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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2015
Sap SE, Walldorf, DE;
Ronald Trump, Wiesloch, DE;
Harald Schubert, Mannheim, DE;
Tobias Breyer, Heidelberg, DE;
Peter Gernold, Schriesheim, DE;
Stefan Henke, Plankstadt, DE;
Krassimir Kondarev, Walldorf, DE;
Torsten Wecke, Walldorf, DE;
SAP SE, Walldorf, DE;
Abstract
In a first method, a developer mode is determined when a workflow template patch is received, and execution of new workflow instances is either blocked or permitted, or continued execution of workflow instances is forbidden. In a second method, parallelization of workflow execution is provided in an in-memory database management system. In a third method, after received user privilege information, database records associated with a workflow are determined and stored for use at workflow instance runtime. In a fourth method, artifacts used by a workflow are identified using a workflow template. When a command to execute a workflow instance is received, information is stored for generating instances of artifacts for use during execution of the workflow instance. In a fifth method, for a workflow template to be inactivated, the associated workflow template is suspended after currently executing workflow instances have completed and job executors have acknowledged a suspending state.