JPH1011256A - Network managing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a GUI(graphical user interface) corresponding to the level of an operator. SOLUTION: The functions of a network managing system are level-sorted to provide the GUI for every level to store for every level GUI storing part 4. A registered user storing part 61 stores the name of the user and a password by making a set with the user's level. A registering and judging part 51 retrieves a set coinciding with a character string inputted from an input device 1 and reads out the user's level. A user's level judging part 52 a filter classified by the level and a judging result to an individual function executing part 53 based on the read user's level. An individual function executing part makes each function a using permitting mode by using the filter classified by the level and informs an input/output control part 3 of the judging result. Based on the judging result, the input/output control part 3 fetches GUI classified by level from the level-classified GUI storing part to display on a display 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a network management system, and more particularly to a graphical user interface (GUI) according to the level of an operator to use.
Related to a network management system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a network management system,
A GUI is adopted as a user interface for the purpose of improving operability for an operator. A GUI adopted in a conventional network management system uniformly displays a menu of all functions necessary for network management and allows all functions to be selected.

For example, as a conventional network management system, there is a network management system described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-31596. In this network management system, a user can set a criterion for hierarchical division so that a network map of a preferred hierarchical form can be constructed according to a user's request.
However, this network management system also provides a single type of GUI.

[0004]

The first problem is that the GU
I is that the operability of I has decreased with an increase in network scale.

[0005] The reason is that the management operation has become complicated due to the increase in the scale of the network, and the management operation has also been shared by a plurality of operators. This is because the same GUI is provided.

Further, when a function is added, the operability based on the assignment of the operator and the importance of the function are not considered at all, and the necessary functions are simply added.

A second problem is that, in the system, important functions and less important functions are arranged at the same level without being distinguished.

The reason is that, similarly to the reason of the first problem, the design is made ignoring the operator's standpoint on the basis that the necessary functions can be provided.

The present invention provides a GUI according to the content (level) assigned to the operator, thereby improving the operability and improving the security by limiting the functions that can be activated according to the operator level. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a network management system.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided a network management system having a graphical user interface for displaying a menu of a plurality of functions that can be selected and executed on a display means. A network management system having a level-specific graphical user interface for classifying the large number of functions into a plurality of levels and displaying only a function belonging to each level on a menu on the display means. can get.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a selecting means for selecting one of the level-specific graphical user interfaces in response to an input signal input from the input means. A network management system is obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, each of the plurality of functions has an unusable mode and a use permission mode, and only the functions displayed in the menu are changed to the use permission mode. A mode changing unit for selecting one of the level-specific filters in response to the input signal, and using the filter to change a function belonging to the level to a use permission mode. A network management system characterized by being provided in the selection means is obtained.

[0013]

The character string input from the input device 1 is given to the registration judgment unit 51 via the input / output control unit 3. The registration determination unit 51 searches the registered user storage unit 61 for a user name and a password that match the input character string, and extracts a user level stored in combination with the user name and the password. The user level determination unit 52 is a registration determination unit 5
In response to the user level supplied from No. 1, the level is sequentially taken from the lowest level filter storage unit 62 until the level is reached, or only the filter corresponding to the level is taken out, and the result of the user level determination is performed. Is notified to the individual function execution unit 53. The individual function execution unit 53 changes each function to the available mode using the filter from the user level determination unit 52, and notifies the user level to the input / output control unit 3 via the common application unit 9. The input / output control unit 3 retrieves the user-level GUI notified from the individual function execution unit 53 from the level-specific GUI storage unit 4 and causes the display device 2 to display the GUI.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the network management system of the present invention. The network management system is connected to an input device 1 such as a keyboard, a display device 2 for providing a graphical user interface (GUI), and the input device 1 and the display device 2, and controls input and output of these devices. Input / output control unit 3, a GUI storage unit for each level for storing GUIs corresponding to a plurality of user levels, a login processing unit 5 for performing a login process, and a storage unit 6 for storing predetermined data
And individual device management units 7 and 8 for exchanging control commands with the management target device, respectively. These individual device management units 7 and 8, the input / output control unit 3, and the login processing unit 5 are connected to And a common application unit 9 for performing the operation.

The login processing unit 5 includes a registration determination unit 51,
It has a user level determination unit 52 and an individual function execution unit 53. Further, the storage unit 6 includes a registered user storage unit 61.
And a level-specific filter storage unit 62.

The registered user storage section 61 stores a set of a user name and password composed of a combination of alphabets and numerals, and a function level (user level) recognized by the user. The level-specific filter storage unit 62 sets each user level and a number assigned to a function permitted to be activated at that level (a unique number assigned to every function of the network management system). It is stored as a filter (function selection filter).

