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Adapting business objects for searches and searching adapted business objects

US7475059B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Klaus Irle · Walldorf, DE
Uwe Kindsvogel · Ubstadt-Weiher, DE
Tatjana Janssen · Bad Nenndorf, DE
Liwei Lu · Konstanz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 13, 2003
Grant date	Jan 6, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 19, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/99933
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for performing text and attribute searches of data stores that include business objects and for searching business objects. A computer-implemented method, for adapting business objects for text searches, includes retrieving attribute data from a business object and storing the attribute data as linear text content of the business object. A computer program product, for searching business objects, includes instructions operable to cause a processor to receive search criteria. The product includes instructions to access a linear text of a business object, the linear text including attribute data from the business object. The product includes instructions to search the linear text to identify the received search criteria. The product is tangibly stored on machine-readable medium.

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