JP2000069002A - Accumulator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an accumulator for adding or changing the device information of a communication network without containing the contents of accumulation object information, accumulated result and accumulation condition in a program concerning the accumulator for collecting this information. SOLUTION: This device has an accumulation engine 2 for executing accumulation while holding input format definition information 51 describing the data structure of accumulation object information 3, accumulation condition information 52 describing the accumulation condition and output format definition information 53 describing the data structure of the accumulated result, and the engine 2 interpretes the structure of the accumulation object information while referring to this input format definition information 51, executes the accumulation according to this accumulation condition information and outputs the accumulated result according to this output format definition information 53.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a counting device,
In particular, the present invention relates to a counting device for counting information collected from devices constituting a communication network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an operation system for operating a communication network, for the purpose of performance management and failure management, etc.
Failure information, call information, and the like are collected from the nodes constituting the communication network. Among the collected information, for example, in the case of failure information, the information corresponding to a specific aggregation condition such as "importance" in the failure alarm is large, and the number of alarm occurrences, It generates tally results such as traffic.

In the conventional tallying device, the procedure for operating the tallying device is described in terms of the data structure of tallying target information such as failure information and call information, the data structure of tallying results such as call traffic, and the contents of tallying conditions. It had to be included in the program.

[0004]

In the above-described conventional method, when the new communication service is introduced, when a function is added to a node, or when a change of the totaling condition is requested, the totaling target information is obtained. In order to add or change the data structure of tally, the data structure of tally result, and tally condition, add the part corresponding to tally information data structure, tally result data structure, and tally condition in the program. It is necessary to change the program, further stop the counting device and replace the program, and there is a problem that it is not possible to immediately respond to such an addition or change.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above points,
It is not necessary to include the data structure of the aggregation target information, the data structure of the aggregation result, and the content of the aggregation condition in the program, and the addition or modification of the data structure of the aggregation target information, the data structure of the aggregation result, and the aggregation condition can be performed. If it does,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a tallying device that does not require stopping the tallying device or replacing a program.

[0006]

The invention according to claim 1 is a tallying device for tallying information collected from devices constituting a communication network, and an input format describing a data structure of tallying target information. Means for holding definition information, tabulation condition information describing tabulation conditions, and output format definition information describing a data structure of the tabulation result; and storing the input format definition information, the tabulation condition information and the output format definition information. A tallying device having a tallying engine that performs tallying with reference to the tallying device. According to the present invention, input format definition information describing the data structure of the information to be totaled for each aggregation, aggregation condition information describing the aggregation condition, output format definition information describing the data structure of the aggregation result, and aggregation are executed. Since the aggregation engine is configured separately, there is no need to describe the data structure of the information to be aggregated, the data structure of the aggregation result, and the contents of the aggregation conditions in the operation procedure of the aggregation engine. Even if the data structure of the aggregation target information, the data structure of the aggregation result, and the aggregation conditions are added or changed, the program does not need to be replaced, and the data structure of the aggregation target information and the aggregation result during the operation of the aggregation device are eliminated. It is possible to add or change the data structure and the aggregation condition.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the tallying device, the tallying engine interprets the structure of the tallying target information with reference to the input format definition information, and performs tallying in accordance with the tallying condition information. Outputs the aggregation result according to the information. According to the present invention, input format definition information describing the data structure of the information to be totaled for each aggregation, aggregation condition information describing the aggregation condition, output format definition information describing the data structure of the aggregation result, and aggregation are executed. The aggregation engine is configured separately, and the aggregation engine operates while referring to the input format definition information, the aggregation condition information, and the output format definition information. Therefore, the data structure of the aggregation target information and the data structure of the aggregation result , And even if addition or change of aggregation conditions occurs, the program does not need to be replaced, and the data structure of the aggregation target information during the operation of the aggregation device,
It is possible to add or change the data structure of the counting result and the counting condition.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the totalizing apparatus further includes means for adding or changing at least one of the input format definition information, the totaling condition information, and the output format definition information. According to the present invention, input format definition information describing the data structure of the information to be totaled for each aggregation, aggregation condition information describing the aggregation condition, output format definition information describing the data structure of the aggregation result, and aggregation are executed. The aggregation engine is configured separately, and the aggregation engine operates while referring to the input format definition information, the aggregation condition information, and the output format definition information, and the data structure of the aggregation target information, the data structure of the aggregation result, and the aggregation condition Can be added or changed, so even if the data structure of the information to be totaled, the data structure of the totaling result, and the totaling condition are added or changed, the input format definition information, totaling condition information, and output format definition information are added. Or, it is only necessary to change the data structure without the need to replace the program. Over data structure, and it is possible to add or change of aggregate conditions.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the tallying device further includes at least one of the input format definition information, the tallying condition information, and the output format definition information by specifying the tallying device via a communication network. It has means for adding or changing one. The tallying device according to claim 5, further comprising adding or changing at least one of the input format definition information, the tallying condition information, and the output format definition information by directly connecting to and specifying the tallying device. Have means to do so.

