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Sap Ag. Walldorf

Janet Dorothy Salmon

Klaus Weiss

Christoph Luebbe

Steffen Vollmert

Olga Cherepanova

Guido Tesch

Konrad Schenk

Stefan-Claudius Mueller

Luisa Karl

Ralf Ille

Thomas Zuerker

Hans-Dieter Loew

The disclosure generally describes methods, software, and systems for estimating cost allocations, including a method for the following steps. Using a machine learning system, transactions are consolidated into estimated sender-receiver totals for costs transmitted by senders to receivers in an organization. A sender-receiver percentage matrix is determined from the estimated sender-receiver totals of a given sender and for each receiver of the transactions from the given sender. The sender-receiver percentage matrix includes, for each sender, estimated sender-receiver percentages. Current actual costs are determined for each sender to receivers for a given time period. Estimated cost allocations are determined for given time period using the sender-receiver percentage matrix. The estimated cost allocations are determined for each receiver in the organization based on a function of the current actual costs for each sender. A report that includes the estimated cost allocations is provided for presentation to a user.

Cost allocation estimation using direct cost vectors and machine learning

A method includes, during execution of a first application program in which a user interacts with the application program, executing a launchpad service that invokes another application program. When a user interface of the first application program is refreshed, a state of the launchpad service is determined based on the refreshed user interface, and one or more launchpad control elements are displayed along with the user interface depending on the determined state of the launchpad service. When the launchpad control element is activated by an operator, execution of a second application program referenced by the activated control element is initiated and advanced to a processing stage determined by the activated control element.

Method and system for providing a configurable action launchpad

Systems and methods are provided for searching and displaying reports to a user. In one embodiment, the user selects an item from a displayed list of reporting objects. Based on the user's selection, a list of report topics available for the selected item is determined and presented to the user. In response, the user may select a report topic and, thereafter, the appropriate available report(s) may be directly presented or displayed to the user without any further user interaction. In one embodiment, an appropriate updated report may be generated in response to the user's selections. In another embodiment, the list of reporting topics is determined implicitly for the objects associated with the context the user is working in.

Systems and methods for searching and displaying reports

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Dudenhofen, Germany

Janet Dorothy Salmon