Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080244616 | System and method for message lifetime management - A system and method for message lifetime management. According to an embodiment of the invention, a front-end application process identifies during a user interface interaction cycle of the front-end application process at least one stateful message reported to the front-end application process by a back-end service process during a prior user interface interaction cycle of the front-end application process, the at least one stateful message having been stored in a message buffer by the front-end application process, queries the back-end service process to determine whether the at least one stateful message is currently valid, and removes the at least one stateful message from the message buffer if it is determined not to be currently valid. | 10-02-2008 |
20080306753 | System and method for providing quick links - A method and system are provided for providing a user-interface. The method may include receiving a request to render a business portal at a browser. The method may further include responsive to the request, determining a set of work lists to be rendered on the business portal. The method may further include retrieving a set of quick links corresponding to the set of work lists, wherein each quick link is associated with a work list; transmitting the set of quick links to the browser. The method may further include rendering the set of quick links at the browser to the user on a first screen. | 12-11-2008 |
20080307058 | Message handling for user interfaces - Generally, systems and methods permit customized delivery of messages to a user depending on the specific requirements of a user interface. A processing layer between a business object and a user interface may determine, for a received message, an appropriate rule for the target user interface. The message rule may be applied, and depending on the rule, the message may be delivered to the user. | 12-11-2008 |
20090019424 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF APPLICATION CONTEXT DRIVEN ACCESS RESTRICTION - A method and system for providing application context restrictions are provided. The method may include, responsive to a request from a first object to a second object, comparing an application context of the first object with an application context of the second object. The method may include, if the comparison succeeds as determined by predefined rules, allowing a response from the second object to be transmitted to the first object. The method may include, if the comparison fails as determined by predefined rules, restricting the response from the second object to the first object. | 01-15-2009 |
20090025009 | Co-execution of objects from divergent runtime environments - Systems and methods are described that permit objects from runtime environments that are incompatible with one another to be co-executed on a computing machine. Depending on which object can service the request, a generic proxy may send the request to the proxy of the particular runtime environment associated with that object. The proxy may call the appropriate methods of the object therein to service the request. Each runtime environment may be isolated from other runtime environments by a container such that catastrophic errors in one runtime environment do not disrupt the execution of objects in another runtime environment. A first object in a first runtime environment may execute methods in a second object in a second runtime environment by invoking a proxy of the second runtime environment to call the methods of the second object. | 01-22-2009 |
20090044202 | MODEL DRIVEN STATE MANAGEMENT OF APPLICATIONS - The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for model driven state management of applications. In one aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method. The method may include instantiating one or more business objects associated with an application. The transitions between states of the application may be checked using one or more models defined based on at least one of a context of the business object and a context of the application. An indication regarding the results of checking of the transitions may be provided to a user interface. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 02-12-2009 |
20090070233 | Wiki biz web - Systems and methods for accessing multiple portals using a unique business language semantic are provided. Business information and services are provided to customers during, for example, a supply chain management process. An accessible business environment is provided which includes a common repository. The common repository has access to one or more business portals. One can search the product listing in the common repository using a browser, e.g., a web-based browser. In response to a search, one may be provided with a product list indicating some available business portals having the specific product and/or service. The common repository entries are described by a predetermined semantical description. | 03-12-2009 |
20090150473 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUSINESS OBJECT SYNC-POINT AND ROLLBACK FRAMEWORK - A method and system for allowing a rollback within a multi-object system infrastructure are provided. In embodiments, a rollback to a state of a software business object is effected. A sync point manager maintains, for example, a list of sync points and their respective associated identifiers and relationship data. When under sync point protection, i.e., a sync point is set, each subsequent object, when created, is requested to prepare a buffer associated with the specific sync point, so that if an error occurs, a request to rollback to the state associated with the sync point is effectable. Multiple sync points may be kept track of by the sync point manager. In further embodiments, the sync points may be associated with a variety of different types of objects. | 06-11-2009 |
20090172003 | Secondary Persistencies in a Service-Oriented Business Framework - It is determined whether at least one request to replicate at least one business object is valid. The business object comprising a plurality of hierarchically arranged nodes, with a root node on a first end, at least one leaf node on a second end, and at least one intermediate node disposed between the root node and the at least one leaf node. Thereafter, a valid path from the root node to replication nodes within each business object specified in the at least one request is determined if it was determined that corresponding request is valid. A replication tree is then generated based on the determined valid path. The replication tree is then traversed and an association is returned when stopping on a leaf node and a replication node is returned when traversing a node to be replicated. A retrieve by association service is executed when an association is returned, otherwise, a retrieve service is executed. Thereafter, nodes retrieved via the retrieve by association service or the retrieve service are stored in a replication store using packages having a fixed size to enable the replication store to be searched. Related techniques, apparatus, systems, and articles are also described. | 07-02-2009 |
