JP3475539B2 - Business resource relationship display device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a business resource relation display device for displaying a relation between business resources necessary for performing a business.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Collecting information for each job in carrying out a job using an information device such as a workstation makes it easier for a worker who performs a job to search or list. There is a great advantage that you can avoid losing or forgetting information. As a means for accumulating such necessary information, for example, UNI
In X (product name) or the like, a directory is provided as a means for accumulating files.

It is also important to understand the relationship between each work in order to carry out the work efficiently and effectively.
For this reason, it has been performed that the collection of information for each job is considered to represent each job, and the relationship between the jobs is represented by the relationship between them. For example, UNI
Open Wind is an application that displays directories such as X on the display and makes them operable.
File managers on ows are known. This file manager displays the hierarchical structure of directories in a tree or list form, and at the same time displays a list of files in some specified directories.

However, when considering a directory and a file manager as a work environment for executing work, it is hard to say that the relationship between works can be expressed sufficiently. This is because only the hierarchical structure of the directory can express the job inclusion (whole / partial) relationship. In addition to inclusive relationships, there are various relationships among jobs, such as dependency relationships, cross-reference relationships, and other relationships, and it is important to understand such relationships between jobs in order to proceed with jobs. Because it is.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a directory hierarchy display. Consider the case of the directory structure shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, a directory hierarchy under the “system development department” directory is displayed in a tree shape. For example, the "report" directory is "monthly report"
It consists of a directory and a "project report" directory, a "monthly report" directory consists of a monthly report directory for each month, and a "project report" directory consists of a report directory for each project.
The "Y company project" directory consists of two directories, "system A" and "system B", and the "system A" directory is "subsystem A".
-1 "," Subsystem A-2 ", [Subsystem A-
3 ”.

The information that can be read from the display shown in FIG.
Only the inclusion relationship between each directory. Examples of the relations between jobs that can be read from the inclusive relations are that the job of "monthly report" belongs to the job of "report",
The work of the "subsystem A-2" belongs to the work of the "system A". In the display example shown in FIG. 2, since only such information can be read, it is hard to say that it provides sufficient information for the progress of work.

For example, it is assumed that the following work relationships exist. 1) Project A is part of the Y company project and is related to the development of system A. 2) The April monthly report has a description about the project A, a description about the system A and a subsystem A-1. 3) Subsystem A-1, Subsystem A-2, and Subsystem A-3 have a dependency relationship.
Subsystem A only after work on -1 has been completed
-2 job cannot be performed, and subsystem A-3 job can only be performed after subsystem A-2 is completed.

When such a relationship between jobs exists, the following information is considered to be useful information for understanding and proceeding with jobs. 1) Relationship between "Project A report" and "System A" or relationship with "Y company project". 2) The relationship in which the "April monthly report" refers to the "Project A report", "System A", or "Subsystem A-1". 3) "Subsystem A-1", "Subsystem A-"
2 ”and the dependency relationship between“ subsystem A-3 ”.

All of these pieces of information relate to the relationship between jobs. In this way, there are various relationships among jobs that are difficult to express only with hierarchical relationships. Although information about the relationship between these jobs is important for the work to proceed, it is not possible to represent this information in a directory or file manager, either by analogy with the directory name or by personal There was a problem that we had to rely on such memories, lacked certainty, and could not obtain the necessary information when needed.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention, when displaying a list of information related to work such as a directory, displays the relationship between information collection based on work,
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a business resource relation display device capable of presenting information useful for the work performance of a worker.

[0011]

The present invention is, in the invention described in claim 1, in a business resource relation display device for displaying a relation between business resources necessary for supporting a specific business. A plurality of business resource holding means for holding information on business resources and business and information for referencing other business resource holding means; a business resource managing means for managing the plurality of business resource holding means; Expression rule holding means for holding an expression rule defining an expression form for displaying a relationship, relationship extraction means for extracting a relationship between the business resources from information held in the business resource holding means, and the relationship Based on the relations extracted by the extraction means and the expression rules held in the expression rule holding means, between the business resources It is characterized in that it comprises the relationship display means for displaying the engagement.

