Patent · US Expired

Customizing transaction processing in a computer application by using pre-defined functions

US7457792B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20References

23Claims

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Matthias Weigt · Oettingen, DE
Gregor Kempers · Essen, DE
Marco Rodeck · Maikammer, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 6, 2005
Grant date	Nov 25, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 6, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06Q30/06
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques enable a user, such as a business analyst or a system administrator, to define business process rules that control the processing of transaction data by a computer application. A data structure is used to store business process rules. The data structure includes a condition portion and an execution portion of a rule. The user is able to identify one of multiple pre-defined functions to be included in the execution portion of a rule. At runtime, the computer system executing a computer application determines whether a condition portion of a rule is met, and in response to a determination that the condition portion is met, performs the identified pre-defined function included in the execution portion of the rule.

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