20090216885 | Stateless Core Service Transaction Patterns - A connection handler can receive a service request, initiate a temporary proxy state in the connection handler, open a first connection to a service provider from the connection handler to request fulfillment of the service request, and populate the temporary proxy state with a copy of original content received at the connection handler from the service provider in fulfillment of the service request. The populating can include creating a temporary proxy state content. The connection handler can tag the original content object on the service provider with an activity indicator that specifies that the original content has been accessed by the connection handler and then terminate the first connection between the connection handler and the service provider. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and/or articles are also described. | 08-27-2009 |
20100001834 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A MESSAGE REGISTRY AND MESSAGE HANDLING IN A SERVICE -ORIENTED BUSINESS FRAMEWORK - A system and method are provided for handling a notification message in an enterprise services framework, including in response to the saving of a transaction, sending a notification message to the enterprise system framework, the notification message containing an associated message class including information of message severity and message symptom. The framework includes a controller layer situated between a service management layer and a business object layer, the controller layer maintaining a message registry database which collects and stores the notification message and the information of message severity, message symptom, and message identification. A system and method is provided for the hierarchical handling of software objects, including providing software objects, each associated with a user interface message, hierarchically associating the user interface messages, and displaying those messages in a tree structure in association with each of the software objects. | 01-07-2010 |
20100057776 | DYNAMIC EXTENSION FIELDS FOR BUSINESS OBJECTS - A system may include generation of extension metadata defining an extension field of a core node of a business object, and generation of a runtime metadata buffer comprising enhanced metadata, the enhanced metadata based on core metadata of the business object and the extension metadata. In some aspects, a service request associated with the business object is received, it is determined whether the service request is associated with the extension field, an extension service associated with a dynamic data type is provided if it is determined that the service request is associated with the extension field, wherein the dynamic data type is associated with extension data of the extension field and core data of the business object, and a core service associated with an original data type is provided if it is determined that the service request is not associated with the extension field, wherein the original data type associated with the core data of the business object. | 03-04-2010 |
20100088391 | BACKEND SERVICE ADAPTATION - A request originating at a frontend server for data encapsulated in a plurality of business objects is received. The plurality of business objects are stored in a business object layer at the backend server remote from the frontend server. In addition, the request originates from a user interface layer is received at a controller layer. A controller object is instantiated in the controller layer at the backend server. Nodes of the controller object are mapped to nodes in the plurality of business objects so that the controller object encapsulates the request data. Thereafter, transmission of data response to the request encapsulated by the controller object to the frontend server is initiated. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 04-08-2010 |
20100125600 | PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZED RETRIEVE TRANSFORMATION NODES - Systems, methods, computer program code, and means are provided for processing retrieve requests received in a business software system. Pursuant to some embodiments, a retrieve request is processed by identifying that the requested node is a retrieve transformation node, determining that the node relates to one of a currently selected business object and a secondary business object, and retrieving the node data from one of a persistence buffer and a secondary buffer based on the determining. | 05-20-2010 |
20100153492 | Systems and Methods For Intregrating Services - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for executing a service using a set of software plug-ins. The method may include generating, at a first computer, a service request to execute the service. The method may also include processing, at a second computer, the generated service request using the set of software plug-ins associated with the service to create a modified service request by executing each of the software plug-ins in a sequence. Further, the method may include executing, at a third computer, the service using the modified service request and processing, by a second set of software plug-ins based on the sequence, a result from the executing step. | 06-17-2010 |
20100161675 | PUBLIC SOLUTION MODEL IN AN ENTERPRISE SERVICE ARCHITECTURE - A computer-implemented system may include an application platform comprising a platform model of a plurality of business objects, each of the business objects comprising a model of data and associated logic, and a public solution model comprising a subset of the platform model. The system may also include a business application, wherein a data model and access logic of the business application are defined based on the public solution model, and wherein the application platform is to provide services to the business application based on the data model, the access logic and the platform model. | 06-24-2010 |
