System and methods for context based navigation

A computer system configured to determine a navigable data path to applications and data relevant to a user of a portal system in investigating and resolving an alert, the computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• a computer readable storage medium coupled to the processor, wherein the computer readable storage medium includes instructions stored therein for directing the processor to provide a user with at least one navigable data path to objects associated with applications and data relevant to the user, and associated with an alert associated with the user, the instructions comprising:
• code for performing a database query to locate objects pointing to applications and data relevant to user attributes and alert attributes;
• and
• code for providing at least one navigable data path for the user to at least one combination of the objects that enables the user to complete at least a portion of the alert.

A method of generating a navigable data path for users of a portal environment, the method comprising:

• detecting an event associated with a portal environment;
• obtaining user attributes for users of the portal environment associated with the event;
• obtaining event attributes;
• querying at least one database using the user attributes and event attributes to generate a set of objects pointing to applications and data associated with at least one user and event;
• and
• providing at least one data path from the results of the query to a set of objects that allow the user to at least partially respond to the event.