System landscape trace

A system comprising:

• memory storing a tracing program;
• and
• one or more processors operable to:
• request activation of a first trace analysis using the tracing program associated with a first business process;
• associate a first globally unique identifier (GUID) with the first business process;
• associate a first trace filter with the first trace analysis, the first trace filter defining a set of business process event information to be recorded during the first trace analysis;
• generate, with the first trace analysis, a first local set of trace records associated with one or more events traced during the execution of the first business process, the first local set of trace records generated based on the first trace filter;
• store the first GUID in a listing that associates the first GUID with the first business process, the listing further including a plurality of additional GUIDs associated with a plurality of additional business processes;
• identify one or more requests from the first business process to execute one or more related business processes, each of the one or more related business processes associated with one of a plurality of remote computer systems;
• retrieve the first GUID from the listing and the first trace filter and transmit the first GUID and the first trace filter to the particular one of the plurality of remote computer systems associated with each of the one or more related business processes to associate the first GUID and the first trace filter with the one or more related business processes, where each of the one or more related business processes use the first trace filter to determine the set of business process event information to record during the trace analysis executed at each of the one or more related business processes;
• receive a request to collect trace records associated with the first GUID and the trace analysis of the first business process, the request generated automatically in response to completion of the first trace analysis;
• collect the first local set of trace records associated with the first GUID and the first trace analysis of the first business process;
• transmit, to each particular one of the plurality of remote computer systems associated with one or more of the related business processes, a request for trace records associated with the first GUID and the one or more trace analyses of the one or more related business processes;
• and
• receive from each particular one of the plurality of remote computer systems associated with one or more of the related business processes a set of trace records associated with the first GUID and generated by the trace analyses of the related business processes, each set of trace records comprising one or more events traced during the execution of the related business process.

A system for tracing distributed business processes comprising:

• memory storing a tracing program and a business application;
• and
• one or more processors operable to:
• activate a trace analysis on a first business process related to a second business process executing on a remote computer system, the business process associated with the business application;
• associate a globally unique identifier (GUID) with the first business process;
• associate a first trace filter with the trace analysis, the first trace filter defining a set of business process event information to be recorded during the trace analysis;
• store the GUID in a listing that associates the GUID with the first business process, the listing further including a plurality of additional GUIDs associated with a plurality of additional business processes;
• retrieve the GUID from the listing and the first trace filter associated with the first business process and transmit the GUID and the first trace filter to the remote computer system to associate the GUID and the first trace filter with the second business process;
• and
• generate, with the trace analysis, a local set of trace records associated with one or more events traced during the execution of the first business process, where the local set of trace records comprises the one or more events traced during the execution of the first business process satisfying the first trace filter;
• receive a request to collect trace records associated with the GUID and the trace analysis of the first business process, the request generated automatically in response to completion of the trace analysis;
• collect the first local set of trace records associated with the GUID and the trace analysis of the first business process;
• transmit, to each particular one of the plurality of remote computer systems associated with one or more of the related business processes, a request for trace records associated with GUID and the one or more trace analyses of the one or more related business processes;
• and
• receive, from each particular one of the plurality of remote computer systems associated with one or more of the related business processes, a set of trace records associated with the GUID and generated by the trace analyses of the related business processes, each set of trace records comprising one or more events traced during the execution of the related business process.

A computer-accessible, non-transitory, storage medium encoded with computer-readable instructions configured to cause one or more data processing apparatus to:

• identify a globally unique identifier (GUID) of a trace that is executing for a first business process that is associated with a first application;
• identify a trace filter associated with the first business process, the trace filter defining a set of business process event information to be recorded during the trace associated with the first business process;
• store the GUID in a listing that associates the GUID with the first business process, the listing further including a plurality of additional GUIDs associated with a plurality of additional business processes;
• retrieve the GUID from the listing and the identified trace filter associated with the first business process and transmit the GUID and the identified trace filter to a remote computer system to associate the GUID and the identified trace filter with the second business process;
• and
• associate the GUID and the identified trace filter with a second trace for a second business process related to the first business process, where the second business process is associated with a second heterogeneous application disparate from the first application, where the second business process uses the identified trace filter to determine the set of business process event information to record during the second trace;
• receive a request to collect trace records associated with the GUID and the trace analysis of the first business process, the request generated automatically in response to completion of the trace analysis;
• collect a first local set of trace records associated with the GUID and the trace analysis of the first business process in response to the received request;
• transmit, to the remote computer system associated with the second business process, a request for trace records associated with the GUID and the one or more trace analyses of the one or more related business processes;
• and
• receive, from the remote computer system associated with the second business process, a second set of trace records associated with the GUID and generated by the trace analysis of the second business processes, the second set of trace records comprising one or more events traced during the execution of the second business process.