According to the fourth and fifth aspects of the present invention, input format definition information, totaling condition information,
Since it is possible to add or change the output format definition information, it is possible to quickly respond to a request for adding or changing the input format definition information, the aggregation condition information, and the output format definition information. According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the totaling device, wherein the totaling engine performs the totaling by means of specifying activation of the totaling or by following a preset schedule. According to the present invention, the counting can be executed according to the designation or the schedule set in advance, so that the counting can be efficiently advanced without waste.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a connection configuration diagram of an aggregation device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a tallying device 1 connects a tallying engine 2, a tallying information 3, a tallying result 4, a tallying information storage unit 5, a tallying information management unit 6, a schedule function unit 7, and a tallying device 1 to a communication network 9. It comprises a communication function unit 8. In this embodiment, the aggregation device 1 can be connected to a remote user 10 via the communication function unit 8 and the communication network 9. Further, a user 11 who does not pass through the communication function unit 8 and the communication network 9 can connect to the total information management unit 6.

The tallying engine 2 is composed of an input information interpreting part 21, a tallying processing part 22, and an output format shaping part 23. The tallying information storage part 5 has input format definition information 51, tallying condition information 5
2. It is composed of output format definition information 53. In addition,
The input format definition information 51, the aggregation condition information 52, and the output format definition information 53 exist for each aggregation identified by the aggregation ID. Note that the aggregation ID is an identification number for identifying the type of each aggregation.

The outline of the operation will be described below. When the tallying ID is specified and the tallying engine 2 is started, the input format definition information 51, tallying condition information 52, and output format definition information 53 having the specified tallying ID are acquired from the tallying information storage unit 5. The input information interpreting unit 21 reads the input information from the tallying target information 3, converts the data format according to the input format definition information 51, and inputs the data to the tallying processing unit 22. Total processing unit 2
2 performs processing in accordance with the tallying condition information 52, the output format shaping section 23 calculates the tallying result 4 in accordance with the output format definition information 53.
Is output.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the input format definition information 51 held in the tally information storage unit 5. The tally ID, the name of the tally table in which the tally information 3 is stored, and the tally information 3 3 shows a data structure of the data. FIG. 3 is an example of the tallying condition information 52 stored in the tallying information storage unit 5, and shows a tallying ID and a calculation rule performed by the tallying processing unit 22 of the tallying engine 2.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the output format definition information 53 stored in the total information storage unit 5. The total ID, an output target table name which is a table name to be output as the total result 4,
9 shows a data structure of a tally result 4 and a method of acquiring the data. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the counting device 1. Hereinafter, the operation of the counting device 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be specifically described with reference to FIGS.

First, the schedule function unit 7 designates the tallying ID and starts the tallying engine 2 based on a schedule specified in advance, or the remote user 10 or 11 designates the tallying ID and performs tallying. The counting engine 2 starts operating by either starting the engine 2 (step 1). The tallying engine 2 searches the tallying information storage unit 5, and finds input format definition information 51, tallying condition information 52, and output format definition information 53 having the specified tallying ID.
(Step 2), and the obtained input format definition information 5
From the name of the information to be totaled in 1, the name of the table to be totaled as shown in FIG. 2 is specified (step 3).

Subsequently, the input information interpreting unit 21 in the counting engine 2 reads one record of the input information from the counting target table specified from the counting target information 3 (step 4), and executes the input format definition shown in FIG. The data structure is interpreted according to the data structure to be totaled in the information 51 and converted into an internal data format (step 5), and is input to the totalization processing unit 22. That is, as shown in FIG.
Since the alarm history table is specified as the tallying target table name corresponding to 01, data is read from the tallying history table. The data structure is interpreted according to the information structure to be tabulated, such as a character string (1..16) for the generation system and an integer for the importance, and converted to an internal data format.

The tally processing unit 22 determines whether the record converted into the internal data format matches the condition in the tally condition in the tally condition information 52 shown in FIG. Total condition information 5 for the matched counter
The calculation specified in the calculation of the tallying condition 2 is performed (step 6). That is, as shown in FIG.
In the counting condition corresponding to 1, for example, if the record matches the condition "generation system = node # 1 & importance = 1", the counter 1 is incremented, and "generation system = node # 1 & importance = 2". If the record matches the condition "", the counter 2 is incremented.