20100162147 | UI-DRIVEN BINDING OF EXTENSION FIELDS TO BUSINESS OBJECTS - A system may include presentation of a user interface including fields associated with a business object, reception, via the user interface, of an instruction to add an extension field to the business object, reception, via the user interface, of an indication of a reference field of the business object, determination of a binding of the reference field to the business object, and binding of the extension field to the business object based on the determined binding of the reference field to the business object. | 06-24-2010 |
20110023009 | Computer Software Development Methods And Systems - A method is provided for providing one or more services by a service provider to a service consumer. The method may include defining a meta-model describing at least one core service and at least one compound service; creating a model for the core service based on the meta-model; and implementing the core service on the service provider based on the model. The method may also include implementing the compound service on the service provider and implementing a generic access interface on the service consumer to dynamically access the core service and the compound service. | 01-27-2011 |
20110066660 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MOCKUP BUSINESS OBJECTS - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for a mockup business object. The mockup business object implemented within a computer framework including other business objects. In one exemplary embodiment, the method may include generating, within the computer framework, the mockup business object based on a metadata stored within the computer framework, when the mockup business object does not exist within the computer framework. The method may also include determining whether a structure of the mockup business object has changed based on the metadata, when the mockup business object does exist within the computer framework. Moreover, the method may include modifying the mockup business object based on the result of the determining step. | 03-17-2011 |
20110145787 | BUSINESS OBJECT CHANGE MANAGEMENT USING RELEASE STATUS CODES - A computer-implemented system may include a data store to store business data, an application platform, and a business application. The application platform may include a repository to store metadata defining a plurality of business objects, each of the business objects comprising a respective model of data and associated logic, each business object associated with respective business object entities, and a framework in communication with the repository to provide access to the business data. The business application is to access the data via the framework and based on the metadata, wherein the metadata associates a first plurality of the business object entities with a RELEASED release status code, and wherein the metadata associates a second plurality of the business object entities with a DEPRECATED release status code. | 06-16-2011 |
20110153505 | DELIVER APPLICATION SERVICES THROUGH BUSINESS OBJECT VIEWS - Systems and methods for providing application services through business object views. In one aspect, a definition of at least one business object (BO) is included in a metadata of an application platform. The definition includes descriptions of entities of the BO, and an identification of a service provider of the BO. The service provider instantiates the business object in response to an application service request. In a further aspect, a definition of a business object view (BOV) is included in the metadata of the application platform. The definition includes description of entities of the BOV, and an identification of the BO. The BO is a data source of the BOV. In one other aspect, a transformation describes a mapping of BOV entities to data source BO entities. A service corresponding to a core service of a BOV entity is called at the BO service provider based on the mapping. | 06-23-2011 |
20110161122 | PROGRESS INFORMATION IN A SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE - A system may include reception of an instruction to execute a business process from a client application, execution of the business process in a first software work process, and storage, during execution of the business process, of progress information associated with the business process within a memory. A system may further include reception, at a second software work process, of a request from the client application for progress information, retrieval, in the second software work process, of the progress information from the shared memory, reception, at the second software work process, of the progress information from the memory, and provision of the progress information to the client application from the second software work process. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161243 | CONSISTENCY CHECKS FOR BUSINESS PROCESS DATA - A business process master data vector for a business process of an organization can include master data coordinates corresponding to a plurality of business object node fields of a plurality of business objects involved in the business process. Values of the master data coordinates can indicate whether a corresponding business object node field is mandatory for successful execution of the business process. Master data instance vectors corresponding to the plurality of business objects can be evaluated such that a master data instance vector includes instance coordinates indicating whether a corresponding business object node field contains a master data value. The business process can be analyzed using the business process master data vector and/or the master data instance vectors. Related systems, processes, and articles of manufacture are also described. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161940 | MULTI-LANGUAGE SUPPORT FOR SERVICE ADAPTATION - A plurality of domain-specific service adaptation languages can be supported by a back-end service adaptation system to provide runtime access to a runtime instance of a data object comprising data stored in a repository. By defining a language-specific data access service and parser for each domain-specific service adaptation language, a single, service adaptation language-independent compiler and interpreter can prepare and execute a runtime load that includes an execution plan for retrieving and converting data from the repository for delivery in a data object according to a query request from a consumer runtime environment. A consumer using the consumer runtime environment can define the service adaptation language to be used and provide a parser and source code to enable access to business object data using the back-end service adaptation system. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161942 | SERVICE ADAPTATION DEFINITION LANGUAGE - A back-end service adaptation system provides access to normalized data in a data repository for a consumer runtime environment sending a query request for denormalized data. The back-end service adaptation system can include a data access service layer, a parser layer, and a back-end service adaptation runtime layer. The consumer runtime can use a service adaptation definition language (SADL), and the parser and data access service can be configured to convert and translate the SADL request for the back-end service adaptation runtime layer. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161960 | PROGRESS-DRIVEN PROGRESS INFORMATION IN A SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE - A system may include reception of the first instruction, execution of the business process in a first software work process, reception, during execution of the business process, of an indication of a business object process associated with the business process, determination of progress information associated with the business process based on the indication of the business object process, and storage of the progress information within a memory. Aspects may further include reception, at a second work process, of a request from the client application for progress information, retrieval of the progress information from the shared memory and provision of the progress information to the client application. | 06-30-2011 |
20120016894 | SOLUTION-SPECIFIC BUSINESS OBJECT VIEW - A computer-implemented system may include one or more storage devices storing first metadata defining an instance of a first metaobject, second metadata defining an instance of a solution supplement metaobject, wherein the second metadata comprises annotations to the first metadata, and wherein the first metaobject and the solution supplement metaobject are instances of a meta-metaobject. Also stored is executable program code of a service to determine merged metadata based on the first metadata and the annotations to the first metadata. A processor is included to execute the executable program code. | 01-19-2012 |
20120110488 | SIMPLIFIED VIEWS OF META MODEL ENTITIES OF DATA OBJECTS - Simplifying views of meta model entities of data objects can include determining, using a distribution function calculated for each data element of a plurality of data elements available for use in executing a business process in an object-based software platform, a usage frequency ranking of the plurality of data elements. Based on the usage frequency ranking, a plurality of subsets of most frequently used data elements of the plurality of data elements can be identified. Each subset of the plurality of subsets can include a fraction of the plurality of data elements based on a threshold level of complexity. A selection of a desired complexity setting can be received from a user via a user interface. The desired complexity setting can correspond to the threshold level of complexity of one of the plurality of subsets. The user interface can display only the data elements included in the subset with the corresponding level of complexity. Computer program products, systems, and methods having similar features are also described. | 05-03-2012 |
20120123962 | Consistency Checks For Business Process Data - A business process master data vector for a business process of an organization can include master data coordinates corresponding to a plurality of business object node fields of a plurality of business objects involved in the business process. Values of the master data coordinates can indicate whether a corresponding business object node field is mandatory for successful execution of the business process. Master data instance vectors corresponding to the plurality of business objects can be evaluated such that a master data instance vector includes instance coordinates indicating whether a corresponding business object node field contains a master data value. The business process can be analyzed using the business process master data vector and/or the master data instance vectors. Related systems, processes, and articles of manufacture are also described. | 05-17-2012 |
20120158416 | WEB-SERVICE BASED GENERATION OF BUSINESS OBJECTS - A Web Service Description Language (WSDL) file describing a web service that provides web service functionality may be determined, including determining at least one data type included in the WSDL file. At least one interface operation may be extracted from the WSDL file, the at least one interface operation including at least one message sent during implementation of the at least one interface operation, the at least one message using the at least one data type. A business object may be generated based on the at least one data type and the at least one interface operation, wherein the business object corresponds to a business entity and exposes the web service functionality in an integrated manner within a business object based application environment. The generation of the business object may include creating at least one business object node of the business object that corresponds to each interface operation of the WSDL file, the at least one business object node being based on the at least one message, and creating a node action for the at least one business object node, the node action corresponding to the at least one interface operation. | 06-21-2012 |
20120159446 | VERIFICATION FRAMEWORK FOR BUSINESS OBJECTS - The present disclosure involves systems, products, and methods for automatically testing and verifying business objects. One method includes operations for identifying a modified business object for testing and verification; retrieving a set of metadata associated with the identified modified business object, the set of metadata retrieved from a metadata repository and including at least one core service performed by the identified modified business object; identifying at least one verification procedure associated with at least one of the core services operable to be performed by the identified modified business object; executing each of the at least one identified verification procedures; and determining whether execution of at least one of the identified verification procedures failed. | 06-21-2012 |
