Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110271286 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION FUNCTION CONSOLIDATION - Systems and methods that facilitate keeping or improving the current/prior level of complexity in a software package, despite enhancement package additions. To keep the current number of business functions (e.g., some software configuration or functionality), new packages may have to consolidate older ones. Consolidating business functions may include dissolving those functions into the core set of functions (e.g., those functions that are “always on”) or to merge them with other business functions (e.g., to be switched on or off as a set). Additionally, if a function is simply not used, and will never be used again, the function may be dissolved completely. Regardless, disruption to the customer should be minimized by any consolidation of functions. Systems and methods identify functions that can be automatically consolidated, and facilitate the consolidation of any remaining functions. | 11-03-2011 |
20120030651 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEST STRATEGY OPTIMIZATION - A test strategy optimizer for minimizing the impact of software update correctness testing is provided for software having several processes. Each process may have a criticality level associated with it and a test effort level associated with it. An update analyzer may determine what functions are modified and a dependency analyzer may determine what processes are connected to modifications, and thus require testing. User input may specify global test parameters related to test time, test completeness per criticality level, test iterations, etc. The test strategy optimizer will then take the process parameters, process dependencies, and user criteria to calculate the most efficient test procedure and provide information about the same. The test strategy optimizer may also provide adjustment tools, so users may modify parameters, based on the resulting information. | 02-02-2012 |
20120102360 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUSINESS FUNCTION REVERSIBILITY - The invention may provide “undo” (e.g., rollback) features, along with data management simplification features, to an update package model of software suite development/evolution. New functions, which may have disruption effects for customers, may be installed into the core configuration data with inactive switches. Upon activation, a switch status may change, and a query filter may use the activated function (e.g., as associated with the switch ID). Original functions may be maintained, giving the user the ability to deactivate an activated function, and thereby reverting the system back to the prior configuration status. | 04-26-2012 |
20120102364 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUSINESS FUNCTION REVERSIBILITY - Embodiments of the present invention may provide “undo” (e.g., rollback) features, along with data management simplification features, to an update package model of software suite development/evolution. New functions, which may have disruption effects for customers, may be installed into the core configuration data with inactive switches. Upon activation, a switch status may change, and a query filter may use the activated function (e.g., as associated with the switch ID). Original functions may be maintained, giving the user the ability to deactivate an activated function, and thereby reverting the system back to the prior configuration status. | 04-26-2012 |
20120137272 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODULAR BUSINESS APPLICATIONS - A tailored add-on component for a released software product having internal and released development objects. The released development objects are designed for external use, such as end-user customization. The internal development objects are designed for use within the released software product, with no access from outside components. The tailored add-on component adds a functional application that makes calls to both released and internal objects. Access to internal objects is made while maintaining stability by confining internal object calls to a single adaptation component within the add-on, while also implementing an interface for the objects of the software product that are used by the add-on. The interface includes a function to freeze objects that are in the interface, and a set of automatic test components to identify changes in the objects that are in the interface. | 05-31-2012 |
20120158788 | System and Method for Modular Business Applications - A method of adding a program module to an installed program code. A data object having an interface for importation of data into and exportation of data out of the data object, the data object further comprising the program module, a switch identifier and a specification of a call to be inserted into the installed code is provided. Insert the call as specified by the specification of the data object into the installed program code and receive a setting for the switch from a user and storing the setting in a database table. | 06-21-2012 |
20120159431 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODULAR BUSINESS APPLICATIONS - A method of providing tailored add-on applications to an underlying foundational software suite that frequently receives updated versions that would otherwise overwrite changes in the foundational software that are required by the tailored add-on. Instead of functional changes to the foundation, the tailored add-on makes a fairly uniform and simple change in the place of each needed change, by inserting a call to an add-in definition object. The add-in definition object then contains code for performing the functionality needed by the add-on application. The add-in definition object is down-ported to all supported versions of the foundational software. The calls of the add-in definition object are integrated into the foundational software in a way which minimizes conflicts, allows for concurrent implementation while maintaining a clear separation between foundational code and modified code, and minimizes ongoing maintenance development of the add-on application's conflicts with the foundational application. | 06-21-2012 |
20120159443 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING TEST EFFORT BY OBJECT RISK ANALYSIS - A system, computer readable medium, and method for automatically testing computer objects affected by an update package. The exemplary method may compare computer objects/instances in an update package with those of the installed version of the computer application. A set of computer objects that have changed in the update package as compared to the installed version may be generated. The changes to each of the computer objects in the set of changed objects may be analyzed to determine if an automated test is related to the changed object. If an object has a related automated test assigned to it, the object may be placed in a separate list for testing. The automated tests of the changed objects in the separate list may be organized into a test plan. The automated tests may be executed according to the test plan. The system may have servers and computer processors to implement the method. | 06-21-2012 |
20120167034 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINI-EHP DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY - A more tailored and flexible update schedule is provided for large enterprise software development and delivery through mini-releases. Instead of delivering update packages after a development and delivery period, e.g., 18 months, where the update packages include an update release for the entire software package, the software package may be broken down into component parts. Mini-releases may then be issued several times during the same delivery period (e.g., 18 months). Each mini-release may include a small subset of the component parts to be focused on, allowing greater flexibility, without greatly increasing code release efforts (e.g., as required by releasing the whole software suite in an update). | 06-28-2012 |