This process is performed for all records in the table to be counted. The counting engine 2 increments the counter, and calculates the sum, average, variance, X% tile value, maximum value, minimum value, and the like of the values set in the information items of the record. Support general statistical processing required for management. After the processing for all the records of the aggregation target table is completed, the output format shaping unit 23 adds the output format definition information 53 to the table specified by the output target table name in the output format definition information 53 shown in FIG. The output format is converted in accordance with the output information structure definition (step 7), and the output result counter is output as the tally result 4 (step 8). That is, as shown in FIG. 4, for example, a counter 1 acquired as a tally result according to the tally condition shown in FIG. 3 is added to the alarm occurrence count table which is the output target table name corresponding to the tally ID: 0001.
Is output as a decimal string type, and counter 2 is also 1
Output as the type of the hexadecimal string.

If it is specified in the output information structure definition shown in FIG. 4 that information items other than the counter are to be output, the output format shaping section 23 is described in the acquisition method in the output information structure definition. The information item is obtained and output by the method described above (step 8). That is, as shown in FIG.
The information item called total date and time is output as a date type when the output time formatter 23 obtains the current time.

Here, a case where the remote user 10 or the user 11 needs to add or change the data structure, the aggregation condition, and the output format of the aggregation target information due to the introduction of a new service or the like. This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the remote user 10 has the tally ID
To connect to the tallying information management unit 6 of the tallying device 1 via the communication network 9 and the communication function unit 8, and in the case of the user 11, specify the tallying ID and without going through the communication network It is directly connected to the total information management unit 6 (step 9).

The remote user 10 or the user 11 can interactively use the function of the total information management unit 6 to interactively execute the total information storage unit 5.
Add, change, or delete the input format definition information 51, the aggregation condition information 52, and the output format definition information 53 (step 10). The changed input format definition information 51, totalization condition information 52, and output format definition information 53 become effective when the totalization engine 2 is restarted by specifying the totalization ID specified above.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be variously modified and applied within the scope of the claims.

[0024]

According to the first to third aspects of the present invention, input format definition information describing the data structure of the information to be aggregated for each aggregation, aggregation condition information describing the aggregation conditions, and the The output format definition information describing the data structure, and the aggregation engine that performs the aggregation are configured separately, and the aggregation engine operates while referring to the input format definition information, the aggregation condition information, and the output format definition information,
The input format definition information, aggregation condition information, and output format definition information can be added or changed, so that the data structure of the aggregation target information, the data structure of the aggregation result, and the content of the aggregation condition are included in the program as before. It is no longer necessary, and even if the data structure of the information to be totaled, the data structure of the total result, and the total conditions are added or changed,
It is only necessary to add or change the input format definition information, the tallying condition information, and the output format definition information. There is no need to replace the program, and there is no need to stop the tallying device. Therefore, it is effective in improving operation efficiency and services, reducing costs, and the like.

According to the fourth and fifth aspects of the present invention, the input format definition information, the aggregation condition information, and the output format definition information can be added or changed via a communication network or directly. It is possible to quickly and flexibly respond to a request for addition or change of definition information, total condition information, and output format definition information. According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the totalization can be executed according to the designation or according to the schedule set in advance, so that the totalization can proceed efficiently without waste.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a connection configuration diagram of an aggregation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of input format definition information 51;

FIG. 3 is an example of aggregation condition information 52;

FIG. 4 is an example of output format definition information 53;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the counting device 1.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of the tallying apparatus 1 when adding and changing each information stored in the tallying information storage unit 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 totaling device 2 totalizing engine 3 totalizing information 4 totaling result 5 totaling information storage unit 6 totaling information management unit 7 schedule function unit 8 communication function unit 9 communication network 10 remote user 11 user 21 input information interpreting unit 22 totalizing processing unit 23 Output Format Formatting Unit 51 Input Format Definition Information 52 Aggregation Condition Information 53 Output Format Definition Information

Claims (6)

[Claims] An aggregation device for totalizing information collected from devices constituting a communication network, comprising: input format definition information describing a data structure of information to be aggregated; Means for holding output format definition information describing the data structure of the aggregation result, and an aggregation engine for performing aggregation by referring to the input format definition information, the aggregation condition information and the output format definition information. An aggregation device, characterized in that: 2. The aggregation engine, wherein: means for interpreting the structure of the aggregation target information with reference to the input format definition information; means for performing aggregation according to the aggregation condition information; and aggregation according to the output format definition information The counting device according to claim 1, further comprising: means for outputting a result. 3. The aggregation device according to claim 1, further comprising means for adding or changing at least one of the input format definition information, the aggregation condition information, and the output format definition information. Tallying device. 4. The tallying device further adds at least one of the input format definition information, the tallying condition information, and the output format definition information by connecting to the tallying device via a communication network and designating the tallying device. The counting device according to claim 1, further comprising a change unit. 5. The aggregation device further adds or changes at least one of the input format definition information, the aggregation condition information, and the output format definition information by directly connecting to and specifying the aggregation device. The counting device according to claim 1, further comprising: 6. The tallying device according to claim 1, wherein said tallying engine has means for executing tallying by means of specifying activation of tallying or by following a preset schedule. .