Optimized common information model

A system comprising:

• a memory having service information and entity definition information;
• and
• a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory, the processing device to:
• detect a scheduled time for a key performance indicator (KPI) reflecting how a service provided by one or more entities is performing, stored entity definition information recording the association between each of the entities and its associated machine data, stored service definition information associating the entities that provide the service, and the KPI being defined by a search query, including a field identifier specified in a data model, the KPI derives a value from the associated machine data;
• and
• perform the search query in response to said detecting, wherein to perform the search query the processing device is to
• associate values in the machine data having disparate field names in accordance with disparate schemas with the field identifier specified in the data model, and
• process the associated values as semantically equivalent data instances.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

• detect a scheduled time for a key performance indicator (KPI) reflecting how a service provided by one or more entities is performing, stored entity definition information recording the association between each of the entities and its associated machine data, stored service definition information associating the entities that provide the service, and the KPI being defined by a search query, including a field identifier specified in a data model, the KPI derives a value from the associated machine data;
• and
• perform the search query in response to said detecting, wherein to perform the search query the processing device is to
• associate values in the machine data having disparate field names in accordance with disparate schemas with the field identifier specified in the data model, and
• process the associated values as semantically equivalent data instances.