US 12,298,734 B1
Monitoring hierarchical asset groups
Erick Anthony Dean, Piedmont, CA (US); Jindrich Dinga, Los Altos, CA (US); and Marvin Herville Green, Benicia, CA (US)
Filed by Splunk Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/206,286.
Application 18/206,286 is a continuation of application No. 17/374,239, filed on Jul. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,703,826.
Application 17/374,239 is a continuation of application No. 16/743,549, filed on Jan. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,086,289, issued on Aug. 10, 2021.
Application 16/743,549 is a continuation of application No. 16/147,439, filed on Sep. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,564,622, issued on Feb. 18, 2020.
Application 16/147,439 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/224,637, filed on Jul. 31, 2016, granted, now 10,503,784, issued on Dec. 10, 2019.
Application 15/224,637 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/224,641, filed on Jul. 31, 2016, abandoned.
Int. Cl. G05B 19/4063 (2006.01); G06F 16/26 (2019.01); G06F 16/901 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01)
CPC G05B 19/4063 (2013.01) [G06F 16/26 (2019.01); G06F 16/9017 (2019.01); G06F 16/9027 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G05B 2219/32404 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by one or more processing devices, the method comprising:
receiving, via a graphical user interface (GUI) of an asset monitoring and reporting system (AMRS), a plurality of asset group configuration parameters comprising one or more association specifications, each association specification defining an association between an asset and a corresponding asset group of a plurality of asset groups of an asset hierarchy;
receiving, via the GUI, definitions of one or more asset group metrics, wherein each asset group metric, of the one or more asset group metrics, includes a metric replicated to each asset of the corresponding asset group to improve computer resource utilization and is derived from a search of machine data associated with the corresponding asset group;
associating, with each asset group of the plurality of asset groups, a corresponding asset group metric of the one or more asset group metrics;
generating, via the GUI, one or more alert definitions associated with an asset group of the plurality of asset groups;
storing the definitions of the one or more asset group metrics and the one or more alert definitions in a data store;
monitoring, using the one or more asset group metrics, the asset hierarchy via sensors, equipment, systems, and/or computers;
generating an alert based on the one or more alert definitions; and
providing the alert to initiate performance of an alert action.