20120278114 | METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY REVERSING BUSINESS FUNCTIONS - A method for determining reversibility of a business function performed by a plurality of development objects in a user's system may include determining reversibility of an accessory container object based on a plurality of environmental factors of the user's system, checking a set of conditions specific to the business function to determine whether the business function is reversible, and displaying the business function as reversible. | 11-01-2012 |
20130325867 | IDE INTEGRATED CATALOG AND DDIC-BRIDGE FOR IN-MEMORY DATABASE VIEWS - The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for providing a homogeneous data model based on in-memory database views. One computer-implemented method includes creating an application view field associated with an application view, indicating a base database field in a base database table for the created application view field, collecting additional information associated with the indicated base database field, determining at least a data element and a domain associated with the indicated base database field using the collected additional information, determining, by operation of a computer using the collected additional information, that multiple determined catalog entries associated with the indicated base database field exist in a catalog, and proposing names for the application view field, wherein the proposed names are presented from most specific to least specific. | 12-05-2013 |
20130339881 | Database View Systems - Embodiments of methods and systems for database viewing, create a copy of a vendor view in a customer view layer that is present between an interface layer and the database layer. In certain embodiments this copy of the vendor view may contain no customer specific logic, simply serving as a 1:1 projection in the customer view allowing the vendor to track customer access to particular vendor views. According to some embodiments, the copy of the vendor view may be changed to create a modification view. Changes are applied to the modification view only, leaving the original vendor view unchanged with a link to the stored modification copy. This link can be used to adjust the modification copy whenever a hot fix or a new version of the ‘modified’ database content is installed to the customer system. Embodiments may support consumer extensions to the vendor views and/or to the database itself. | 12-19-2013 |
20140013316 | System and method for modular business applications - A method of adding a program module to an installed program code. A data object having an interface for importation of data into and exportation of data out of the data object, the data object further comprising the program module, a switch identifier and a specification of a call to be inserted into the installed code is provided. Insert the call as specified by the specification of the data object into the installed program code and receive a setting for the switch from a user and storing the setting in a database table. | 01-09-2014 |
20140019410 | Using Database Content for Multiple Business Data Systems Connected to One Database - A data model specific to a database schema is received in a database system. The received data model may be applied to a first instance of the database schema to generate a data view of the first database schema. The received data model may be applied to a second instance of the database schema to generate a second data view of the second database schema. | 01-16-2014 |
20140019473 | Database View Modeling Using Existing Data Model - A data model may be designed based views of a pre-existing data model. Metadata associated with the pre-existing data model may be presented to the user to support the user's design effort. The metadata may inform and otherwise guide the user's design choices to reduce the likelihood of inconsistencies between the new data model and the pre-existing data model. The metadata may also be used to identify and warn the user of potential inconsistencies between the new data model and the pre-existing data model. | 01-16-2014 |
20140032610 | Optimized Database Content Provisioning - Database content provisioning includes a broad base shipment as an initial release of database content. The database content may then be incrementally enriched with specific enhancements, which may be delivered as updates. Shipping variants for delivering upgrades include delta installations, and in some embodiments, may include full installations. Changes to an existing database object in activated database content may be treated as a new database object, and may include a reference to the existing database object. The user is notified of the new database object, but the new database object is otherwise not activated, thus ensuring stability of the activated database content. | 01-30-2014 |
20140040867 | SYSTEM TEST SCOPE AND PLAN OPTIMIZATION - Various embodiments include at least one or systems, methods, and software providing abilities to automatically generate a test plan that mitigates risk involved in testing less than an entirety of a software system following modification. Some embodiments operate to allow a user to influence the scope of an optimized test plan while also reducing a number of tests and test execution effort involved. Such embodiments may identify portions of the software system to test and portions of the software system that will not be tested in a manner that reduces a total testing effort involved. Reductions in testing effort are performed in generation of the test plan in view of testing preferences which are utilized not only to reduce the total effort in executing a test plan, but also does so to optimize the test plan. | 02-06-2014 |
20140067868 | Schema Mapping Based on Data Views and Database Tables - Schema mapping is provided at several levels of granularity to generate views from a data model. The schema mapping allows for the database tables referenced among the data views contained in the data model to come from a collection of several physical schemas, even though the data model may comprise a single authoring schema. | 03-06-2014 |
20140280368 | VIEW VARIANTS IN DATABASE SCHEMA MAPPING - This disclosure includes a method, a system and a computer readable medium. The method includes receiving a data model configured to model data in a first database schema in a database system, using the received data model to generate a first data view of a first instance of the first database schema in the database system, including referencing, using a first view variant, one or more data tables including the first instance of the first database schema to generate the first data view, and using the received data model to generate a second data view of a second instance of the first database schema in the database system, including referencing, using a second view variant, one or more data tables including the second instance of the first database schema to generate the second data view. | 09-18-2014 |
20150039638 | ENHANCED REPORTING SYSTEM - A computer system includes a first database system that includes a plurality of tables, and a second database system that includes a subset of the tables in the first database system. The system identifies a plurality of reports that are currently generated using the second database system. The system also identifies a plurality of reports that are not currently generated using the second database system, but that are capable of being generated using the second database system, and displays a list of these reports on a computer display device. In an embodiment, the system further replicates one or more tables that are required for generation of additional reports from the first database system to the second database system. | 02-05-2015 |