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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2016
Sap SE, Walldorf, DE;
Yuan Tung, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lalitha Rajagopalan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sudhir Bhojwani, Fremont, CA (US);
Payod Deshpande, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Pranay Kaikini, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Raghavendra Keshavamurthy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
SAP SE, Walldorf, DE;
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program. The program determines a first identifier encoding for a location associated with a user requesting procurement of the item based on a hierarchy of locations. The program further determines a second identifier for a category associated with the item based on a hierarchy of categories. The program also determines a first set of search identifiers based on the first identifier encoding for the location. The program further determines a second set of search identifiers based on the second identifier encoding for the category. The program also determines a set of combinations of search identifiers based on the first and second sets of search identifiers. The program further identifies a set of policies from a plurality of policies based on the set of combinations of search identifiers.