The level-specific GUI storage section 4 stores a login GUI corresponding to each user level. Each of the login GUIs corresponds to a function permitted for each user level stored in the level-specific filter storage unit 62, and a function not permitted for each user level cannot be selected. Excluded from the selection function menu.

The registration determination unit 51 stores a user name and password that match the input character string (corresponding to the user name and password) input from the input device 1 into the registered user storage unit 6.
A search is performed from the user name and the password stored in No. 1.

The user level determination unit 52 retrieves filters one by one from the level-specific filter storage unit 62 in order of level, and searches for a filter that matches the user level notified from the registration determination unit 51.

The individual function execution unit 53 changes the mode of the function corresponding to the filter extracted from the level-specific filter storage unit 62 to the use permission state.

The individual device management units 7 and 8 are provided for each type of device to be managed, and eliminate inconveniences due to differences in command types and methods.

Hereinafter, the operation of the network management system of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. First, when a character string is input from the input device 1, the input / output control unit 3 determines whether the input character string is a login input. When the input / output control unit 3 determines that the input character string is a login input, the input / output control unit 3 stores the character string in the registration determination unit 5.
Feed to 1.

The registration judging section 51 checks whether or not a combination of a user name and a password matching the input character string is stored in the registered user storage section 61. That is, the registration determination unit 51 performs a login user check in step A1. When a set of a user name and a password that matches the input character string is stored in the registered user storage unit 61, the registration determination unit 51 extracts the user level stored as a set of the user name and the password. , To the user level determination unit 52.

The user level determination unit 52 receives the notification from the registration determination unit 51, and receives the level-specific filter storage unit 62.
, The filter of the lowest level (here, the level a) is extracted, and given to the individual function execution unit 53. In step A2, the individual function execution unit 53 sets the individual function of level a to the use permission mode (opens the use permission function).

In the meantime, the user level determination section 52 determines whether the user level notified from the registration determination section 51 is level a in step A3. If the result of the determination is that the user level is level a, the individual function execution unit 53 is notified of the end of the user level determination. The individual function execution unit 53 that has received the notification of the determination end notifies the input / output control unit 3 of the result of the determination after the procedure for changing the individual function to the usable mode ends.

The input / output control unit 3 is a level-specific G corresponding to the user level indicated by the determination result from the individual function execution unit 53.
The UI is retrieved from the GUI storage unit 4 for each level, and displayed on the display device 2 in step A4.

If the result of the determination is level a, the user level determination section 52 retrieves the filter corresponding to the next higher level (here, level b) from the level-specific filter storage section 62, and It is supplied to the function execution unit 53. The individual function execution means 53 includes a user level determination unit 52
Is used, and the individual function of the level b is set to the use permission mode in step A5.

During this time, the user level determination section 52 determines in step A6 whether the given user level is level b. When the user level is level b, the user level determination unit 52 notifies the individual function execution unit 53 of the end of the user level determination. Upon receiving the notification, the individual function executing unit 53 notifies the input / output control unit 3 of the determination result after the procedure for changing the individual function to the use permission mode ends.

The input / output control unit 3 stores the level-specific GUI corresponding to the level b indicated by the determination result in the level-specific GUI storage unit 4.
And display it on the display device 2 in step A7.

If the result of the determination is level b, the user level determination unit 52 sets the filter corresponding to the next higher level (here, level c, which is the highest level) to the level It is taken out from the separate filter storage unit 62 and supplied to the individual function execution unit 53. The individual function execution means 53 uses the filter provided from the user level determination unit 52, and in step A8, the individual function of level c,
That is, all the individual functions are set to the use permission mode.

In the meantime, the user level determination section 52 determines in step A9 whether the given user level is level c. When the user level is level c, the user level determination unit 52 notifies the individual function execution unit 53 of the end of the user level determination. Upon receiving the notification, the individual function execution unit 53 notifies the input / output control unit 3 of the determination result when the procedure for changing the individual function to the use permission mode ends.

The input / output control unit 3 stores the level-specific GUI corresponding to the level c indicated by the determination result in the level-specific GUI storage unit 4.
And display it on the display device 2 in step A10.

If the result of the determination is not level c, the user level determining section 52
Notify. The individual function execution unit 53 receives the notification,
In step A11, all the individual functions are changed from the use permission mode to the use disable mode, and an error message is output to the input / output control unit 3.

The input / output control unit 3 causes the display device 2 to display an error message from the individual function execution unit 53. The GUI is not changed.

