Summary building block, and system and method for managing networks

摘要

A summary building block is used in a service management system, such as a network management system for managing a network having a large set of network elements. The network management system has one or more user interfaces for communication with one or more users. The summary building block collects data from the network elements, and provides to the user interfaces network level summary information based on the collected data. In an embodiment, the summary building block provides the summary information to user interfaces as needed basis.