Providing portal navigation for alerts

A machine-readable storage device storing a computer program product for performing a navigation process, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to:

• generating, on a display device and using a portal program, a portal environment configured to present content from transaction portal applications associated with a transaction data store having transaction information defined as objects of multiple object types, each of the transaction portal applications belonging to a respective one of the object types, the portal environment having a navigation function configured to identify navigation targets for each of the objects by the object type, a method of the object type, and an object ID of the object;
• initiating an analytical application associated with an analytical data store having analytical information based on the transaction data store, the analytical application configured to generate a report based on at least part of the analytical information;
• displaying alerts in an alerts area in the portal environment, wherein a first alert comprises a transaction alert that is associated with one of the objects in the transaction information, and a second alert comprises an analytical alert generated based on the report;
• receiving, from a user, an input indicating a selection of at least one of the first and second alerts;
• navigating, when the first alert is selected in the input, to one of the transaction portal applications by forwarding to the navigation function, for one of the objects implicated by the first alert:
• an object type, a method, and an object ID;
• and
• navigating, when the second alert is selected in the input, to the analytical application by forwarding to the navigation function at least a name of the report and an object ID of one of the objects for which the report should be started, wherein the navigation to the analytical application comprises an integration of the analytical alert into the portal environment.

A system comprising a processor connected to a storage device and one or more input/output devices, the processor configured to:

• generating, on a display device and using a portal program, a portal environment configured to present content from transaction portal applications associated with a transaction data store having transaction information defined as objects of multiple object types, each of the transaction portal applications belonging to a respective one of the object types, the portal environment having a navigation function configured to identify navigation targets for each of the objects by the object type, a method of the object type, and an object ID of the object;
• initiating an analytical application associated with an analytical data store having analytical information based on the transaction data store, the analytical application configured to generate a report based on at least part of the analytical information;
• displaying alerts in an alerts area in the portal environment, wherein a first alert comprises a transaction alert that is associated with one of the objects in the transaction information, and a second alert comprises an analytical alert generated based on the report;
• receiving, from a user, an input indicating a selection of at least one of the first and second alerts;
• navigating, when the first alert is selected in the input, to one of the transaction portal applications by forwarding to the navigation function, for one of the objects implicated by the first alert:
• an object type, a method, and an object ID;
• and
• navigating, when the second alert is selected in the input, to the analytical application by forwarding to the navigation function at least a name of the report and an object ID of one of the objects for which the report should be started, wherein the navigation to the analytical application comprises an integration of the analytical alert into the portal environment.