Method for accessing data and processing metrics data using encoded inbound anchors and automatically generated markup language files

摘要

The invention includes a program and method which allows information contained within build or other process log files, audit trails, or transaction records to be easily accessible to programmers and developers. The log files 120 are HTMLized 130 by the addition of HTML codes, or equivalent, within the log files and the addition of encoded inbound anchors 225. These encoded inbound anchors allow process metrics, such as the number of times an error, warning or note occurs, to be calculated and displayed to the user. Additionally, simplified displays can highlight the most severe problem which has occurred during the associated build for programmer consideration. A table of contents 135 can also be generated which contains hyperlinks which can be used to access any of the associated files and allows the user to jump immediately to a selected error, warning, note or other message, in the context of the full log file. Additionally, high level information is presented to the programmer with detailed information available with a single selection of the appropriate hyperlink. This method also allows the display of build information for a single process, or the combination of information pertaining to multiple builds, to be manipulated and presented to the user at their direction.