number of the microservice.

In particular, the method is a computer-implemented method. Therefore, a further aspect of the invention relates to a computer program product comprising program code means for executing a method according to the preceding aspect. The computer program product can also be viewed as a computer program.

A further aspect of the invention relates to a computer-readable storage medium comprising at least the computer program product according to the preceding aspect.

A further aspect of the invention relates to a computer-based data recording streaming service comprising at least the computer program product according to the preceding aspect.

Another aspect of the invention relates to an audit system for searching and displaying at least one state of at least one command executed by at least one microservice for a motor vehicle, the audit system comprising at least a streaming device, a storage device and a display device , wherein the audit system is configured to carry out a procedure according to the preceding aspect. In particular, the method is carried out through the audit system.

Furthermore, the testing system comprises at least one electronic computing device, wherein the electronic computing device comprises at least one processor, a circuit, in particular an integrated circuit, and further electrical means for carrying out a method.

Advantageous characteristics of the method are to be viewed as advantageous characteristics of the computer program product, the computer-readable storage medium and the user interface. Therefore, the user interface includes means for executing the method.

Further advantages, features and details of the invention emerge from the following description of preferred embodiments and from the drawings. The features and combinations of features mentioned previously in the description as well as the features and combinations of features mentioned in the following description of the figures and/or shown in the figures alone can be taken not only in the combination specified in each case, but also in any other combination or alone, without to depart from the scope of the invention.

The novel features and feature of the disclosure are set forth in the appended claims. The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated into and form a part of this disclosure, illustrate exemplary embodiments and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles disclosed. The same numbers are used throughout the figures to refer to similar features and components. Some embodiments of systems and/or methods in accordance with embodiments of the present subject matter will now be described below, by way of example only, and with reference to the accompanying figures.

• 1 ein schematisches Blockdiagramm gemäß einer Ausführungsform eines Auditsystems;
• 2 ein schematisches Flussdiagramm gemäß einer Ausführungsform der Erfindung; und
• 3 ein weiteres schematisches Flussdiagramm gemäß einer Ausführungsform der Erfindung.

The drawings can be seen in:

• 1 a schematic block diagram according to an embodiment of an audit system;
• 2 a schematic flow diagram according to an embodiment of the invention; and
• 3 a further schematic flowchart according to an embodiment of the invention.

In the figures, the same elements or elements with the same function are identified by the same reference numerals.

As used herein, the word “exemplary” is used to mean “serving as an example, example or illustration.” Any embodiment or implementation of the present subject matter described herein as “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments.

While the disclosure is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will be described in detail below. It should be understood, however, that the disclosure is not intended to be limited to the individual forms disclosed, but on the contrary, the disclosure is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents and alternatives that fall within the scope of the disclosure.

The terms “comprises,” “comprising,” or other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion such that a device, apparatus, or method that includes a list of components or steps not only includes those components or steps, but also may include other components or steps not expressly listed or inherent in such device or device or method. In other words, one or more elements in a system or device prefixed with "comprises" or "comprises" does not exclude, without further limitation, the existence of other elements or additional elements in the system or method.

In the following detailed description of the embodiment of the disclosure, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this disclosure and in which a specific embodiment in which the disclosure may be embodied is shown by way of illustration. This embodiment has been described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the disclosure, and it will be understood that other embodiments may be used and that changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. The following description is therefore not to be understood as limiting.

1 shows a schematic block diagram according to an embodiment of an audit system 10. The audit system 10 may include at least one electronic computing device 12. Furthermore, the audit system 10 includes at least one streaming device 14, a storage device 16, a display device 18 and, for example, a search platform 20. According to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, a microservice 22 outputs events 24 to the streaming device 14. The monitoring system 10 captures the events 24 and processes them asynchronously without the microservice 22 waiting for the completion of processing events 24, which is indicated with a streamed event 26. The audit system 10 stores the event 24 in the storage device 16, in particular the metadata, for example such as a domain, a service, a vehicle identification number, an event ID, event data, an event type, a time or a message. This can be referred to as ingestion flow.

Furthermore shows 1 a search process. A user 28 ( 3 ) searches for a command using the search platform 20. A query is created based on the input and executed to retrieve the search results from the storage device 16. The search results are processed and the search result is displayed to the user 28 on the display device 18.

2 shows a schematic flowchart according to an embodiment of the invention. In particular it is complementary to 1 a motor vehicle 30 is shown. In a first step S1, a command is made available to the microservice 22. In a second step S2, the command is validated and recorded. In a third step S3, the microservice 22 sends event data related to the execution of the command, which occurs asynchronously to the execution of the command. In a fourth step S4, the command is accepted by the microservice to be executed. In particular, the events 24 are processed asynchronously without affecting the execution of commands by the microservice 22. Therefore, after the fourth step S4, a fifth step S5 follows, with the streaming device 14 of the audit system 10 receiving the event 24. In a sixth step S6, the event 24 is processed by the audit system 10 and in a seventh step S7, the event 24 is stored in the storage device 16 of the audit system 10. In an eighth step S8, the workflow for the command is loaded.

