System and method for automatic evaluation of project management tickets

Abstract

A method and system for computer processes and data structures is described that define an environment for monitoring tasks that together constitute a project, where such processes utilize a scripting language to define certain functions that may relate data from one part of a project to another.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A method executed by a computer system for automatic processing of form data structures comprising a project data structure defined by the form data structures, the method comprising:
 executing a form builder process to generate and store a form data structure in a computer data storage device;   receiving input to the form builder process comprised of data representing a script;   automatically extracting from the data representing the script, a reference data location corresponding to a predetermined specification data defining how to obtain a corresponding data object;   receiving data representing an input script;   determining by parsing the received input script the presence of at least one reference to the data location; and   automatically generating a revised version of the input script data by replacing the at least one reference to the data location with the predetermined specification data to obtain the corresponding data object.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 automatically generating the revised version of the input script by matching a script identifier corresponding to the input script data with a script identifier comprising a data record comprising the predetermined specification data. 
 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising: using at least one scanner to detect an at least one alphanumeric text data within the input script that matches an at least one pre-existing scanner target tokens corresponding to the at least one scanner. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3  further comprising:
 constructing an expression from the matched at least one scanner target tokens. 
 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4  further comprising calculating a return value of the input script by obtaining the corresponding data object, comprised of a value, and using that value as the return value of the input script. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 storing an evaluation of the revised input script as a value in the corresponding form data structure. 
 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 passing an evaluation of the revised input script as a value to a computer process as part of a query result. 
 
     
     
         8 . A computer system for automatic processing of form data structures comprising a project data structure defined by the form data structures, said system comprised computer memory comprised of program data that when executed causes the computer system to:
 execute a form builder process to generate and store a form data structure in a computer data storage device;   receive input to the form builder process comprised of data representing a script;   automatically extract from the data representing the script, a reference data location corresponding to a predetermined specification data defining how to obtain a corresponding data object;   receive data representing an input script;   determine by parsing the received input script the presence of at least one reference to the data location; and   automatically generate a revised version of the input script data by replacing the at least one reference to the data location with the predetermined specification data to obtain the corresponding data object.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8  where the computer program data further causes the computer to:
 automatically generate the revised version of the input script by matching a script identifier corresponding to the input script data with a script identifier comprising a data record comprising the predetermined specification data. 
 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 8  where the computer program data further causes the computer to:
 use at least one scanner to detect an at least one alphanumeric text data within the input script that matches an at least one pre-existing scanner target tokens corresponding to the at least one scanner. 
 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10  where the computer program data further causes the computer to construct an expression from the matched at least one scanner target tokens. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11  where the computer program data further causes the computer to:
 calculate a return value of the input script by obtaining the corresponding data object, comprised of a value, and using that value as the return value of the input script. 
 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 8  where the computer program data further causes the computer to store an evaluation of the revised input script as a value in the corresponding form data structure. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 8  where the computer program data further causes the computer to:
 pass an evaluation of the revised input script as a value to a computer process as part of a query result.