20120166459 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING TRANSFORMATION RULES - The present disclosure is directed to executing transformation rules. In some implementations, a method includes receiving a request to apply a predefined transformation rule to a portion of a service. In response to at least the request, the predefined transformation rule is identified from a plurality of predefined transformation rules included in a business model. Each of the plurality of predefined transformation rules are configured to update at least one service independent of generating code in a service layer. The predefined transformation rule is assigned to the portion of the service. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166984 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS - The present disclosure involves systems, products, and methods for modifying elements within a user interface (UI). One method includes operations for identifying an instance of a UI text element for modification within a UI associated with a software application, wherein the UI is displayed to at least one user; retrieving a set of metadata associated with the identified instance of the UI text element, where each instance of the UI text element is associated with the retrieved set of metadata; receiving at least one modification to the retrieved set of metadata associated with the identified instance of the UI text element; and persisting the modified set of metadata associated with the UI text element. | 06-28-2012 |
20120167056 | DEBUGGER FOR A METADATA-CENTRIC DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE - A computer system includes a metadata repository that is arranged and configured to store multiple meta-objects, at least one execution engine that is operably coupled to the metadata repository and that is arranged and configured to process one or more of the meta-objects during a runtime process and a debug manager that is operably coupled to the metadata repository and to the at least one execution engine and that is arranged and configured to provide an interface to the at least one execution engine and to manage one or more debug processes at a metadata level. | 06-28-2012 |
20130014080 | BULK ACCESS TO METADATA IN A SERVICE-ORIENTED BUSINESS FRAMEWORK - A bulk service interface can be instantiated for each of at least one service provider providing a plurality of business objects using a stored definition of a plurality of metadata properties relating to generation of a user interface that incorporates content of a plurality of business objects. The bulk service interface can query the stored definition and access, in a bulk metadata access process, dynamic metadata required for instantiation of the plurality of business objects. If the stored definition has not previously been received, a default bulk services access process that queries an existing dynamic metadata access interface of each of the plurality of business objects can be initiated to retrieve the dynamic metadata from each of the plurality of business objects. An instance of the user interface can be generated using dynamic metadata accessed by the bulk service interface and/or the retrieved by the default bulk services access process. | 01-10-2013 |
20130042219 | Automated Support for Distributed Platform Development - The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for semantically analyzing modeled objects. One method includes identifying an object model created in a distributed development system for semantic analysis, where the distributed development system is associated with a software platform. The identified object model is then semantically analyzed based on a predetermined algorithm. A set of at least one pre-existing object models associated with the software platform is compared to the semantically analyzed object model, and a level of semantic overlap between the semantically analyzed object model and each of the set of at least one pre-existing object models is determined. In some instances, the predetermined algorithm may be selected based on and correspond to the object model type of the identified object model. The set of at least one pre-existing object models may comprise a subset of pre-existing object models available in a development system or associated with a software platform. | 02-14-2013 |
20130086097 | QUERY LANGUAGE BASED ON BUSINESS OBJECT MODEL - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for providing a query language based on a model. In one aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method. The method may include receiving a first query; generating, based on a model including metadata representing a data structure, a second query specific to the data structure stored in a database; and sending the second query to the database. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 04-04-2013 |
20130086174 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING COMMUNICATIONS - A computer system includes instructions recorded on a computer-readable storage medium and executable by at least one processor. The computer system includes a process component of a first deployment unit and a component module. The process component has a handling module and an object module. The handling module is operatively coupled to the object module. The handling module is operatively coupled to the component module. The handling module is configured to receive a message from a second deployment unit. | 04-04-2013 |
20130086547 | REAL-TIME OPERATIONAL REPORTING AND ANALYTICS ON DEVELOPMENT ENTITIES - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for reporting and analytics for development entities. In one aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method. The method may include selecting a development entity model for generating a report including development information regarding the development entities corresponding to the selected model, the development entity model representing an element being developed for a system; configuring a report model for the selected development entity model to enable creation of the report model; and saving the report model for the selected development entity model, the saved report model stored with other report models defining other reports for operational business objects used in conjunction with the system. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 04-04-2013 |
20130097585 | PROFILE BASED VERSION COMPARISON - Various embodiments of systems and methods to compare different versions of a development object based on a version comparison profile are described herein. Identities of the different versions of the development object are received. Further, a version comparison profile and a corresponding profile definition associated with the development object are received. Furthermore, the different versions of the development object are compared to determine one or more differences based upon the received version comparison profile and the corresponding profile definition. The determined one or more differences between the different versions of the development object are returned. | 04-18-2013 |