Each step in the workflow performs one of the following actions: sending one or more messages to the motor vehicle 30, receiving one or more messages from the motor vehicle 30, calling external services, performing custom calculations, and facilitating if-else branching, to some Skip steps. After the eighth step S8 and the ninth step S9, a message exchange is carried out between the microservice 22 and the motor vehicle 30. In a tenth step S10, the workflow for the command is executed.

In an eleventh step S11, the events 24 are executed asynchronously. In particular, the events 24 are processed asynchronously without affecting the execution of the command by the microservice, with a twelfth step S12 being executed after the eleventh step S11, the event 24 being received by the streaming device 14 of the audit system 10. A thirteenth step S13 is performed, wherein the processing of the event 24 is carried out by the audit system 10. After the thirteenth step S13, a fourteenth step S14 is carried out, with the event 24 being stored in the storage device 16. In a fifteenth step S15, an end of the command event is carried out asynchronously. In a 16th step S16, the event 24 is received by the streaming device 14 and processed in a seventeenth step S17 and stored in an eighteenth step S18.

In particular, it shows 2 a sequence diagram when events 24 are sent to the streaming device 14. According to the in 1 In the example shown, the microservice 22 is shown sending and executing events 24 as a workflow, but in reality any simple or complex system can use the monitoring system 10 to send events 24.

According to another embodiment of the invention, a method for asynchronously cataloging at least one execution status of at least one command executed by at least one microservice 22 through an audit system 10 is presented. At least one event 24 of the at least one microservice 22 is received by the streaming device 14 of the audit system 10. At least one event 24 metadata indicating the execution status of the at least specifying a command is extracted. The at least one metadata of the event 24 is indexed in a storage device 16 of the audit system 10. In one embodiment, the at least one event 24 is generated by the audit system 10.

3 shows another embodiment of the invention. In particular shows 3 a sequence diagram showing how a search for events 24 can be performed by a user 28. The user 28 carries out a search in a nineteenth step S19, for example based on various criteria. This is done on the search platform 20. The search platform 20 sends a search query to the electronic computing device 12 in a twentieth step S20, the electronic computing device 12 being connected to the storage device 16 and in a twenty-first step S21 they send each other queries and results. The electronic computing device 12 sends the search answer back to the search platform 20 in a twenty-second step S22 and in a twenty-third step S23. The search results are displayed on the display device 18. The user 28 enters an execution in a twenty-fourth step S24, with the search platform 20 requesting all events related to the execution in a twenty-fifth step S25. In a twenty-sixth step S26, a return of all events relating to the selected execution is carried out by the electronic computing device 12 and the storage device 16. In a twenty-seventh step S27, all events are returned, in particular for execution. In a twenty-eighth step S28, the events 24 are displayed in chronological order.

In particular, the figures show that for each system, all essential information and changes are recorded in the logs, but logs are intended primarily for developers. Additionally, changing the logging level between environments may cause some logging statements to be shown or hidden. The invention consists in issuing events 24 for any significant change, for example in the processing state, that would be interesting to observe. The event 24 is lightweight and asynchronous and therefore does not represent a significant burden on the existing application. These events 24 are captured, stored and indexed by the audit system 10, making them significantly easier to search and view.

The microservice 22 issues the events 24 for significant changes, and the audit system 10 captures the events 24. The audit system 10 processes and stores the events 24, and the audit system 10 makes these events 24 into searchable groups, for example through a specific execution/process.

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Claims (9)

Method for operating a search platform (20) of the audit system (10) for displaying at least one execution status of a command that is executed by at least one microservice (22) for a motor vehicle (30), comprising the steps: - Receiving a search input from a user (28) of the search platform (20); - depending on a search input by the user (28) of the search platform (20), pull at least one metadata of an event (24) which indicates the execution status of at least one command which is stored in a storage device (16) of the test system (10); and - Displaying the at least one execution status of a command that is executed by at least one microservice (22) on a display device (18) of the audit system (10). Procedure according to Claim 1 , characterized in that at least one execution status of a command executed by at least one microservice (22) is searched by entering a vehicle identification number of the motor vehicle (30). Procedure according to Claim 1 or 2 , characterized in that at least one execution status of a command executed by at least one microservice (22) is indicated by On specification of an execution time of the command is sought. . Procedure according to one of the Claims 1 until 3 , characterized in that at least one execution status of a command executed by at least one microservice (22) is searched for a process identification number of the microservice (22). User interface for displaying at least one execution status of a command executed by at least one microservice (22) for a motor vehicle (30), the audit system (10) comprising at least one streaming device (14), a storage device (16) and a Display device (18), wherein the audit system (10) for carrying out a method according to one of Claims 1 until 4 is configured. A method for asynchronously cataloging at least one execution status of at least one command executed by at least one microservice from a monitoring system (10), comprising the following steps: - Receiving at least one event (24) of the at least one microservices (22) through a streaming device (14) of the audit system (10); - Extracting at least one metadata of the event (24) indicating the execution status of the at least one command; and - Indexing the at least one metadata of the event (24) in a storage device (16) of the audit system (10). Procedure according to Claim 6 , wherein at least one event (24) is generated by the audit system (10). Computer program product, the program code means for executing a method according to one of the Claims 1 until 4 or 6 until 7 includes. Computer-readable storage medium that contains at least one computer program code Claim 8 includes.

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