Sap Ag

Sap Se

Carsten Ziegler

Michael Aakolk

Hans-Georg Beuter

Christian Brelage

Joydeep Paul

Stefan A Baeuerle

Abhay A Tiple

Thilo Kraehmer

Andreas Balzar

Winfried Schmitt

Helmut Hofmann

Andrea Waldi

Marco Wuest

Pragnesh B Mistry

Thorsten Sandfuchs

Yingzhi Liu

Tobias Rieke

Walter Weber

Rolf Schulte-Rebbelmund

Piyush Deora

Mirko Schnack

Venu Janardhanan Sureshan

Nitesh Lohiya

The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for modeling and deploying decision services. One computer-implemented method includes creating a connection between a decision service manager and a managed system, establishing a signature of a decision service, developing, using at least one computer, the decision service based upon the established signature of the decision service, performing a deployment readiness check, transferring generated code implementing the decision service to the managed system upon a determination that the deployment readiness check was successful, inserting the generated code into the managed system, and retrieving a deployment status from the managed system.

Decision service manager

In one aspect, a computer-implemented method comprises obtaining, in a business rule management application, a selection of one or more in-memory database objects, obtaining, in the business rule management application, a definition of one or more business rules, generating a business rule management application object, wherein the business rule management application object includes a representation of the one or more business rules and a representation of one or more results of the application of the one or more business rules on the one or more in-memory database objects, the method further comprising providing the business rule management application object for storage in the in-memory database.

In-memory based database view for a business rule management application

Embodiments relate to systems and methods for visualizing processing traces as a flow diagram. Certain embodiments allow conversion of a text based processing trace, into an intermediate state which can then be projected using a flow diagram. A model transformation engine receives as an input, a trace log and also a pointer to the trace metadata. The model transformation engine uses the metadata information to convert the trace into a format from which a flow diagram can be built. Such an intermediate state could be, for instance, an XML document or a JSON object. Output of the model transformation engine is then fed to renderer, which reads the XML document or JSON object and displays it onto the screen. Embodiments may be particularly suited for visualizing processing traces of business rules in an enterprise system.

Flow based visualization of business rule processing traces

Techniques for optimizing code include methods, systems, and computer program products that implement operations including: identifying a decision table having values arranged in one or more cells in a row and column format, the values defining business rules; evaluating the decision table to generate one or more temporary tables, at least one temporary table including the values associated with particular positions of a string variable of undefined length; evaluating the one or more temporary tables to set the positions of the string variable based on comparisons of the values with inputs; and generating a portion of code defining the business rules based on the evaluation of the one or more temporary tables.

Optimizing source code

An input combination of at least one condition value to be evaluated against at least one rule of a decision table is received. The at least one rule includes at least one condition and the rule is associated with a result. The at least one rule is evaluated against the input combination to determine conditions fulfilled for the at least one condition value. In one aspect, a rule from the at least one rule that best matches the input combination is determined and a result associated with the rule that best matches the input combination is outputted.

Best match processing mode of decision tables

A decision service manager authenticating at a managed system hosting a decision service, in case of a successful authentication, the decision service manager sending a first status request to the managed system and receiving, in response to the first status request, a first indication of a current status of the managed system and authenticating at a target managed system, in case of a successful authentication at the target managed system, the decision service manager sending a second status request to the target managed system and receiving a second indication of a current status of the target managed system, the decision service manager performing a deployment readiness check comprising comparing the first and the second indication, and if a current status of the target managed system allows the target managed system to host the decision service, automatically deploying the decision service to the target managed system.

Methods and systems are provided for creating and using a shared object space to interpret objects. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is provided that includes partitioning a memory area of a server. The method may also include creating an object, wherein the created object contains the data needed for performing the function of the object, and providing an interpretation routine for interpreting the object. The method may further include storing the created object and the interpretation routine in the partitioned memory area and defining application access to the partitioned memory area.

Methods and systems for object interpretation within a shared object space

Computer-implemented systems and methods are disclosed for providing a business rule repository in a memory. An exemplary method includes displaying, on a display device, a graphical user interface (GUI) for creating a business rule, and receiving, in a computer, via the GUI user input relating to an input variable of the business rule, and user input relating to an action required by the business rule based on the input variable. The method further includes generating, by the computer, a text document associated with the business rule based on the input, and storing the text document associated with the business rule in the business rule repository.

Methods and systems for providing a business repository

Systems and methods presented herein may involve locally executing rules (e.g., business rules) that are designed in a remote computing cloud. Systems and methods may include receiving a file representing modified rules from the remote computing cloud and compiling the file locally for integration into a local system. By separating the design and execution phases of the rules, new versions of the rule design application(s) may be utilized in the remote cloud to design local rules without upgrading or otherwise changing the applications that implement the rules on the local system.

Systems and methods for implementing business rules designed with cloud computing

Various embodiments of systems and methods to trace an execution of a business process are disclosed. Business rules and corresponding business objects required to execute the business process are identified and rendered to receive an input. Based upon detecting a trigger to execute the business process, the business rules and the corresponding business objects are processed to compute a process-resultant for the business process. A process-path of the computed process-resultant is traced by tracing key-strings corresponding to the business objects involved in computing the process-resultant, to generate a trace-resultant. The trace-resultant is parsed by determining versioned business objects and business information of the key-strings, to derive a business definition for the traced business objects involved in computing the process-resultant. Based upon the business definition, a comprehensive trace-map comprising a compilation of the process-resultant to execute the business process is generated.

Tracing software execution of a business process

A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a business rule business object.

Managing consistent interfaces for business rule business object across heterogeneous systems

Systems and methods consistent with the invention include propagating parameter definitions between computer elements and may include at least one memory device containing computer readable instructions. Also included is a computer processor executing the instructions on the memory device to perform the steps of selecting a sub-routine to be called by a calling unit. The processor may determine whether a definition for a parameter in the selected sub-routine is known to the calling unit using the computer processor, the calling unit also containing a definition for a parameter. The definitions for the parameters that are unknown to the calling unit are incorporated into the selected sub-routine using the computer processor. The process of the calling unit is executed. The computer processor is used to bind the definition for the parameter in the sub-routine to the definition of the parameter contained in the calling unit.

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