Sap Ag

Sap Se

Gunther Liebich

Wolfgang M Koch

Roman A Rapp

Dietmar Nowotny

Dirk Ahlert

Peter Von Zimmermann

Jochen Steinbach

Daniel Bock

Georg Dopf

Andreas Poth

Georg Podhajsky

Thomas Nitschke

Stefan Adelmann

Udo Laub

Olaf Duevel

Martin Schorr

Michael Sylvester

Stefan A Baeuerle

Rainer Brendle

Jens Freund

Daniel Hutzel

Michael Seubert

Paola Sala

Jan Teichmann

Stephan Hetzer

Jochen Hirth

Abhay A Tiple

Werner Gnan

Joachim Kenntner

Thilo Kraehmer

Michael Conrad

Michael Meyringer

Andreas Wildhagen

Ingo Pfitzner

Dirk Henrich

Robert Doerner

Tao Yu

Thomas Hoffmann

Andrea Sudbrack

Christoph Birkenhauer

Wolfgang Herzog

Klaus Reinelt

Volkmar Stegmann

Andre Wagner

Andreas Brossler

Kai-Michael Roesner

Martin Von Der Emde

Dieter Krisch

Ulrich Frenzel

Andreas Reccius

Rudolf Winkel

Marcel Kassner

Achim Heger

Markus Klein

Benjamin Klehr

Rainer Heun

Axel Kuehl

Ralf Dinkel

Michael Picht

Reiner Bildmayer

Stefan Franke

Andre Wachholz-Prill

Robert Reiner

Thomas Bach

Danny Pannicke

Ralf Klein

Giovanni Deledda

Volker Faisst

Juergen Kind

Thomas Schachner

Michael Hohendorf

Otfried Geisau

Holger Herrmann

Andreas Leukert-Knapp

Jochen Wickel

Martin Gaub

Katja Kasteleiner

Karina Herrmann

Christoph Engler

Martina Lahr

Torsten Bachmann

Cordula Ude

Rainer Leinemann

Peer Marschall

Arno Eifel

Anton Forstreuter

Frank Reinemuth

Uwe Mayer

Klaus Schlappner

Jan Karstens

Andrea Roesinger

Gerald Paetzold

Edwin Himmelsbach

Wilhelm Zwerger

Ralf Reinke

Wilfried Merkel

Tanjana Preiser-Funke

Yongbin He

Sabine Montnacher

Oliver Jaegle

Methods and systems are disclosed for modeling costed entities and performing a value chain analysis. In one implementation, methods and systems may implement a costing platform. The costing platform may be adapted for modeling any set of costed entities and processing value chains. Value chains may be modeled by a user via the costing platform, so that networks comprised of objects and edges, and costed entities located at the objects can be modeled and functions can be added to determine key figures.

Systems and methods for modeling costed entities and performing a value chain analysis

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.

Consistent set of interfaces derived from a business object model

Business objects can be implemented in a single persistence scenario that supports both online transaction processing (OLTP) and online analytical processing (OLAP). A consumption-centric approach can use a same business object attribute data format model for consumption and persistence. Also, a singular model can be implemented in different layers of a system processing business objects. Extra software layers can be avoided. A business-objects-based system can take advantage of the technologies to provide greater flexibility, ease of extensibility, and performance improvements.

Single persistence implementation of business objects

Systems and methods are provided for performing a database access. In one embodiment, a computer system is provided that comprises means for receiving and storing structural information, the structural information being descriptive of a number of objects, each of the objects having sub-objects, the structural information comprising a first table and a second table for each sub-object, the first and second table including descriptive information for each sub-object, means for assigning a unique identifier to each sub-object name identified by the structural information, means for storing a mapping table of sub-object names and unique identifiers, and means for requesting generation of a database table for each sub-object identified by the structural information.

Computer systems and methods for performing a database access to generate database tables based on structural information corresonding to database objects

Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having accounting functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.