20130111427 | IMPACT ANALYSIS AND ADOPTION PLANNING BASED ON GLOBAL WHERE-USED LISTS | 05-02-2013 |
20130125053 | DETERMINING SEMANTIC INFORMATION OF BUSINESS APPLICATIONS - Various embodiments of systems and methods to determine semantic information of a plurality of business applications are described herein. In one aspect, a selection of user interface elements of a first business application and a second business application of the plurality of business applications are received. Further, data processing paths to a business object field and a corresponding database table field associated with the user interface elements are identified. Furthermore, semantic information of the plurality of business applications is determined by grouping the identified data processing paths, which can be used for applications such as business application integration, business data migration and the like. | 05-16-2013 |
20130145371 | BATCH PROCESSING OF BUSINESS OBJECTS - A service consumer may define batch jobs (batch containers) in which business object methods can be invoked on business object instances. The invocations may be recorded. The service consumer may trigger batch execution to cause the business object instances to be modified in accordance with the recorded invocations. The batch job can be executed as a single transaction in a single process. The batch job can be partitioned into multiple transactions and processed by respective multiple processes. | 06-06-2013 |
20130159035 | Consistency Checks For Business Process Data Using Master Data Vectors - A business process master data vector for a business process of an organization can include master data coordinates corresponding to a plurality of business object node fields of a plurality of business objects involved in the business process. Values of the master data coordinates can indicate whether a corresponding business object node field is mandatory for successful execution of the business process. Master data instance vectors corresponding to the plurality of business objects can be evaluated such that a master data instance vector includes instance coordinates indicating whether a corresponding business object node field contains a master data value. The business process can be analyzed using the business process master data vector and/or the master data instance vectors. Related systems, processes, and articles of manufacture are also described. | 06-20-2013 |
20130166472 | RULE-BASED DETERMINATION AND VALIDATION IN BUSINESS OBJECT PROCESSING - A method to model a business object is disclosed. An analysis module analyzes elements of a business object. A modeling module models business object logic based on the elements of the business object. An implementation module implements the modeled business object logic. A repository stores the modeled business object logic. A business object runtime module executes the modeled business object logic. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166602 | CLOUD-ENABLED BUSINESS OBJECT MODELING - A method to model and implement a business object in a consolidated user interface is disclosed. The user interface is presented to a client to form and implement a business object at a server. A structure of the business object is modeled in a metadata repository at the server based on the user interface at the client. An implementation of the structure of the business object is generated at the server and stored at the database. An enhanced controller object (ECO) calls a corresponding metadata repository application programming interface (API) and the program generation application programming interface (API) | 06-27-2013 |
20130166603 | CONSUMER-RELATED SPECIALIZATION OF METADATA MODELS BASED ON A TEMPLATE-PROJECTION APPROACH - The present description refers to a computer implemented method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving a metadata model template that generically defines structure and behavior for a plurality of metadata models, the metadata model template including a union of the attributes and services needed by runtime engines associated with any of the metadata models, receiving a first runtime engine-specific projection definition that identifies a first subset of the attributes that have been selected and the services that have been enabled for a first runtime engine, and generating a first metadata model projection based on the metadata model template and the first runtime engine-specific projection definition, the first metadata model projection associated with the first runtime engine. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166675 | Computer System and Computer Method for Coarse-Grained Data Access - A computerized method for accessing business object data stored in a data buffer of a server computer includes providing an application program interface (API) having a function for specifying a set of paths through a business object stored as a data structure in a data buffer of a server computer. Each of the paths included in the set of paths specifies a plurality of nodes of the business object for accessing hosted data at the plurality of nodes. The method further includes receiving a set of parameters for the function of the API. The set of parameters specify the set of paths. The method further includes issuing the set of parameters to the server computer, retrieving hosted data from the plurality of nodes for each path in the set of paths; and transmitting to a client the hosted data retrieved from the plurality of nodes. | 06-27-2013 |
20130173549 | Declarative View Objects - A view object is generated in a target deployment unit in a design time environment of a metadata repository. The view object is modeled on a business object of a source deployment unit. The source deployment unit includes process components of a business application that is physically decoupled from the target deployment unit. A subset of attributes of the business object of the source deployment unit is selected. The subset of attributes includes at least an outbound agent and an inbound agent implemented by a generic messaging framework. The view object is modeled in the target deployment unit with the subset of attributes of the business object. The inbound agent of the view object is configured for receiving a replication message from the outbound agent of the business object, and the replication message includes replication data for configuring the view object only with data from the business object. | 07-04-2013 |