According to another aspect of the invention, in a business resource relationship display device for displaying a relationship between business resources necessary to support a specific business, a business resource management means for managing the business resource is provided. , A business resource holding unit that holds and manages information related to a business in association with the business resource and information that refers to the corresponding business resource and other necessary business resources, and for displaying the relationship between the business resources Expression rule holding means for holding an expression rule defining an expression form,
On the basis of the relation extracting means for extracting the relation between the business resources from the information held in the business resource holding means, the relation extracted by the relation extracting means and the expression rule held in the expression rule holding means It is characterized by comprising a relationship display means for displaying a relationship between business resources.

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the business resource holding means holds the information regarding the business resource and the business and the information referring to the other business resource holding means, and is managed by the business resource managing means. . Further, according to the invention described in claim 2, the business resource management unit manages the business resource, and the business resource holding unit associates the business resource with information about the business and the corresponding business resource and other necessary resources. Information that references business resources is retained and managed.

On the other hand, the expression rule holding means holds an expression rule defining an expression form for displaying the relationship between business resources. The relation extracting means extracts the relation between the business resources from the information held in the business resource holding means, and based on the extracted relation and the expression rule held in the expression rule holding means, the relation between the business resources. Is displayed by the relationship display means.

As a result, the relationship between business resources can be displayed, the worker can easily grasp the relationship between business resources, and can efficiently execute the business. In addition, since the expression rule for display is independently provided, it is possible to display in various formats without changing the display program. By performing such a variety of displays, it becomes possible for workers to display the relations between jobs that are intuitive and easy to understand.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a business resource relation display device of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a business resource base, 2 is a business resource base management unit, 3 is a display instruction input unit, 4 is a business resource base relation extraction unit, 5
Is a relation display rule holding unit, and 6 is a business resource base relation display unit.

There are one or more business resource bases 1, and each business resource base 1 holds and manages resources related to each business. In addition, the business resource base 1 has information about each resource necessary for managing the resources related to the business. The information about the resource includes, for example, the name given to the resource, the type of the resource, the size, the owner, the protection information, the creation time, the update time, the number of times of use, the location and the like. In addition to these, information indicating the relationship with the business such as classification, keywords, issuer, issue date, approver, attached memo, and circulation history can also be used. The business resource base 1 manages the link information for each resource and adds a link for the same resource to realize resource sharing. Further, each business resource base 1 can also have information regarding a reference relationship with another business resource base and business related information as its own attribute. The business-related information includes, for example, the business name,
There are business procedures, business notes, business deadlines, restrictions on available resources, etc. Each business resource base 1
Have uniquely identifiable identifiers and are distinguished by this identifier.

The business resource base management unit 2 holds and manages each business resource base 1. In addition, it is possible to retain information necessary for business resource-based management. Furthermore, it has a user management function, which realizes access control based on each business resource.

The display instruction input unit 3 receives a selection input of a relationship between jobs to be displayed by a user.

The inter-work resource-base relationship extraction unit 4 inquires of the business resource base management unit 2 about the relationship selected by the display instruction input unit 3, and the business resource base 1
The relationship with other business and business resource bases added as attributes to is investigated and extracted.

The relation display rule holding unit 5 holds relation display rules for displaying relations, and according to an instruction from the business resource base relation display unit 6, the relation display rules are displayed. Send to 6.

The inter-business-resource-base relation display unit 6 displays the relation between the business resource bases 1 extracted by the inter-business-resource base relation extracting unit 4 based on the relation display rule sent from the relation display rule holding unit 5. Express and display on a display device such as a display. For example, the business resource base 1 is an icon, the relationship between the business resource bases 1 is a line segment, and the icon representing the business resource base 1 is displayed on the screen based on the information sent from the business resource base relationship extracting unit 4. , And the relationship between them can be expressed as connecting with line segments. The relationship between the business resource bases 1 is expressed by using a method other than a line segment, for example, using a curve or the like, or using the same color, changing the icon shape, changing the icon arrangement, or the like. be able to.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation in one embodiment of the present invention. In S11, the user activates the business resource relation display device by, for example, inputting a command from the command line. When the device is activated, in S12, a display selection window is opened to wait for user input. In the display selection window, items that represent the relationships between the business resource bases 1 that can be displayed are displayed. In S13, for example, the user uses a mouse or the like to instruct and input from the display selection window an item indicating a relationship to be displayed, and input the start of display. Alternatively, enter the end of the operation. S
At 14, it is determined whether or not the user's input is completed, and if it is completed, the operation is completed. In case of input of display start, S
At 15, display processing is executed. In the display processing, a relation display window is opened and a display is performed so as to express the relation input by instruction.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an example of the display processing. In S21, a list of relationships between the business resource bases 1 to be displayed, which are instructed and input in the display selection window, is taken out. The following processes of S22 to S25 are repeatedly executed by the number of relationships in the list.