Providing accounting software application as enterprise services

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing plan-driven procurement. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include an Inbound Delivery Processing process component, a Site Logistics Processing process component, an Inventory Processing process component, a Purchase Request Processing process component, a Purchase Order Processing process component, a Purchasing Contract process component, a Supplier Invoice Processing process component, a Demand Forecast Processing process component, a Supply and Demand Matching process component, an External Procurement Trigger and Response process component, and a Logistics Execution Control process component.

Architectural design for plan-driven procurement application software

Computer-implemented methods, computer systems and computer program products are provided for creating and processing a browser compliant human interface description. A predefined application specific human interface description using application specific layout elements is transformed into a standardized human interface description using basic layout elements. The standardized human interface description is decomposed into a human interface layout template and a data description. A data instance is instantiated from the data description. The data instance is merged with the human interface layout template into an individual browser compliant human interface description, which is then rendered to prompt a user for data input. The received data from the user are stored in the data instance. The status of at least one layout element is either stored in the data instance or in a runtime-copy of the standardized human interface description.

Method and computer system for creating and processing a browser compliant human interface description

Methods and systems for converting standardized, structured update requests into native business object commands are provided. The structured update requests may be defined in a business object-specific structured query language (BQL). A BQL engine may translate the structured update request into a command formatted for use by the appropriate business object or a programming interface in communication with the business object.

System and method for translating and executing update requests

Computer-implemented methods, computer systems and computer program products are provided for separating and processing layout information and data of a document. The computer system provides a predefined document description. The document description is decomposed into a layout template and a data description. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, decomposition is achieved by using style sheet language transformations. Optionally, the computer system may instantiate a data instance from the data description and merge the data instance with the layout template into an individual document description. The individual document description can be rendered by a conventional browser.

Method and computer system for separating and processing layout information and data of a document

Computer-implemented method, computer system and computer program product for providing and processing a human interface description. A user submits databy using an human interface description. The datacomprise status information of at least one layout element of human interface description. The computer system receivesthe data. Optionally, the computer system storesthe datain a data instance. The data instancecan be modified by an application program via interface. Preferably, the computer system provides the human interface descriptionby merginga layout template-with the data instance. Preferably, the data instanceis instantiated from a data description-

Method and computer system for providing and processing a human interface description

Computer-implemented method, computer system and computer program product for creating graphical assignments between objects. An object hierarchy () and an object type selector () are displayed on an output device. The object type selector () proyides a plurality of predefined object types (-). A rule database stores for each object type at least one predefined object type assignment. A first object () is inserted () into the object hierarchy () in accordance with one of the object type assignments, wherein the first object () has a first object type () and is graphically assigned to a second object () haying a second object type (). An object type can result from a combination of a predefined object type () with an object instance of any predefined object type. Graphical assignments between objects of at least two object hierarchies can also be created.

Method and computer system for graphical assignments in hierarchies

Systems and methods are provided for configuring software. The software may be configured with wizard-like configuration levels, including configuration levels that may overlay previous ones. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method is provided for configuring software. The method may include prompting a user to select a scenario for configuring the software, receiving, as input, a selected scenario from the user and further prompting the user to enter configuration data based on the selected business scenario. The method may also include applying at least one template to generate at least one configuration statement for the software, wherein the at least one template comprises a set of rules for generating the configuration statement based on the configuration data entered by the user.

Systems and methods for configuring software

Embodiments of the present invention relate to computer systems, methods and programs for storing a set of data obtained from a data source, the set of data comprising a set of attribute or field names and respective attribute or field values. The computer system may comprise means for storing object type definitions, each object type definition comprising an object type name and at least a set of defining characteristics and a set of role names, and means for storing role definitions, each role definition comprising a role name and at least a set of controlling characteristics. Further, the computer system may include means for storing a list of prioritized finding rules, each finding rule comprising a condition for application to values of the set of data and one of the object types that is returned when the condition is fulfilled, means for storing objects that are instances of the object types, and means for storing mass data referring to objects; and a set of inbound interfaces.

Computer systems, methods and programs for providing uniform access to configurable objects derived from disparate sources

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Gunther Liebich