Functions for path traversals from seed input to output

A method, comprising:

• identifying a seed entity;
• defining operations on the seed entity to determine matching entities linked to the seed entity within an unstructured text, wherein the operations comprise:
• a first operation, based on a first function, to output one or more first matching entities based on respective link types defining a relationship between the seed entity and the first matching entities;
• and
• a second operation, based on a second function, to output, in addition to the first matching entities, one or more second matching entities based on a property shared between the first matching entities and the second matching entities, wherein the property shared comprises a log event, and the second operation comprises a template that defines an extent of a permitted variation of a format;
• determining any overlaps among a first output of the first operation and a second output of the second operation;
• combining the first output of the first operation and the second output of the second operation while removing the any overlaps among the first output of the first operation and the second output of the second operation in order to remove any objects within the second output of the second operation that were previously found within the first output of the first operation;
• filtering the first output of the first operation or the second output of the second operation based on an output type to generate a third output;
• generating a visual representation of the output, wherein the visual representation includes any results that were filtered and excluded from the third output but present in the first output or in the second output, the visual representation displaying the any results differently from the third output;
• tagging the one or more first matching entities and the one or more second matching entities within the unstructured text;
• and
• executing a further workflow on the one or more first matching entities and the one or more second matching entities within the unstructured text.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium readable by a processing circuit, the non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by the processing circuit to cause a method to be performed, the method comprising:

• identifying a seed entity;
• defining operations on the seed entity to determine matching entities linked to the seed entity within an unstructured text, wherein the operations comprise:
• a first operation, based on a first function, to output one or more first matching entities based on respective link types defining a relationship between the seed entity and the first matching entities;
• and
• a second operation, based on a second function, to output, in addition to the first matching entities, one or more second matching entities based on a property shared between the first matching entities and the second matching entities, wherein the property shared comprises a log event, and the second operation comprises a template that defines an extent of a permitted variation of a format;
• determining any overlaps among a first output of the first operation and a second output of the second operation;
• and
• combining the first output of the first operation and the second output of the second operation while removing the any overlaps among the first output of the first operation and the second output of the second operation in order to remove any objects within the second output of the second operation that were previously found within the first output of the first operation;
• filtering the first output of the first operation or the second output of the second operation based on an output type to generate a third output;
• generating a visual representation, wherein the visual representation includes any results that were filtered and excluded from the third output but present in the first output or in the second output, the visual representation displaying the any results differently from the third output;
• tagging the one or more first matching entities and the one or more second matching entities within the unstructured text;
• and
• executing a further workflow on the one or more first matching entities and the one or more second matching entities within the unstructured text.