In S22, one relation is extracted from the list extracted in S21. In S23, for one relation extracted in S22, the business resource base 1
Find out the relationship between. Further, in S24, the relationship display rule for the relationship is retrieved from the relationship display rule holding unit 5. In S25, it is determined whether or not there is an unprocessed relationship in the list extracted in S21. If there is an unprocessed relationship, the process returns to S22 to perform processing for other relationships.

When the processing for all the relations in the list extracted in S21 is completed, S2 is executed in S26.
Analyzing the relationship between the business resource bases 1 examined in 3,
Based on the relation display rule obtained in S24, the shapes and arrangements of the sketch and the icon are determined, and data for relation display is generated. Based on the generated data for displaying the relation, a sketch is drawn in S27, an icon is drawn in S28, and a line segment connecting the icons is drawn in S29. Then, in S30, the business resource base relation display window is opened to display the drawn contents.

Next, an example of the above-mentioned operation will be described using a concrete example. In the following description, it is assumed that a plurality of business resource bases 1 are configured as shown in FIG. The folder icon in FIG. 2 means the business resource base 1 that holds and manages resources related to business. The character string on the folder icon is the name of the business that represents the business related to the resource held by each business resource base 1. The business resource base 1 has the name of this business as a part of the business-related information. The business name can be given to the business resource base 1 by the user, for example, by the business incidental information adding unit.

Further, the line segment connecting the folder icons shown in FIG. 2 means the reference relation between the business resource bases represented by the reference relation information. For example, the business resource bases of the “April monthly report” and the “May monthly report” both have a reference relationship with the “monthly report” business resource base.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a first specific example of display selection in the display selection window. In the display selection window, the relationships between the business resource bases that can be displayed are displayed. In this example, seven relationships are displayed: hierarchical relationship, reference relationship, business deadline, related business, business person in charge, business purpose, business dependency relationship. The user refers to this display selection window and selects from the display instruction input unit 3 one of the relationships between the displayed business resource bases, and inputs the selected one. In FIG. 5, it is assumed that the work deadline is selected and entered. Multiple relationships may be selected, as in the example described below. The selected and input set of relationships is sent to the business resource base relationship display unit 6 as display selection information. Here, the display selection information {business deadline} is sent.

The business resource base relationship display unit 6 receives the display selection information from the display instruction input unit 3 and tries to display the business deadline. First, display selection information {business deadline}
Is sent to the business resource base relationship extracting unit 4 and information regarding the business deadline is inquired to the business resource base relationship extracting unit 4.

Upon receiving the inquiry, the business resource base relation extracting unit 4 inquires of the business resource base management unit 2 and extracts information on the business deadline from the business resource base 1. Information regarding the work deadline is extracted for all the work resource bases 1 managed by the work resource management unit 2, and the result is sent to the work resource relation display unit 6. At this time, the data sent to the business resource relationship display unit 6 can be, for example, a business deadline and a business resource-based list having the business deadline.

For example, in the example shown in FIG. 2, there is no work deadline for the system development department, project, Y company project, materials, report, monthly report, and project report, monthly report for April, project A report, subsystem It is assumed that A-1 and subsystem A-2 are in April and May monthly reports, System A and subsystem A-2 are in May, Project B report is in June, and System B is in June. At this time, the data sent to the business resource relation display unit 6 is
(No deadline (system development department, project, company Y project, materials, report, monthly report, project report), April (April monthly report, project A report, subsystem A-1, subsystem A-2) , May (monthly report for May, system A, subsystem A-2), June (project B report, system B)).

