Sap Ag

Rainer Hoch

Vladislav Bezrukov

Thomas Göring

Andreas Deutesfeld

Wolfgang Otter

Claudia P Binder

Wolfgang Weiss

Adrian Alexander

Christoph Wachter

Systems and methods for defining a form with a plurality of layout items for data presentation by a business application provide a tree view with tree nodes to represent the layout items, wherein the view visualizes structure information, a processing order, a selected tree node to represent a selected layout item; provide a property view to display properties of the selected layout item; provide a layout view to display items, wherein the selected layout item is highlighted; modify the selected layout item and the processing order through interaction with a user; and create a form definition document. The compatibility of layout items and processing order with a predefined data interface of the business application is verified as well.

Defining form formats with layout items that present data of business application

A computer-implemented method for processing data used by a business application consistent with the present invention may include receiving electronic form data comprising layout data and representations of interactive elements, combining the electronic form data with customer specific data from a database to generate an intermediate form document in a data format capable of being output to a printer as a blank form without further modification, and converting the intermediate form document into a third document in a data format for display to a customer by a browser. The third document displayed to the customer looks the same as the blank form, receiving customer input data received from a customer via the third document, and associating the customer input data with the customer specific data in the business application.

Methods and systems for providing a document with interactive elements to retrieve information for processing by business applications

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Altluβheim, Germany

Rainer Hoch