Correlating event streams from independent processes in a complex business system using metadata associated with the transport interconnections

A system, comprising:

• a memory unit for storing a computer program for correlating business events in a business system;
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• a processor coupled to said memory unit, wherein said processor, responsive to said computer program, comprises:
• circuitry for generating a flow diagram comprising a plurality of nodes and links interconnected between said plurality of nodes, wherein each of said plurality of nodes represents a process involved in a coordinated transaction;
• circuitry for monitoring event streams generated from said plurality of nodes;
• circuitry for identifying an instance of a first event stream from a first node that is to be connected to an instance of a second event stream from a second node, wherein said second node is a neighboring node of said first node;
• circuitry for obtaining metadata contained within one of said first event stream and said second event stream associated with a link utilized to transport said coordinated transaction between said first node and said second node;
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• circuitry for correlating said instances of said first and said second event streams with said obtained metadata;
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• circuitry for assigning each instance of said first and said second event streams with an identification.