Further, the business resource base relation display unit 6
Searches for a relationship display rule that matches the display selection information {work deadline} from the relationship display rule holding unit 5. The relation display rule is sent from the relation display rule holding unit 5 to the business resource base relation display unit 6. The relation display rule can be expressed by, for example, a relation between the business resource bases 1 and a set of a set of character strings representing a display format. Here, if "horizontal line table" is stored as the display format corresponding to the relationship "work deadline" from the relation display rule holding unit 5, {(work deadline, horizontal line table)} is obtained as the relation display rule. To be

The inter-business resource base relation display unit 6 determines the representation and layout of the display and chart based on the received relation display rule. By this determination, the relationship display information is obtained. The relation display information is a set of rough sketch data and icon display information. Here, {draft data, "system development department" icon display information, "material" icon display information, ..., "system B" icon display information} is obtained as the relationship display information.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an example of rough sketch data for displaying the work deadline. A horizontal line table as shown in FIG. 6 is used as the sketch data for displaying the work deadline. Such rough sketch data can be created by preparing some templates and making some modifications, or can be configured to be generated according to an icon or a relationship to be displayed according to a certain rule. In FIG. 6, a display indicating the deadline is provided at the left end. The blank area is
This is the part where the icon is placed.

Each icon display information can be composed of a structure of each information of icon name, reference resource base, arrangement position, icon shape, and link display. The icon name is the name of the icon, the reference resource base is a pointer to the business resource base to refer to, the placement position is the coordinates of the placement position on the screen, the icon shape is the icon shape name, the link display is the link display format and the link destination A set of sets is shown. For example, the icon display information of the "system development part" is "icon name: system development part, reference resource base: system development part, arrangement position: (x1, y1)-(x
2, y2), icon shape: folder icon, link display: none ”.

On the basis of the determined relationship display information, the business resource base relationship display unit 6 draws a business resource base relationship diagram and displays it in the business resource base relationship display window. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a relationship between business resource bases representing business deadlines. Icons corresponding to the respective business resource bases are arranged at the arrangement positions on the sketch shown in FIG. 6, and a window as shown in FIG. 7 is created and displayed. With such a display,
The user can easily understand the relationship between business deadlines based on each business resource.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a second specific example of display selection in the display selection window. Here, it is assumed that the user selects and inputs the hierarchical relationship and the work deadline from the display instruction input unit. The relationship between the selected and input business resource bases is sent to the business resource base relationship display unit 6 as display selection information. The display selection information sent is {hierarchical relationship, work deadline}.

The business resource base relationship display section 6 receives the display selection information from the display input section 3 and tries to display the hierarchical relationship and the business deadline. In order to make an inquiry to the business resource base relationship extraction unit 4, first select "hierarchical relationship" from the display selection information, and display selection information having one element, that is, display selection information {hierarchical relationship} business resource base relationship extraction unit Send to 4.

Upon receiving the display selection information {hierarchical relationship}, the inter-work resource-base relationship extracting unit 4 extracts information about the hierarchical relationship from the business resource base 1 via the business resource base management unit 2. Business resource base management unit 2
For all business resource bases managed by, the hierarchical relationship with other business resource bases is checked, and the result is sent to the business resource relationship display unit 6. At this time, the result sent to the business resource relationship display unit 6 can be represented by, for example, a list structure showing the hierarchical relationship of each business resource base. In the case of the example shown in FIG. 2, (System Development Department (Document (Report (Monthly report (April monthly report, May monthly report), Project report (Project A report, Project B report))), Project (Y company project (system A (subsystem A-
1, subsystem A-2, subsystem A-3), system B)))).

Similarly, the inter-business-resource-base relation display unit 6 selects the “business deadline” from the display selection information received from the display input unit 3, and informs the business resource-based relation extraction unit of this “business deadline” relationship. Inquire and receive results. The result obtained at this time is the same as that of the above-mentioned first specific example. That is, in the example shown in FIG. 2, (no time limit (system development department, project, company Y project, document, report, monthly report, project report), April (monthly report for April, project A report, subsystem A)
-1, Subsystem A-2), May (May monthly report, System A, Subsystem A-2), June (Project B)
As a result, the information indicating the relationship of the report and the system B)) is received.

