1. A method of constructing one or more message parsing rules in accordance with a user and a machine, comprising the steps of: obtaining message data representing past messages, wherein the past messages contain management information for at least one of a network, an application, and a system being analyzed; and the machine generating one or more message parsing rules by a process based on the obtained message data, and at least one of one or more existing rule templates and demonstrative classification of at least a portion of a message, wherein the one or more parsing rules are storable for use by a rule-based parsing system to translate at least a portion of the obtained message data into a common format; the method further comprising the step of establishing a message structure prior to the generating step; wherein the demonstrative classification comprises the user marking the at least a portion of the message as one of a positive example and a negative example; wherein when one or more existing rule templates are available, the step of establishing a message structure comprises the steps of: creating a message skeleton; matching the one or more rule templates against the message skeleton; and providing potential matches to the user for validation and choice of a proper message structure; wherein when the message structure is found to be insufficient, templates are built by an iterative process between the user and the machine; and wherein the message skeleton comprises information relating to one or more of a message start, a message end, and a separator between fields.
1. A method of constructing one or more message parsing rules in accordance with a user and a machine, comprising the steps of: obtaining message data representing past messages, wherein the past messages contain management information for at least one of a network, an application, and a system being analyzed; and the machine generating one or more message parsing rules by a process based on the obtained message data, and at least one of one or more existing rule templates and demonstrative classification of at least a portion of a message, wherein the one or more parsing rules are storable for use by a rule-based parsing system to translate at least a portion of the obtained message data into a common format; the method further comprising the step of establishing a message structure prior to the generating step; wherein the demonstrative classification comprises the user marking the at least a portion of the message as one of a positive example and a negative example; wherein when one or more existing rule templates are available, the step of establishing a message structure comprises the steps of: creating a message skeleton; matching the one or more rule templates against the message skeleton; and providing potential matches to the user for validation and choice of a proper message structure; wherein when the message structure is found to be insufficient, templates are built by an iterative process between the user and the machine; and wherein the message skeleton comprises information relating to one or more of a message start, a message end, and a separator between fields. 11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the process comprises the steps of: the machine parsing the message data sequentially until an unparseable message is encountered; the machine displaying the unparseable message to the user for demonstrative classification.