As described above, in the network management system according to the present embodiment, it is possible to display, on the display device, a GUI on which only necessary functions can be selected according to the level of the user who has logged in. For this reason, the operator can select a function without being disturbed by unnecessary menus displayed on the display device, and can achieve an improvement in work efficiency.

Thereafter, the misidentification function selected from the menu displayed on the display device is driven, and the common application unit 9 and the necessary individual device management unit 7 or 8 are operated.
(Or both), the management of the management target device is executed.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the network management system according to the present embodiment. Here, the difference from the system of FIG. 1 is that the user level determination unit 55 and the individual function execution unit 56
It is.

The user level judging section 55 extracts a filter matching the user level notified from the registration judging section 51 from the filter storing section 62 for each level. Further, the individual function execution unit 56 changes the mode of the function corresponding to the filter extracted from the level-specific filter storage unit 62 to the use permission state.

The operation of the network management system according to the second embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. First, when a character string is input from the input device 1, the input / output control unit 3 determines whether the input character string is a login input. If the input / output control unit 3 determines that the input character string is a login input, the input / output control unit 3 supplies the input character string to the registration determination unit 51.

The registration judging section 51 checks whether or not a combination of a user name and a password matching the input character string is stored in the registered user storage section 61. That is, the registration determination unit 51 performs a login user check in step A1. When a set of a user name and a password that matches the input character string is stored in the registered user storage unit 61, the registration determination unit 51 extracts the user level stored as a set of the user name and the password. , To the user level determination unit 52.

The user level determining unit 55 receives the notification from the registration determining unit 51, and determines the received user level in step B1. Then, the user level determination unit 55 directly extracts the filter of the corresponding level from the level-specific filter storage unit 61 according to the determination result, and notifies the individual function execution unit 56 together with the determination result.

The individual function execution unit 56 uses the filter sent from the user level determination unit 55 to execute the function corresponding to each level (here, three levels of a, b, and c) in the use permission mode. (Steps A2, A5,
And A9). Then, when the mode change is completed, the individual function execution unit 56 transmits the received determination result to the input / output control unit 3.
Notify. When the determination result of the user level determination unit 55 does not correspond to any of the levels and indicates that no filter exists, the individual function execution unit 55
Only the notification of the received judgment result is performed.

The input / output control unit 3 retrieves the GUI of the corresponding level from the GUI storage unit 4 for each level according to the received judgment result, and displays it on the display device 2 (steps A4, A7, and A10). Alternatively, an error message from the individual function execution unit 56 is displayed on the display device 2 according to the received determination result (step A11).

As described above, in the network management system according to the present embodiment, the change of each function to the use permission mode is not performed sequentially from the lowest level until the user level is reached. Since the mode is changed to the permission mode for each function according to the level, the login process is streamlined, and the GU
The time until I is displayed can be shortened.

In the first and second embodiments, the filters for each level stored in the filter storage unit for each level 62 are prepared in advance, but the contents of each filter can be appropriately changed. Is also good. In this case, it is necessary that the level-specific GUI stored in the level-specific GUI storage unit 4 can be changed in response to the change of the filter content.

[0046]

Next, an example in a network system having the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the user name “patent” and the password “PATENT” are stored in the registered user storage unit 61.
It is assumed that it is stored together with the user level “b”.

From the input device 1, a character string "patent"
When the character string “PATENT” is input, the input / output control unit 3 outputs the input character string to the login processing unit 5. In the login processing unit 5, the registration determination unit 51 searches the user name and password stored in the registered user storage unit 61 for a matching character string. Then, when finding the user name and the password that match the input character string, the registration determination unit 51 extracts the user level “b” stored in combination with the user name and the password (step A).
1). Then, the registration determination unit 51 supplies the extracted user level “b” to the user level determination unit 52.

The user level judging section 52 includes the registration judging section 5
When the user level "b" is supplied from 1, the filter of the lowest level (level "a") is taken out from the level-specific filter storage unit 62 regardless of the level "b" and the individual function execution unit 53 Give to.

The individual function execution unit 53 sets each function to the use permission mode by using the filter a given from the user level determination unit 52 (step A2). In the case of FIG. 5, the individual function execution unit 53 outputs the function numbers “00100”, “00100”
The functions to which “300”, “00310”,..., And “05200” are assigned are set to the use permission mode.

The user level determination section 52 determines the user level “b” from the registration determination section 51 and the filter level “a” extracted from the level-specific filter storage section 62.
Are compared with each other (step A3). Since the comparison result does not match, the user level determination unit 52 extracts the filter at the next higher level (level “b”) from the level-specific filter storage unit 62 and provides the filter to the individual function execution unit 53.

