JP2013210932A - System visualization method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system visualization method with which a manager of a system where a plurality of devices are connected to each other, is enabled to recognize a status of connecting the plurality of devices.SOLUTION: A system visualization method includes a modification step for modifying a display form of a line image in accordance with a status of connecting a certain device and another device on the basis of inter-device connection status information received in a receiving step in a system image 12a in which images indicating a plurality of devices are disposed and an image indicating a certain device and an image indicating another device are connected by the line image indicating the mutual connection of the devices.

Description

  The present invention relates to a system visualization method, and more particularly to a system visualization method executed by a system visualization device that visualizes a connection state between devices in a system in which a plurality of devices are connected to each other.

  Conventionally, for example, a system used in a business such as a company or a bank is connected to a plurality of devices each having a function necessary for a different business, and these devices transmit and receive information to each other, thereby performing the business. The In such a system, a plurality of devices and connection states between the plurality of devices are operated and managed by different persons, and the entire system is managed by different persons. An administrator who manages the entire system obtains information from a plurality of operators who respectively operate and manage a plurality of devices and connection states between the plurality of devices, and obtains the information from a work breakdown structure (WBS) and a schedule table. To manage the overall system status.

  By the way, there is a demand for an administrator who manages the entire system to check the status of the entire system including a plurality of information at a glance in order to make a quick and accurate determination. Therefore, a technique has been proposed for visualizing a delay man-hour that is delayed from a planned progress rate among a plurality of work man-hours in a project (for example, see Patent Document 1). According to this technology, since the delay situation in the project can be easily confirmed, the manager who needs to monitor the project can easily analyze the situation of the entire project.

JP 2011-204098 A

  Here, if the technology disclosed in the patent document is applied to, for example, management when constructing a system in which a plurality of devices are connected to each other, the construction is delayed from the planned progress rate among the plurality of devices in the system. It may be possible to visualize the device. However, the system administrator cannot recognize the connection status between a plurality of devices even if only the status of each device is visualized. Also, if the connection status between multiple devices cannot be recognized, for example, if a failure occurs during system operation, it is not possible to identify which device the connection has failed in the work target and use the system In some cases, the user and the system administrator have different perceptions, and mistakes may occur in the work to eliminate the failure.

  The present invention has been made in view of the problems as described above, and provides a system visualization method in which an administrator of a system in which a plurality of devices are connected to each other can recognize the connection status between the plurality of devices. Objective.

  In order to solve the above problems, the system visualization method of the present invention has the following features.

  The system visualization method of the present invention is a system visualization method executed by a system visualization device that visualizes a connection state between the devices in a system in which a plurality of devices are connected to each other on a display unit, and the system visualization device includes: A system image in which an image showing a plurality of the devices is arranged and an image showing one device and an image showing another device are connected with a line image showing that the devices are connected to each other is displayed on the display unit A display step for displaying on the system, a reception step for receiving the inter-device connection status information indicating the connection status between the device and the other device from a terminal connected via the network, and the system visualization device; A visualizing device, in the system image, based on the inter-device connection state information received in the receiving stage; In accordance with the connection state of the apparatus, characterized in that it comprises a and a change step of changing the display form of the line image.

  According to the above configuration, the system visualization method executed by the system visualization device that visualizes the connection state between devices in a system in which a plurality of devices are connected to each other on the display unit is displayed at the stage where the system visualization device displays. An image showing the device is arranged, and a system image that connects an image showing a device and an image showing another device with a line image showing that the devices are connected to each other is displayed on the display unit and received. Receiving the inter-device connection state information indicating the connection state between a certain device and another device from a terminal connected to the system visualization device via the network, and receiving the changing device in the step of receiving the device. Based on the inter-connection state information, the display form of the line image in the system image is changed.

  Here, when a certain device is connected to another device, first, each function is constructed for each device, and the certain device in which each function is constructed is connected to the other device. Therefore, the “connection state between a certain device and another device” in the present invention includes the construction state of each function for each device. In this way, in a system image that connects an image showing a certain device and an image showing another device with a line image showing that the device is connected to each other, the connection state between the certain device and the other device is indicated. Based on the inter-device connection state information shown, the line image display form can be changed according to the connection state between a certain device and another device. That is, the system administrator can recognize the connection state between a certain device and another device by looking at a line image connecting an image representing a certain device and an image representing another device. Therefore, it is possible to provide a system visualization method in which an administrator of a system in which a plurality of devices are connected to each other can recognize the connection status between the plurality of devices.

  The invention of the system visualization method can further include the following features. The inter-device connection status information includes information related to the progress of a connection operation for connecting a certain device to another device, and the system visualization device is configured based on the information related to the progress. The method includes a progress calculation step of calculating a progress of a connection operation for connecting to the apparatus, and the display mode of the line image is changed according to the progress in the change step.

  By doing so, for example, when the system is constructed, the display form of the line image can be changed in the system image according to the progress of the connection work for connecting a certain device and another device. That is, the system administrator can recognize the progress of the connection work for connecting a certain device and another device by looking at the line image connecting the image representing a certain device and the image representing another device. Therefore, it is possible to provide a system visualization method in which an administrator of a system in which a plurality of devices are connected to each other can recognize the progress of connection work between the plurality of devices.

  Moreover, the invention of the system visualization method can include the following features. The inter-device connection state information includes information related to a failure in connection between a certain device and the other device, and the system visualization device determines whether the device and another device are based on the information related to the failure. A reliability calculation step of calculating the reliability in the connection, and changing the display form of the line image according to the reliability in the change step.

  In this way, for example, during the operation of the system, the display form of the line image can be changed according to the reliability in connection between a certain device and another device. That is, the system administrator can recognize the reliability of connection between a certain device and another device by looking at a line image connecting an image representing a certain device and an image representing another device. Therefore, it is possible to provide a system visualization method in which an administrator of a system in which a plurality of devices are connected to each other can recognize the reliability in the connection between the plurality of devices.

  The invention of the system visualization method can further include the following features. The inter-device connection status information includes information related to the progress of a connection operation for connecting a certain device to another device, and the system visualization device is configured based on the information related to the progress. A progress calculation step of calculating a progress of a connection operation for connecting to the device, wherein the line image display form is changed according to the reliability and the progress in the change step. To do.

  By doing so, for example, in the system, there is a case where a part is in operation and a part is under construction. In such a case, the line image display form is changed according to the reliability in connection between a certain device in operation and another device, and the connection work of connecting the certain device under construction with another device is performed. The display form of the line image can be changed according to the degree of progress. That is, if a system administrator sees a line image connecting an image showing a certain device and an image showing another device, the reliability of the connection between the certain device in operation and the other device is being constructed. It is possible to recognize both the progress of the connection work for connecting the device to another device. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a system visualization method in which an administrator of a system in which a plurality of devices are connected to each other can recognize the reliability in the connection between the plurality of devices and the progress of the connection work between the plurality of devices.

  The invention of the system visualization method can further include the following features. The system visualization device may change the thickness of the line image in accordance with a connection state between a certain device and another device in the change stage.

  In this way, in the system image, the thickness of the line image can be changed according to the connection state between a certain device and another device. That is, the system administrator can recognize the connection state connecting a certain device and another device by looking at the thickness of a line image connecting an image indicating a certain device and an image indicating another device. Therefore, it is possible to provide a system visualization method in which an administrator of a system in which a plurality of devices are connected to each other can recognize the connection state between the plurality of devices.

  The invention of the system visualization method can further include the following features. Based on an operation of an operator who operates the system visualization device, the system visualization device responds to a connection state between a certain device and another device based on the connection state information between the devices received in the receiving step. A content image display step of displaying a content image indicating the content of the connection state on the display unit in association with the line image is further included.

  By doing in this way, based on an operator's operation, the content image which shows the content of the said connection state can be displayed by matching with the line image according to the connection state of a certain apparatus and another apparatus. In other words, the system administrator performs an operation such as selecting a line image that connects an image indicating a certain device and an image indicating another device, and the like, and thus the specific connection state indicated in the line image display form is selected. Can recognize the contents. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a system visualization method in which an administrator of a system in which a plurality of devices are connected to each other can specifically recognize the connection status between the plurality of devices.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a system visualization method in which an administrator of a system in which a plurality of devices are connected to each other can recognize the connection status between the plurality of devices.

It is a figure which shows a part of system image displayed by the system visualization method which the system visualization apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention performs. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the system visualization apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the connection state database under construction. It is a figure explaining the connection state database in operation. It is a figure which shows the system visualization process flow which the system visualization apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention performs. It is a figure which shows a part of system image displayed by the application example of the system visualization method which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the same number is attached | subjected to the same structure through the whole description of embodiment.

  First, a system image displayed by the system visualization method executed by the system visualization apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a part of a system image displayed by a system visualization method executed by a system visualization apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, the “system” in the present embodiment is a system that is constructed and operated for a company or the like to perform business using a computer, and a plurality of devices are connected to each other. The system visualization method executed by the system visualization apparatus according to the present embodiment displays a system image 12a, which is an image showing this system, on the display unit 12.

  In addition, the “device” of the “system” in the present embodiment provides an external firewall installed at the boundary between the public network and the network inside the system, and a web service such as a website to an external terminal via the public network. WEB server to be provided, Level 2 Switch for maintenance that switches multiple WEB servers, an internal firewall installed at the boundary between the WEB server and the internal network of the enterprise, business backbone that is the center of the internal network of the enterprise, enterprise AP server used for internal business such as, Level 3 Switch for internal switching and routing of a plurality of AP servers, and a monitoring backbone for monitoring an internal network of a company or the like.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the image indicating each “apparatus” is shown in the system image 12a as follows. An image indicating “external firewall” is indicated as “external F / W”. Images indicating “WEB server” are indicated as “WEB # 1” and “WEB # 2”. An image indicating “Maintenance Level 2 Switch” is indicated as “Maintenance L2SW”. An image indicating “internal firewall” is indicated as “internal F / W”. An image showing “business backbone” is shown as “business BB”. Images indicating “AP server” are indicated as “AP # 1” and “AP # 2”. An image showing “Internal Level 3 Switch” is shown as “Internal L3SW”. The image indicating the “monitoring backbone” is indicated as “monitoring BB”.

  Although not shown in FIG. 1, “device” of “system” in the present embodiment includes a plurality of databases, a heart beat level switching for switching a plurality of databases, and a storage area network (storage). (Area Network, SAN), various communication control devices, and the like.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 1, in the system image 12a, “WEB server” and “AP server” are assigned to “WEB # 1”, “WEB # 2”, “AP # 1”, and “AP # 2”. An image showing each process for construction is shown. “H / W” is a process of installing hardware. “OS, PP” is a process of installing an operating system and basic software such as a program product in hardware. “Setting (OS, PP)” is a step of setting an operating system and a program product according to the system. “Setting (WEB base)” is a step of setting a Web module (Web service logic) program in WEB # 1, # 2 according to the system. “Setting (AP base)” is a process of setting application programs in AP # 1 and # 2 according to the system. “Setting (communication)” is a step of setting communication parameters according to the system. “Setting (high availability)” is a step of setting load distribution among a plurality of servers. “Setting (operation)” is a step of setting a menu used by a server operation department in a company or the like.

  In the system image 12a, images indicating the plurality of devices are arranged, and an image indicating a certain device and an image indicating another device are line images LA1 and LA2 indicating that the devices are connected to each other. , LA3, LA4, LA5, LA6, LB1, LB2, LB3, LB4 and LB5. Note that the system visualization device may display images indicating each “device” step by step in the system image 12a based on a user operation. Specifically, the system visualization device first displays only an image indicating each “device” and a line image indicating that the device is connected to each other. Then, for example, when an image or line image of each “device” is selected by a user operation (for example, a click operation), the system visualization device expands the selected “device” image, and the “device” An image showing each process for constructing "" may be displayed.

  Further, the system image 12a includes, for example, an image “9/11” together with an image “not yet” at a connection portion between the line images LB1, LB2, LB3, LB4, and LB5 and an image indicating the above-described device. An image of “not yet” indicates that the devices corresponding to the images indicating the devices connected by the line images LB1 to LB5 are not connected, that is, being connected. The image “9/11” indicates the scheduled completion date of the connection work. On the other hand, an image “not yet” or the like is not displayed at a connection portion between the line images LA1, LA2, LA3, LA4, LA5, and LA6 and an image showing the above-described device. This indicates that the devices corresponding to the images indicating the devices connected by the line images LA1 to LA6 are connected, that is, in operation.

  With this display, the system administrator operates the system visualization device. For example, the system administrator operates “external firewall”, “WEB server”, and “maintenance L2SW” that are outside the “internal firewall”. It can be recognized that “business backbone”, “AP server”, “Level 3 Switch for internal use”, and “monitoring backbone” which are internal firewalls are under construction.

  Next, line images LA1, LA2, LA3, LA4, LA5, LA6, LB1, LB2, LB3, LB4, and LB5 whose display forms are changed by the system visualization method executed by the system visualization apparatus 1 of the present embodiment will be described. . The system visualization device 1 receives line images LA1, LA2, LA3, LA4, LA5, LA5, LA4, LA5, in accordance with inter-device connection status information indicating a connection status between a certain device and another device received from a terminal connected via a network. The thickness of the line images of LA6, LB1, LB2, LB3, LB4, and LB5 is changed.

  Specifically, the inter-device connection state information includes information regarding the progress of connection work for connecting a certain device to another device. Here, “connection work” in the present embodiment is a process of a plurality of stages (“H / W”, “OS, PP”, “setting (OS, PP)”, “setting (WEB base)” in FIG. 1) in advance. , “Setting (AP base)”, “setting (communication)”, “setting (high availability)”, and “setting (operation)”). Here, “information relating to progress” in the present embodiment includes information indicating a completed process and a date when this process is completed in a connection operation for connecting a certain apparatus to another apparatus.

  And the system visualization apparatus 1 calculates the progress degree of the connection work which connects a certain apparatus and another apparatus based on the information regarding this progress. The “progress degree” in the present embodiment indicates the number of days of work delay with respect to the completion date of the “multi-step process”. Specifically, the system visualization device 1 stores in advance a scheduled completion date retrospectively from this final date, with the scheduled completion date of the connection operation shown in FIG. 1 as the final date for each process. Then, the system visualization device 1 calculates the degree of progress from the completed process received from the terminal, information indicating the date when the process is completed, and the scheduled completion date stored for the process. For example, when the scheduled completion date of a certain process is October 30, and the actual completion date is November 2, the “progress degree” is “−2”.

  And the system visualization apparatus 1 changes the thickness of the line image of line image LB1, LB2, LB3, LB4, and LB5 according to said progress degree.

  Specifically, the system visualization apparatus 1 displays the thickness of the line image with 5 points (for example, LB1 and LB2 in FIG. 1), for example, based on the case where the “progress degree” is “0”. Then, for example, when the “progress” is a value smaller than “0” which is the reference, the system visualization device 1 displays the thickness of the line image with a value smaller than 5 points as the value is smaller (for example, FIG. 1). Medium LB3, LB4 and LB5). Further, for example, when the “progress degree” is a value larger than “0” as a reference, the system visualization device 1 displays the thickness of the line image with a value larger than 5 points as the value is larger. Thus, when the system visualization apparatus is operated to construct the system, for example, the system administrator can smoothly connect the “business backbone” and the “AP server” depending on the thickness of the line image. It can be recognized at a glance that the connection work between the “business backbone” and the “Level 3 Switch for internal use” and the connection work between the “AP server” and the “monitoring backbone” are delayed.

  Further, the system visualization device 1 further includes, as an example showing in more detail the construction state of each function for each device among the connection states of a certain device and another device, an image showing a process that has been completed, An image showing a process that has not been completed is displayed in a different display mode. For example, in FIG. 1, the process indicated by the diagonal lines indicates that the operation is not completed. Specifically, for example, in the example of FIG. 1, it is shown that the construction of the functions from “H / W” to “setting (communication)” is completed in “AP # 1” in FIG. This indicates that the construction of the functions of “setting (high availability)” and “setting (operation)” has not been completed. Thereby, for example, a system administrator who operates the system visualization device can recognize at a glance how far the connection work including the construction state of each function has been completed for each device.

  The inter-device connection state information includes information related to a failure in connection between a certain device and another device. Here, the “information relating to the failure” in the present embodiment includes information indicating the content of the failure that has occurred in connection between a certain device and another device and the date on which the failure occurred.

  And the system visualization apparatus 1 calculates the reliability in the connection of a certain apparatus and another apparatus based on the information regarding this failure. The “reliability” in the present embodiment is a value obtained by dividing the operation time after connection between a certain device and another device by the number of failures. For example, the “reliability” is “30” when the operation time after connection of a certain device and another device is 90 days and the number of failures is three. Note that the system visualization apparatus 1 sets “100” as the reliability that can be determined to be stable, and sets “100” as the reference when the number of failures is 0, for example.

  And the system visualization apparatus 1 changes the thickness of the line image of line image LA1, LA2, LA3, LA4, LA5, and LA6 according to said reliability.

  Specifically, the system visualization device 1 displays the thickness of the line image with 10 points (for example, LA5 and LA6 in FIG. 1), for example, based on the case where the “reliability” is “100”. Then, for example, when the “reliability” is a value smaller than the reference “100”, the system visualization device 1 displays the line image thickness with a value smaller than 10 points as the value is smaller (for example, FIG. 1). Medium LA1, LA2, LA3 and LA4). As a result, for example, the system administrator who operates the system visualization device has failed in the connection between the “WEB server” and the “Level 2 Switch for maintenance” due to the thickness of the line image during system operation. However, it is possible to recognize at a glance that a failure has occurred in the connection between the “WEB server” and the “external firewall” and the connection between the “WEB server” and the “internal firewall”. Further, for example, since the thickness of the line image LA3 is smaller than that of the line image LA4, the system administrator indicates that the “WEB server” indicated by “WEB # 1” is indicated by “WEB # 2”. It can be recognized at a glance that there are more failures than the “WEB server”.

  In addition, the system visualization device 1 receives information on a failure received from the terminal based on an operation of an operator who operates the system visualization device 1 (for example, moving the cursor P displayed on the display unit 12 onto a line image). The content image C indicating the content of the connection state is displayed on the display unit 12 in association with the line image corresponding to the connection state between a certain device and another device. Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the system visualization device 1 displays the date and time when the failure occurred and the content of the failure as the content image C. Thereby, for example, the system administrator who operates the system visualization device moves the cursor P to, for example, the line image LA3 in the system image 12a, thereby "WEB server" and "WEB server" indicated by "WEB # 1". Recognize the specific details of the failure that occurred when connecting to the "internal firewall".

  Next, the functional configuration of the system visualization device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing functional blocks of the system visualization device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The system visualization device 1 is connected to a plurality of terminals 20 via a network, and includes a control unit 10 that controls execution of the system visualization method, an input unit 11, a display unit 12, and a storage unit 13.

  The control unit 10 includes a system image generation / update unit 101, an inter-device connection state information receiving unit 102, a progress calculation unit 103, a reliability calculation unit 104, a line image display form change unit 105, and a fault content display control. Means 106.

  The system image generation / update means 101 is an image showing a system to be constructed or operated based on the operation of the input unit 11 of the operator of the system visualization device 1, and images showing a plurality of devices included in this system are arranged. At the same time, data of a system image (see FIG. 1) that connects an image indicating a certain device and an image indicating another device with a line image indicating that the devices are connected to each other is generated and stored in the storage unit 13. . The system image generation / updating unit 101, when information related to the progress of the inter-device connection state information received by the inter-device connection state information receiving unit 102 is included, indicates the completion indicated by the information in the generated system image data. The display mode of the image indicating the performed process is changed, the system image data is updated, and stored in the storage unit 13.

  The inter-device connection status information receiving means 102 receives inter-device connection status information indicating the connection status between a certain device and another device from the terminal 20, and describes the content of the fault related to the fault included in the inter-device connection status information and the Information indicating the failure date is stored in the storage unit 13.

  The progress degree calculation unit 103 stores the information in the storage unit 13 based on information regarding the progress of the connection work for connecting a certain device and another device included in the inter-device connection state information received by the inter-device connection state information receiving unit 102. The degree of progress of the connection work for connecting a certain device to another device is calculated with reference to the scheduled completion date in the connection work.

  The reliability calculation means 104 is based on information related to a failure in connection between a certain device and another device included in the inter-device connection status information received by the inter-device connection status information receiving means 102. By referring to the connection date of the device, the reliability of the connection work for connecting a certain device to another device is calculated.

  The line image display form changing unit 105 uses the system image generated by the system image generation / update unit 101 or the updated system image based on the progress calculated by the progress calculation unit 103 or the reliability calculated by the reliability calculation unit 104. Control to display on the display unit 12 by changing the thickness of the line image.

  The failure content display control means 106 is based on the operation of the input unit 11 of the operator of the system visualization device 1 and based on information about a failure in connection between a certain device stored in the storage unit 13 and another device. Control is performed to display a content image C (see FIG. 1) indicating the content of the connection state on the display unit 12 in association with a line image corresponding to the connection state of another device.

  The input unit 11 is configured by an input device such as a mouse that receives an operation of the operator of the system visualization device 1, for example. The display unit 12 is configured by a display or the like on which display control is performed by the line image display form changing unit 105 and a system image or the like is displayed.

  The storage unit 13 stores system image data generated by the system image generation update unit 101 or system image data updated by the system image generation update unit 101. Further, the storage unit 13 stores a connection state database under construction that stores connection states between devices in the system to be built for each line image data of the system image.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the connection status database under construction. FIG. 3 shows, as an example, a connection state database during construction of the line image LB3 shown in FIG. In the connection status database under construction, the line ID for specifying the line image data by the control unit 10, the information for specifying the image data indicating the device connected to the line image, and the connection work between the devices Information indicating a plurality of steps, information indicating a scheduled completion date of the process, and information indicating a completion date of the process are stored in association with each other. The in-construction connection state database stores information indicating that the completion date is blank for a process that has not been completed.

  The storage unit 13 stores an in-operation connection state database that stores connection states between devices in an operating system for each line image data of the system image. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the operating connection state database. FIG. 4 shows, as an example, a connection state database during operation of the line image LA3 shown in FIG. In the operating connection state database, the line ID for the control unit 10 to specify the line image data, the information for specifying the image data indicating the device connected to the line image, and the connection date between the devices are displayed. Information indicating the content of the failure, and information indicating the failure occurrence date are stored in association with each other.

  The terminal 20 is based on the operation of the operator of the terminal 20, and includes information related to the progress of connection work for connecting a certain device to another device and information relating to a failure in connection between a certain device and another device. The connection state information is transmitted to the system visualization device 1.

