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Kai Dehmann

Thomas Wieczorek

Tamara Weckwerth

Herbert Hackmann

Peter Surma

Christopher Ronnewinkel

Steffi Kramer

Andrea Klein

Mathias Habich

Nils Ehlert

A method and system including a technical configuration module; a software application; a technical configuration processor in communication with the technical configuration module and operative to execute processor-executable process steps to cause the system to: receive a change request including one or more changes to the software application; determine one or more changes to at least one object of a technical configuration of the changed software application; receive a virtual change request including a list of changed objects; and execute an update to the at least one object of the technical configuration based on the determined one or more changes received in the virtual change request. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Technical configuration delta-driven update and decoupling

Software extensions for applications of an enterprise system may be developed in a test system. An adaptation transport module accesses, in the test system, a collection of adaptation objects where each adaptation object includes a semantic representation of a software extension for an application of an enterprise system and at least one associated software object. The transport module processes the collection by: generating staging data based on a type of each adaptation object; exporting the collection from the test system; performing checks on each adaptation object based on the staging data; and importing the collection to the enterprise system. The transport module installs each of the software extensions on the application, using the at least one associated software object for each, based on the results of the checks of each respective adaptation object. The staging data may be written to a file in a common directory shared by both systems.

Checks for software extensions

Adaptation objects comprising software extensions for applications of an enterprise system may be developed in a test system. Dependency data for an adaptation object may be generated based on a reference, in the adaptation object, to at least one other adaptation object in the test system. If the adaptation object is assigned to a collection of adaptation objects for export to the enterprise system then checks are performed on the adaptation object based on the dependency data. One check may be for determining whether the at least one other adaptation object is: part of the collection or has already been exported and is unchanged since last being exported. If this check is failed a user interface is provided for: adding a latest version of the at least one adaptation object to the collection; or removing the reference to the at least one other adaptation object from the adaptation object.

Dependency handling for software extensions

Software extensions for applications of an enterprise system may be developed in a test system. An adaptation transport module displays, in a test system, a plurality of semantic representations of software extension components for an application of an enterprise system. A semantic representation of a software extension for the application is generated based on a user selection of a combination of the semantic representations of software extension components. An adaptation object comprising the semantic representation of the software extension and at least one associated software object is generated by identifying the associated software object(s) based on an adaptation type of the adaptation object. The adaptation transport module displays, in the enterprise system, the semantic representation of the software extension (or of a collection including the software extension) and the adaptation object is imported to the enterprise system based on a user selection of the semantic representation of the software extension.

Semantic representations of software extensions

Methods and systems for merging a updated schema and a customized schema both derived from the same schema are presented. The schemas may be used by application programs as decision trees. The schemas may have categories with linked business objects. The categories may be organized by a hierarchy which defines relationships between the categories. The customized schema may be imported and merged with the updated schema. The merging may be based on the merging the paths of the updated schema with the paths of the customized schema. Additional steps may include merging the attributes of the updated and customized schemas, merging the application areas of the updated and customized schemas, and merging the attributes of the categories. Adjustments may be performed to the merged updated schema by a user or an application program. The results of merging may be recorded in a log.

Import and merge of categorization schemas

In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for mapping an object type to a document type. A computer system stores configuration templates that each identify a mapping of an object type to a markup language document type. The computer system displays a graphical user interface that permits a user of the computing system to select a configuration template. The computer system displays a list of the at least some attributes and, for each of the attributes, the associated markup language attribute or element that is identified by the selected configuration template. The computer system receives second user input that changes an association of one of the attributes so that the attribute is instead associated with a different markup language attribute or element. The computer system stores an updated mapping of the object type to the markup language document type.

Mapping an object type to a document type

In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for importing objects. A computer system processes structured electronic documents that define objects to be imported into a database in multiple phases. In a first phase, the computer system analyzes the structured electronic documents to determine whether the objects to be imported are related to one or more other objects that have yet to be stored in the database. If so, the computer system generates contextual information that defines the relationships between the objects. In a second phase, the computer system establishes relationships in the database between related objects using the contextual information.

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