20130174181 | FRONTEND - BACKEND COMMUNICATION DECISION BASED ON BUSINESS OBJECT METADATA - The present description refers to a technique for providing a user interface from a runtime user interface (UI) application running on a frontend server to a client application, receiving, by the runtime UI application from a business application running on a backend server, a business object that includes metadata associated with the user interface, receiving, by the runtime UI application from the client application, user input associated with a business transaction, the user input including an input of a first field for the user interface, determining, by the runtime UI application based on the business object, whether processing by the business application of the first field input is required to determine and output to the client application an updated second field of the user interface before completion of the business transaction, and triggering a round-trip communication between the runtime UI application and the business application based on the determining. | 07-04-2013 |
20130311839 | GENERATION OF ERROR MESSAGES AND PROGRESS INFORMATION MESSAGES VIA A COMMON INTERFACE - The present description refers to a technique for receiving a client instruction, performing an action in response to the client instruction, generating an instance of a progress information message by the business object calling a first method of an API and identifying the progress information message to be generated, determining if an error condition occurs during the performing the action, generating an instance of an error message, if the error condition occurs, by calling the first method of the API, sending the progress information message instance from a second software work process to the client application in response to a request for progress information received by the second software work process from the client application, and sending the error message instance, if generated, from the first software work process to the client application. | 11-21-2013 |
20130326470 | DOMAIN-SPECIFIC GENERATION OF PROGRAMMING INTERFACES FOR BUSINESS OBJECTS - A code generator may determine an object metadata model which defines structures and behaviors of objects adapted for use in at least one software application, where the code generator includes an object analyzer configured to determine at least one object instance of the object metadata model, a domain analyzer configured to determine a domain associated with the at least one object instance, and a template selector configured to select a domain-specific code template based on the domain. The code generator may generate a domain-specific application program interface (API) configured to facilitate interactions of the at least one object instance during execution of the at least one software application, using the domain-specific code template. | 12-05-2013 |
20140006000 | BUILT-IN RESPONSE TIME ANALYTICS FOR BUSINESS APPLICATIONS | 01-02-2014 |
20140039968 | INTEGRATION OF MODELED COLLABORATION STREAM IN BUSINESS PROCESS FLOW - In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, a system and methods are provided for managing a business process flow based on business process constraints for structured business activities and collaborative process demands for unstructured business activities while maintaining a collaboration stream between the structured and unstructured business activities. The systems and methods may include integrating a collaboration business process integration model with a collaboration metadata model by aligning the business process constraints for the structured business activities with the collaborative process demands for the unstructured business activities. Further, the systems and methods may include scheduling a sequence of structured business activities based on the business process constraints for the structured business activities and the collaborative process demands for the unstructured business activities while maintaining the collaboration stream between the structured and unstructured business activities. | 02-06-2014 |
20140068021 | CONFIGURING CLIENT SERVICES - Techniques for managing content of a virtual workspace include receiving a request from a remote client for client-configuration settings, the remote client associated with a particular user; identifying a set of client-specific attributes associated with the remote client; identifying a set of user-specific attributes associated with the particular user; determining client-configuration settings for the remote client based at least in part on the identified client-specific attributes and the identified user-specific attributes; and transmitting the determined client-configuration settings to the remote client. | 03-06-2014 |
20140122436 | READ ACCESS LOGGING - Read access logging is performed by tracing data accesses in all domains. The logged data is traced on metadata level with some additions identifying the exposed data records. All data relevant for read access logging is stored at first in a temporary log, which is later processed, structured, and archived. | 05-01-2014 |
20140136668 | REAL-TIME SELF-OPTIMIZING SYSTEM FOR MULTITENANT BASED CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE - A self-optimizing business software system, based on a multi-tenant database, is aware of the technical configuration of the system. Based on configurable key performance indicators, an optimizer is controlling, diversifying, and observing the system configuration and system execution to find the optimal technical configuration by using simulation streams, which run parallel to the production streams. | 05-15-2014 |
20140137075 | DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS APPLICATIONS - In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, a system and methods are provided for managing development of business applications. The system and methods may be provided for defining security relevance for data types associated with business objects, defining security rules for the data types associated with the business objects, and defining validation and test fulfillment of the security rules by providing one or more security runtime modules for each security rule defined by the security rules handler to ensure validation and test fulfillment of each security rule. | 05-15-2014 |