The individual function executing section 53 sets each function to the use permission mode by using the filter b provided from the user level determining section 52 (step A5). That is, the individual function execution unit 53 adds the function numbers “00200” and “0” in addition to the function changed to the use permission mode in step A2.
The function to which "0330" is assigned is set to the use permission mode.

The user level determination unit 52 determines the user level “b” from the registration determination unit 51 and the filter level “b” extracted from the level-specific filter storage unit 62.
(Step A6). In this case, since the comparison results match, the user level determination unit 52 notifies the individual function execution unit 53 of the end of the determination. Individual function execution unit 53
Sends a signal indicating that the determination result is level “b” to the input / output control unit 3 upon receiving the determination end notification.

Based on the notification from the individual function execution unit 53, the input / output control unit 3 retrieves the GUI corresponding to the level "b" from the level-specific GUI storage unit 4 and displays it on the display device 2 (step A7).

Next, an example in a network management system having the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Also in this case, the registered user storage unit 61 stores the user name “patent” and the password “PATEN”.
It is assumed that “T” is stored together with the user level “b”.

From the input device 1, a character string "patent"
When the character string “PATENT” is input, the input / output control unit 3 outputs the input character string to the login processing unit 5. In the login processing unit 5, the registration determination unit 51 searches the user name and password stored in the registered user storage unit 61 for a matching character string. Then, when finding the user name and the password that match the input character string, the registration determination unit 51 extracts the user level “b” stored in combination with the user name and the password (step A).
1). Then, the registration determination unit 51 supplies the extracted user level “b” to the user level determination unit 55.

The user level judging section 55 includes the registration judging section 5
When the user level is supplied from 1, it is determined that the supplied user level is “b”. Then, the user level determination unit 55 retrieves the filter of level “b” from the filter storage unit 62 for each level, and provides the filter together with the determination result “b” to the individual function execution unit 56 (step B1).

The individual function executing unit 56 changes each function to the use permission mode using the filter from the user level determining unit 55 (step A5). That is, the function number “00”
100 ”,“ 00200 ”,“ 00300 ”,“ 003 ”
The functions to which "10", "00330", ..., and "05200" are assigned are changed to the use permission mode, and the individual function execution unit 56 outputs a signal representing the determination result "b" to the input / output control unit 3. To send to.

The input / output control unit 3 receives the signal from the individual function execution unit 56, extracts the GUI corresponding to the level "b" from the level-specific GUI storage unit 4, and displays it on the display device 2 (step A7). .

[0059]

According to the present invention, by registering the user level of the user at the time of user registration, a GUI for each user level in which only necessary menus are arranged at appropriate positions according to the user level of the operator is provided. Can be provided and operability can be improved.

The reason for this is that the available functions are classified at user levels which have been classified in advance, and a GUI corresponding to that level is also stored. At the time of login, a GUI optimal for the registered user level is stored. This is for selecting.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a network management system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the network management system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the network management system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the network management system of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of the network management system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of the network management system of FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 input device 2 display device 3 input / output control unit 4 GUI storage unit for each level 5 login processing unit 6 storage unit 7 individual device management unit 8 individual device management unit 51 registration judgment unit 52 user level judgment unit 53 individual function execution unit 55 user Level determination unit 56 Individual function execution unit 61 Registered user storage unit 62 Filter storage unit for each level

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A network management system having a graphical user interface for displaying a menu of a plurality of selectable functions on a display means,
As the graphical user interface, for classifying the large number of functions into a plurality of levels and displaying only a function belonging to each level on the display means in a menu,
A network management system having a level-specific graphical user interface. 2. The network management system according to claim 1, further comprising selection means for selecting one of the level-specific graphical user interfaces in response to an input signal input from the input means. system. 3. A filter for each level indicating a function belonging to each level in order to change only a function displayed in a menu to a use permission mode, wherein each of the plurality of functions has an unusable mode and a use permission mode. A mode change unit that selects one of the level-specific filters in response to the input signal and changes a function belonging to the level to a use permission mode using the filter. 3. The network management system according to claim 2, wherein: 4. A storage means for storing a set of a user name and a user level, wherein when the input signal matches the user name, a user level corresponding to the user name is read, and the read user level is stored. 4. The network management system according to claim 1, wherein the level-specific graphical user interface is selected based on the level. 5. The storage means stores a password in addition to the user name and the user level, and reads the user level when the input signal matches the user name and the password. The network management system according to claim 4, wherein: