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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
James Morrison, Landau, DE;
Esther Blankenship, Mannheim, DE;
Leif Jensen-pistorius, Oestringen, DE;
Peer Hilgers, St. Leon-Rot, DE;
James Morrison, Landau, DE;
Esther Blankenship, Mannheim, DE;
Leif Jensen-Pistorius, Oestringen, DE;
Peer Hilgers, St. Leon-Rot, DE;
SAP AG, Walldorf, DE;
Abstract
A method and system to monitor steps in a business process or complex tasks are described. The method may include displaying a graphical step monitor in a graphical user interface of an application, using a plurality of graphical elements indicating statuses of a plurality of steps in a sequence of steps in a process. The method may include receiving update information related to one or more steps of the plurality of steps. The method may also include updating the statuses of the steps for which the update information was received and as indicated by the plurality of graphical elements. Furthermore, the method may include displaying a description region including a further plurality of graphical elements and texts, the texts describing the steps, the statuses of which are indicated by the graphical elements.