20140157154 | MANAGING BUSINESS OBJECTS - In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, a system and methods are provided for managing business objects in memory. The system and methods may be provided for defining a context of one or more input parameters of data used to determine one or more properties of one or more business objects, defining one or more rules associated with the one or more properties of each business object, and generating a metadata model for each business object based on the context of the one or more input parameters of each business object and the one or more rules associated with the one or more properties of each business object. | 06-05-2014 |
20140165150 | CONFIGURING AND MONITORING A SINGLE SIGN-ON SYSTEM - The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for cloud-based single sign-on (SSO) capabilities. A computer-implemented method includes operations for identifying a first system for single sign-on capabilities, identifying a second system disparate from the first system for providing a single sign-on capability with the first system through a cloud-based SSO configuration manager, automatically accessing metadata associated with the sign-on information of the second system, the set of metadata identifying sign-on-related information for sharing at least one credential/certificate for logging in to the second system, using the metadata to obtain an authorization for a single sign-on between the first and second systems, receiving a request from the first system for authorization at the second system, and, in response to the request, providing the authorization and creating a cloud-based SSO system that includes the first and second systems. | 06-12-2014 |
20140172409 | COMMON MULTI-LANGUAGE TEXT MANAGEMENT IN A BUSINESS-ORIENTED SOFTWARE FRAMEWORK - A system, a method, and a computer-program product for providing multi-language support in applications are disclosed. A first textual expression contained within an application is obtained. The first textual expression is expressed in a first language. A unique key from a hash of the first textual expression is generated. A language code representative of a second language is determined. Based on the generated unique key and the determined language code, a second textual expression in the second language representative of a translation from the first language into the second language indicated by the language code is determined. The second textual expression is provided to the application to replace the first textual expression in a view presented to a user. | 06-19-2014 |
20140181004 | Common Framework for Definition, Generation, and Management of Metadata Runtime-Loads - A system, a method, and a computer-program product for management of runtime-loads in business process applications are disclosed. Metadata associated with an application is identified. The metadata is configured to enable loading during a runtime of the application and is stored on at least one node in a metadata repository. A runtime-loading structure for loading the metadata during the runtime of the application is generated based on the identified metadata. The runtime-loading structure contains an identification of the at least one node storing the identified metadata in the metadata repository. The identified metadata is loaded based on the generated runtime-loading structure during the runtime of the application. | 06-26-2014 |
20140195908 | UNIFORM VALUE HELP AND VALUE CHECK - In one aspect, there is provided a method for value help and check. The method may include receiving an indication associated with a user interface element, the indication representing a value help request for the user interface element; sending a request for a value help to a value help business object configured to provide the value help to a user interface including the user interface element, the user interface element bound to a portion of the value help business object; and receiving, at the user interface comprising the user interface element, a response to the request, the response comprising the value help. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. | 07-10-2014 |
20140359575 | ADAPTIVE CONTEXTUAL GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF DEVELOPMENT ENTITIES - In some example implementations, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at an interface, a selection of one of a plurality of elements of a tool bar, the plurality of elements including an application structure element and a where-used element; obtaining, in response to the selected element, at least one view providing a graphical representation of context information for a component of a system; and providing to a user interface the at least one view as a stream to allow presentation at the user interface. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also provided. | 12-04-2014 |
20140366002 | SEARCHING FOR AN ENTITY MOST SUITED TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING AN OBJECT - In some example implementations, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving a message from a user interface, the message representing a request for an identity of an entity having information regarding a component of a system being developed; determining whether a cache includes the identity of the entity having the information regarding the component; accessing, from at least a repository, metadata including at least one of a version information for the component and an organization structure information, when the cache does not include the identity of the entity having the information regarding the component, and determining, based on the accessed metadata, the entity, when the cache does not include the identity of the entity having the information regarding the component. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also provided. | 12-11-2014 |
20140372550 | METADATA-DRIVEN DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCING IN MULTI-TENANT SYSTEMS - The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, computer program products, and systems for providing metadata-driven dynamic load balancing in multi-tenant systems. A computer-implemented method includes: identifying a request related to a model-based application executing in a multi-tenant system associated with a plurality of application servers and identifying at least one object in the model-based application associated with the request. At least one application server is identified as associated with a locally-cached version of a runtime version of the identified object, and a determination of a particular one of the identified application servers to send the identified request for processing is based on a combination of the availability of a locally-cached version of the runtime version at the particular application server and the server's processing load. The request is then sent to the determined application server for processing. | 12-18-2014 |