Sap Ag

Bernhard Brinkmoeller

Axel Herbst

Marcus Pfeifer

Georg Fischer

Volker Wiechers

Franz Weber

Roman Hayer

Ulrich Marquard

Thea Hillenbrand

Iwona Luther

A method of anonymize business data. The method includes responsive to a request from an application for data objects stored in a database system, retrieving the data objects from a non-transitory storage of the database system, prior to transmitting the data object to the application, retrieving pre-determined rules from a rule engine, wherein the rules include conditions for retaining data, comparing the request against the rules to determine portions of the data objects that are to be anonymized, anonymizing the portions of the data objects, and transmitting the data object to the application.

Rule-based anonymizer for business data

Methods, systems, and software for enforcing archival of data objects into archive objects and managed destruction of the archive objects are disclosed. In some cases, the computer techniques include enforcing a retention rule, such as a retention date and archive properties, and a destruction indication, such as an expiration date, of data identified for archival. The data objects are archived under hierarchical paths in a long-term storage system according to retention-related properties of the data objects and the retention rules. Further, the archived data can be destroyed according to destruction indications. Once archived, destruction of the data may be prevented by a hold applied to the data.

System, method, and software for enforcing information retention using uniform retention rules

Systems, methods, and software for managing information retention using uniform retention rules is disclosed. Particularly, the disclosure relates to identifying data to be archived and assigning, inter alia, a destruction date to the identified data. Data for archival are identified using one or more defined retention rules. The retention rules identify the data for archival by one or more properties of the data. Once identified, retention information is applied to the identified data.

System, method, and software for managing information retention using uniform retention rules

Methods and systems consistent with the invention manage messages transported between a first computer system and a second computer system. For instance, in one embodiment, According to another exemplary embodiment, a method obtains a business object identifier that identifies a business object associated with a first message to be transported over a network from the first computer system to the second computer system. The method may then generate a transport identifier associated with the transported message. The method may then route the first message the second computer system, such that the routing generates a second message that is transported to the second computer system. The method then obtains the second message transported to the second computer system. Finally, the method creates a data structure in memory including the transport identifier, the business object identifier, and the second message.

Message transport manager and methods for using the same

Systems, methods, and software for archiving structured data and associated unstructured data associated are disclosed. Particularly, the structured and unstructured data are archived such that the structured data and the unstructured data remain associated to each other. Properties of the structured data are also applied to the unstructured data, enabling the unstructured data to be retained with the structured data throughout the retention period of the structured data. Moreover, destruction (or prevention of destruction) of the archive data object can be managed and propagated to the unstructured data instances.

Methods and computer systems are provided for identifying objects for archiving out of a plurality of objects. A first computer system supplies a plurality of objects for archiving. Each object may have an object type and at least one sub-object. Further, an assignment scheme may be provided, which assigns a plurality of sub-object types to the object type. A computer program may identify at least one sub-object for archiving with the object by using the assignment scheme. A second computer system may receive data for archiving from the first computer system. The data may comprise the object and the at least one sub-object that are identified by the first computer system for archiving. The second computer system may store the data.

Method and computer system for identifying objects for archiving

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing data objects having data items. The method includes classifying each data object into a write-enabled object or a read-only object, storing write-enabled data objects in a database, and archiving read-only data objects. The archiving includes converting the data objects to markup objects, wherein each markup object represents the data items of the corresponding data object, concatenating the markup objects to a single data structure that is byte addressable, and indexing object identification for each markup object to addresses of the data structure.

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Wiesloch, Germany

Bernhard Brinkmoeller