Techniques for determining transaction progress

A method for determining progress of a transaction comprising:

• representing said transaction including a plurality of tasks as a tree, wherein said tree includes a plurality of levels with a root node corresponding to the transaction at a first level and each, of said plurality of tasks having a node in the tree at a level other than said first level which is a descendant of said root node;
• receiving a plurality of weights, each of said plurality of weights being associated with a node in the tree, said weight representing an amount of time to complete a portion of processing represented by said node;
• receiving a plurality of first metrics determined at a point in time for said plurality of tasks, each of said plurality of first metrics corresponding to a first of the plurality of tasks indicating an amount of said first task completed at said point in time;
• receiving a request to determine progress of said transaction at said point in time, said progress representing an amount of said transaction that has completed at said point in time;
• and
• determining said progress in accordance with said tree and said plurality of weights, wherein said determining said progress of said transaction includes determining an amount for each of said plurality of tasks by multiplying one of the plurality of first metrics for said each task by one of said plurality of weights corresponding to said each task, wherein at least a first of the plurality of weights associated with one of the plurality of tasks is more than a second of the plurality of weights associated with a different one of the plurality of tasks thereby indicating that the one task is expected to take longer to complete than said different one of the plurality of tasks.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code stored thereon for determining progress of a transaction comprising, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code for:

• receiving a plurality of weights;
• each of said plurality of weights indicating a weight for a different one of a plurality of tasks performed to complete processing for said transaction;
• determining, at a point in time, a plurality of first metrics for said plurality of tasks, each of said plurality of first metrics corresponding to a first of said plurality of tasks and indicating an amount of said first task completed at said point in time;
• and
• determining a second metric indicating an amount of processing completed for said transaction at said point in time, wherein said second metric is determined in accordance with said plurality of first metrics and said plurality of weights, wherein said determining said second metric includes determining an amount for each of said plurality of tasks by multiplying one of the plurality of first metrics for said each task by one of said plurality of weights corresponding to said each task, wherein at least a first of the plurality of weights associated with one of the plurality of tasks is more than a second of the plurality of weights associated with a different one of the plurality of tasks thereby indicating that the one task is expected to take longer to complete than said different one of the plurality of tasks.