Application system configuration packages

US7424602B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Reiss · Heidelberg, DE
• Klaus Lang · Munster, DE
• Andreas SCHUH · Duderstadt, DE
• David M. R. Brenner · Mannheim, DE
• Frank Wagner · Reiskirchen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 29, 2005
• Grant date: Sep 9, 2008
• Expiry date: Mar 6, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F9/44505
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Various embodiments described herein relate to systems, software, and methods of utilizing application system configuration packages. Some such embodiments include maintaining a representation of one or more configuration settings of a first set of application functionality in a first package and maintaining a representation of one or more configuration settings of a second set of application functionality in a second package. This embodiment also includes maintaining, in both the first and the second packages, a representation of one or more configuration setting interdependencies between the first and second sets of application functionality. Some such embodiments further include receiving a configuration setting update to the first set of application functionality and checking the representation of the one or more configuration setting interdependencies of the first package to determine if the configuration setting update to the first set of application functionality impacts the configuration settings of the second package.