  Note that the functional blocks shown in FIG. 2 are merely examples, and one functional unit may be divided or a plurality of functional units may be configured as one functional unit. The system visualization device 1 is not limited to one, and may be a plurality. In each function, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) built in the system visualization device 1 and the terminal 20 reads a computer program stored in a storage device such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) or a storage unit 13 such as a hard disk, A computer program executed by the CPU reads / writes necessary data such as a table from a database (DB) stored in a storage device or a storage area on a memory, and in some cases, related hardware (for example, , Input / output device, display device, communication interface device).

  Next, system visualization processing executed by the system visualization apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a system visualization process flow executed by the system visualization apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  In step S <b> 1, the system image generation / update unit 101 generates data of a system image (see FIG. 1) based on the operation of the input unit 11 by the operator.

  In step S <b> 2, the inter-device connection state information receiving unit 102 receives inter-device connection state information from the terminal 20.

  In step S3, the inter-device connection state information receiving unit 102 determines whether or not the information on progress is included in the inter-device connection state information received in step S2, and determines that the information on progress is included. If so, the process proceeds to step S4. If it is determined that the information regarding the progress is not included, the process proceeds to step S6.

  In step S4, the progress degree calculation unit 103 refers to the scheduled completion date of the connection status database under construction (see FIG. 3) stored in the storage unit 13 based on the information related to the progress, and determines a certain device and another device. The progress of the connection work to be connected is calculated. Specifically, in this step, the progress degree calculation means 103 includes information indicating a completed process and a date when this process is completed in a connection work for connecting a certain apparatus and another apparatus included in the information related to progress; Comparing the scheduled completion date stored for the relevant process in the connection status database during operation, for example, if the completion date has passed the scheduled completion date, the elapsed days from the scheduled completion date to the completion date And

  In step S <b> 5, the system image generation / update unit 101 changes the display mode of the image indicating the completed process indicated by the information in the generated system image data, updates the system image data, and stores it in the storage unit 13. To do.

  In step S6, the inter-device connection state information receiving unit 102 determines whether or not information related to a failure is included in the inter-device connection state information received in step S2. If the inter-device connection state information receiving unit 102 determines that the information related to the failure is included, the connection state in operation of the storage unit 13 indicates the content of the failure in the information related to the failure and information indicating the failure occurrence date. It memorize | stores in a database (refer FIG. 4), and moves a process to step S7, and when it determines with the information regarding a failure not being contained, a process is moved to step S8.

  In step S7, the reliability calculation unit 104 refers to the connection date stored in the operating connection state database (see FIG. 4) in the storage unit 13 based on the information related to the failure, and connects a certain device to another device. The reliability of connection work to be calculated is calculated. Specifically, referring to the example shown in FIG. 4, the connection date between “WEB # 1” and “internal F / B” is 2011/8/13, and the last failure date is 2011/11/11. Therefore, the operation time during this period is 90 days. The number of failures occurring during this period is three. The reliability calculation means 104 calculates a value “30” obtained by dividing the operation time by the number of failures as the reliability.

  In step S8, the line image display form changing unit 105 updates the system image generation in step S1 based on the progress calculated by the progress calculation unit 103 in step S4 or the reliability calculated by the reliability calculation unit 104 in step S7. Control is performed to change the thickness of the line image in the system image generated by the means 101 or the system image updated by the system image generation / updating means 101 in step S5 and display it on the display unit 12.

  In step S9, the failure content display control means 106 selects a line image corresponding to the connection state between a certain device and another device in the system image displayed on the display unit 12 based on the operation of the input unit 11 by the operator. It is determined whether or not it has been done. If the failure content display control means 106 determines that a line image has been selected, it proceeds to step S10, and if it determines that a line image has not been selected, ends this processing.

  In step S10, the failure content display control means 106 associates with the line image determined to have been selected in step S9, and displays the content image C indicating the content of the connection state between the devices connected by the line image (see FIG. 1). Is displayed on the display unit 12.

  Next, an application example of a system image displayed by an application example of the system visualization method executed by the system visualization apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a part of a system image 12a displayed by an application example of the system visualization method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The system visualization method according to the application example of the embodiment of the present invention stops the operation and displays a system image 12 a ′ that is an image showing a system to be reconstructed on the display unit 12. The system visualization device executes the system visualization method according to the application example, and in addition to changing the thickness of the line image according to the progress, the line visualization according to the reliability at the time of operation is displayed. The display point is different from the case where the system visualization method according to the present embodiment is executed.

  Specifically, in the system visualization method according to the application example, the line image display form changing unit 105 (see FIG. 2) is based on the progress degree calculated by the progress degree calculating unit 103 during system operation in the system image 12a ′. Control is performed to display the line images LB1 ′, LB2 ′, LB3 ′, LB4 ′, and LB5 ′ of thickness as dotted lines. Further, the line image display form changing unit 105, together with the line images LB1 ′, LB2 ′, LB3 ′, LB4 ′, and LB5 ′, based on the progress calculated by the progress calculating unit 103, the line image LB1 in the system image 12a ′. , LB2, LB3, LB4, and LB5 are changed in thickness and displayed on the display unit 12.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, it cannot be overemphasized that the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, the thickness of the line image is changed as an example of changing the display form of the line image. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It can be changed to a dotted line or a wavy line, or the color density of the line image can be changed. As described above, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiment. Further, it is apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 System visualization apparatus 10 Control part 11 Input part 12 Display part 12a, 12a 'System image 13 Memory | storage part 20 Terminal 101 System image production | generation update means 102 Inter-device connection status information reception means 103 Progress degree calculation means 104 Reliability calculation means 105 Line Image display form changing means 106 Fault content display control means LA1, LA2, LA3, LA4, LA5, LA6, LB1, LB2, LB3, LB4, LB5, LB1 ′, LB2 ′, LB3 ′, LB4 ′, LB5 ′ Line image C Content image

Claims (6)

A system visualization method executed by a system visualization device that visualizes a connection state between the devices in a system in which a plurality of devices are connected to each other on a display unit,
The system visualization device arranges an image showing a plurality of the devices and connects an image showing one device and an image showing another device with a line image showing that the devices are connected to each other. A display stage for displaying a system image on the display unit;
The system visualization device receives a connection state information between devices indicating a connection state between the device and another device from a terminal connected via a network; and
The system visualization device changes the display form of the line image in the system image according to the connection state between the device and another device based on the connection state information between the devices received in the reception stage. A system visualization method comprising: a change stage. The inter-device connection status information includes information related to the progress of connection work for connecting a certain device to another device,
The system visualization device includes a progress level calculating step of calculating a progress level of a connection work for connecting a certain device to another device based on the information on the progress,
The system visualization method according to claim 1, wherein, in the changing stage, a display form of the line image is changed according to the degree of progress. The inter-device connection state information includes information related to a failure in connection between a certain device and another device,
The system visualization device includes a reliability calculation step of calculating reliability in connection between a certain device and another device based on the information on the failure,
The system visualization method according to claim 1, wherein, in the changing step, a display form of the line image is changed according to the reliability. The inter-device connection status information includes information related to the progress of connection work for connecting a certain device to another device,
The system visualization device includes a progress degree calculating step of calculating a progress degree of a connection work for connecting a certain device and another device based on the information on the progress,
The system visualization method according to claim 3, wherein, in the changing step, a display form of the line image is changed according to the reliability and the progress.   The said system visualization apparatus changes the thickness of the said line image according to the connection state of the said one apparatus and the other said apparatus at the said change stage. System visualization method. The system visualization device is based on an operation of an operator who operates the system visualization device,
Based on the inter-device connection state information received in the receiving step, the display unit displays a content image indicating the content of the connection state in association with the line image according to the connection state of the device and another device The system visualization method according to claim 1, further comprising: a content image display step of displaying on the unit.

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