High-Level Interface to Analytics Engine

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• obtaining a script agent file including a call to an application program interface (API) of a network analytics engine (NAE) to register a data value in a database of a network communication device for monitoring;
• registering the data value for monitoring with assistance of a specialized monitor executable available on the network communication device;
• monitoring the data value via the specialized monitor executable;
• and
• generating an event based on a change in the data value, the event initiated by the specialized monitor executable while the script agent file and the interpreter for the script agent file are not executing on the network communication device.

A network communication device, comprising:

• one or more processing units having multiple cores;
• a first memory storing a local database representing state information about the computer device;
• and
• a second memory storing instructions, that when executed by the one or more processing units, cause the one or more processing units to provide a network analytics engine (NAE) to provide an offloading method, the method comprising:
• obtaining a script agent file including a call to an application program interface (API) of the NAE to register a data value in a database of a network communication device for monitoring;
• registering the data value for monitoring with assistance of a specialized monitor executable available on the network communication device;
• monitoring the data value via the specialized monitor executable;
• and
• generating an event based on a change in the data value, the event initiated by the specialized monitor executable while the script agent file and the interpreter for the script agent file are not executing on the network communication device.