Further, the business resource base relation display unit 6 selects the relation display rule matching the display selection information with respect to the relation display rule holding unit 5. The relationship display rule is sent from the display rule holding unit 5 to the business resource base relationship display unit 6. As the relation display rule to be sent, for example, the hierarchical relation is expressed as a vertical tree expression,
The relation display rule expressing the work deadline as a horizontal line table is applied, and the relation display rule {(hierarchical relation, vertical tree), (work deadline, horizontal line table)} is sent to the business resource base relation display unit 6, for example. To be

The inter-business resource base relation display unit 6 determines the representation and layout of the display and chart based on the received relation display rule. With this decision, for example,
Relationship display information {Draft data, "System Development Department" icon display information, "Document" icon display information, ...
"System B" icon display information} is obtained. Among these, as the rough sketch data, the pattern shown in FIG. 6 can be used as in the first specific example described above.

Each icon display information is also the same as in the first specific example, and can be composed of, for example, a structure of each information of icon name, reference resource base, arrangement position, icon shape, and link display. The "report" icon display information is "icon name: report, reference resource base: system development department / material / report, location: (x1, y1).
-(X2, y2), icon shape: folder icon, link display: ((document, line segment), (monthly report, line segment),
(Project report, line segment) ". Also, the "monthly report" icon display information is "icon name: monthly report, reference resource base: system development department / data / report / monthly report,
Arrangement position: (x3, y3)-(x4, y4), icon shape: folder icon, link display: ((report,
(Segment), (April monthly report, segment), (May, segment)) "
Becomes

Here, the information "((document, line segment), (monthly report, line segment), (project report, line segment)""is given to the link display information in the" report "icon display information. This information is available from the "report" icon,
It indicates that the “document” icon, the “monthly report” icon, and the “project report” icon are connected by a line segment. Similarly, the link display information in the "monthly report" icon display information also shows that the "report" icon is connected by a line segment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a partial display example of the relationship between the business resource bases indicating the hierarchical relationship and the business deadline. The business resource base relationship display unit 6 draws a business resource base relationship diagram based on the determined relationship display information and displays it in the business resource base relationship display window. The icons corresponding to the respective business resource bases are arranged at the arrangement positions on the sketch shown in FIG. 6, and a line segment is displayed between the icons according to the link display information. The figure is drawn and displayed. The user can understand the hierarchical relationship of each business resource base by the line segment connecting the icons, and the business deadline relationship by the horizontally divided areas.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a third specific example of display selection in the display selection window. Here, the user selects the work deadline and the related work from the display instruction input unit,
It is assumed to have been entered. The relationship between the selected and input business resource bases is sent to the business resource base relationship display unit 6 as display selection information {business deadline, related business}. The business resource base relationship display unit 6 receives the display selection information from the display input unit 3, and inquires of the business resource base relationship extraction unit 4 about each of the relationship “business deadline” and the relationship “related business”. The inter-work resource-base relationship extraction unit 4 extracts information about the work deadline and related work from the work resource base 1 via the work resource base management unit 2, and sends the result to the work resource relation display unit 6.

Further, the business resource base relationship display unit 6 selects a relationship display rule that matches the display selection information {business deadline, related business} to the relationship display rule holding unit 5. Then, based on this relationship display rule, relationship display information for displaying the relationship between the business resource bases extracted by the business resource base relationship extraction unit 4 is created, and a business resource base relationship diagram is drawn, Displayed in the window for displaying the relationship between business resource bases.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view of a partial display example of the relationship between the business deadline and the business resource base representing the related business. In FIG. 11, the icon corresponding to each business resource base is arranged at the position indicating the business deadline on the sketch shown in FIG. 6, and the related business is shown by connecting with a line segment. With such a display, the user can understand the related business resource base by the line segment connecting the icons, and can also understand the business deadline relationship by the horizontally divided area.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a fourth specific example of display selection in the display selection window. Here, it is assumed that the user selects and inputs the hierarchical relationship and the person in charge of business from the display instruction input unit. The relationship between the selected and input business resource bases is sent to the business resource base relationship display unit 6 as display selection information {hierarchical relationship, business person in charge}. The business resource base relationship display unit 6 receives the display selection information from the display input unit 3, and inquires of the business resource base relationship extraction unit 4 about each of the relationship “hierarchical relationship” and the relationship “business person”.
The inter-work resource-base relationship extracting unit 4 extracts information regarding the hierarchical relationship and the person in charge of business from the business resource base 1 via the business resource base management unit 2, and sends the result to the business resource relationship display unit 6.

Further, the business resource base relationship display unit 6 selects a relationship display rule that matches the display selection information {hierarchical relationship, business person in charge} with respect to the relationship display rule holding unit 5. Here, the hierarchical relationship is represented by a vertical tree.
It is assumed that the relation display rule that represents the business person by changing the display form of the icon is selected. Based on this relation display rule, the business resource base relation extraction unit 4
The relationship display information for displaying the relationship between the business resource bases extracted in step 1 is created, the business resource base relationship diagram is drawn, and displayed in the business resource base relationship display window.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a partial display example of the relationship between the hierarchical resource and the business resource base representing the business person in charge. In FIG. 13, icons corresponding to the respective business resource bases are arranged in the tree shape shown in FIG.
The display form of the icon corresponding to each business resource base is changed and displayed by the person in charge of business. Here, the hatching is displayed differently for each business person, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various display forms such as changing the color or changing the filling pattern to create a mesh can be used. You can With such a display,
The user can understand the hierarchical relationship of the business resource base by the arrangement of the tree-shaped icons and the line segments, and the business staff by the display form of the icons.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a fifth specific example of display selection in the display selection window. Here, the user selects the hierarchical relationship and the business purpose from the display instruction input unit,
It is assumed to have been entered. The relationship between the selected and input business resource bases is sent to the business resource base relationship display unit 6 as display selection information {hierarchical relationship, business purpose}. The business resource base relationship display unit 6 receives the display selection information from the display input unit 3, and inquires of the business resource base relationship extraction unit 4 about each of the relationship “hierarchical relationship” and the relationship “business purpose”. The inter-work resource-base relationship extracting unit 4 extracts information regarding the hierarchical relationship and the business purpose from the business resource base 1 via the business resource base management unit 2, and sends the result to the business resource relationship display unit 6.

Further, the business resource base relationship display unit 6 selects a relationship display rule that matches the display selection information {hierarchical relationship, business purpose} for the relationship display rule holding unit 5. Then, based on this relationship display rule, relationship display information for displaying the relationship between the business resource bases extracted by the business resource base relationship extraction unit 4 is created, and a business resource base relationship diagram is drawn, Displayed in the window for displaying the relationship between business resource bases.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a partial display example of the relationship between the business resource bases indicating the hierarchical relationship and the business purpose. In FIG. 13, the icons corresponding to the respective business resource bases are arranged in a horizontal tree shape, and the business purpose of each business resource base is displayed below the corresponding icon. With such a display, the user can understand the hierarchical relationship based on the business resource by the arrangement of the horizontal tree-shaped icons and the line segments, and the purpose of the business is displayed near the icon. You can easily understand the outline of work.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a sixth specific example of display selection in the display selection window. Here, it is assumed that the user selects and inputs the reference relationship and the task dependency relationship from the display instruction input unit. The relationship between the selected and input business resource bases is displayed as the display selection information {reference relationship, business dependency relationship} between business resource bases display unit 6
Sent to. The business resource base relationship display unit 6 is
The display selection information is received from the display input unit 3, and an inquiry is made to the business resource base relation extraction unit 4 for each of the relation “reference relation” and the relation “business dependency”. The business resource base relation extracting unit 4 extracts information about the reference relationship and the business dependency relation from the business resource base 1 via the business resource base managing unit 2, and sends the result to the business resource relation displaying unit 6.

Further, the business resource base relationship display unit 6 selects the relationship display rule that matches the display selection information {reference relationship, business dependency relationship} for the relationship display rule holding unit 5. Here, the relation display rule connected by an arrow is selected for both the reference relation and the business dependency relation. Based on this relationship display rule, relationship display information for displaying the relationship between the business resource bases extracted by the business resource base relationship extracting unit 4 is created, the business resource base relationship diagram is drawn, and the business resource base relationship diagram is drawn. Display in the relation display window between bases.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a partial display example of the relationship between the business resource bases indicating the reference relationship and the business dependency relationship. In FIG. 17, the icons corresponding to the respective business resource bases are arranged based on a certain rule, the icons corresponding to the business resource bases having a dependency relationship are connected by a thick arrow, and the icons corresponding to the business resource bases having the reference relationship are arranged. Are connected by a dashed arrow. With such a display, the user can easily understand the flow of work by the thick arrow indicating the work dependency, and can easily know the work resource base to be referred to in each process of the work.

In the above description, the business resource base 1 is provided with business related information, and the business resource base relation extraction unit 4 searches the business resource base 1 for business related information via the business resource base management unit 2. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the business resource base management unit 2 may be configured to hold business related information. In this case, the business resource base management unit 2 holds and manages each business resource base 1 to be managed in combination with business related information. As the business-related information, as described above, the business name, business purpose, person in charge, business procedure, business precautions,
It can be information such as a business deadline, restrictions on usable resources, reference relationships between business resource bases, and other information necessary for management of business resource bases. The business resource base management unit 2 includes a business resource base relationship extraction unit 4
In response to the inquiry from the user, it may be configured to refer to the business-related information that is held and return the result.

[0060]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to display the relationship between the accumulation of information regarding work, and the worker can grasp the relationship between jobs. As a result, it becomes possible to efficiently carry out the work.

Also, by having the display rules independently, it is possible to display in various formats without changing the display program. By changing the display rule,
It is also possible to customize. Furthermore, it is possible to simultaneously display a plurality of relationships by applying a plurality of rules in an overlapping manner. By performing such various displays, there is an effect that it becomes possible for workers to display the relations between jobs that are intuitive and easy to understand.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a business resource relation display device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an example of display of a directory hierarchy.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of operation in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of display processing.

FIG. 5: First display selection in the display selection window
It is explanatory drawing of the specific example of.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an example of rough sketch data for displaying a work deadline.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a relationship between business resource bases indicating a business deadline.

[FIG. 8] Second display selection in the display selection window
It is explanatory drawing of the specific example of.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a partial display example of a relationship between business resource bases indicating hierarchical relationships and business deadlines.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a third specific example of display selection in the display selection window.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a partial display example of a relationship between business resource bases representing business deadlines and related businesses.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a fourth specific example of display selection in the display selection window.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a partial display example of relationships between business resource bases that represent hierarchical relationships and business personnel.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a fifth specific example of display selection in the display selection window.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a partial display example of a relationship between business resource bases indicating a hierarchical relationship and a business purpose.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a sixth specific example of display selection in the display selection window.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a partial display example of a relationship between business resource bases that represents a reference relationship and a business dependency relationship.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Business resource base, 2 ... Business resource base management unit, 3 ... Display instruction input unit, 4 ... Business resource base relation extraction unit, 5 ... Relation display rule holding unit, 6 ... Business resource base relation display unit.

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A business resource relationship display device for displaying a relationship between business resources necessary for supporting a specific business, wherein information relating to the business resource and the business and information for referencing other business resource holding means are displayed. An expression rule that holds a plurality of business resource holding means to hold, a business resource management means that manages the plurality of business resource holding means, and an expression rule that defines an expression form for displaying the relationship between the business resources Holding means,
On the basis of the relation extracting means for extracting the relation between the business resources from the information held in the business resource holding means, the relation extracted by the relation extracting means and the expression rule held in the expression rule holding means An inter-business resource relationship display device comprising a relationship display means for displaying the relationship between business resources. 2. A business resource relationship display device for displaying a relationship between business resources necessary to support a specific business, in association with a business resource managing means for managing the business resource and the business resource. An expression rule defining an expression form for displaying the relationship between the business resource and a business resource holding unit that holds and manages the information about the business and the information that refers to the corresponding business resource and other necessary business resources. The expression rule holding means to hold, the relation extracting means to extract the relation between the business resources from the information held in the business resource holding means, the relation extracted by the relation extracting means and the expression rule holding means A relationship display means for displaying the relationship between business resources based on the held expression rule is provided. An inter-work resource relation display device characterized by: