Method, computer program product and article of manufacture for providing service-to-role assignment to launch application services in role-based computer system

US7657528B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Peter Bittner · Hockenheim, DE
• Bernhard Drittler · Walldorf, DE
• Jürgen Heymann · Leimen, DE
• Sterfan Kusterer · Schallstadt, DE
• Sven Schwerin-Wenzel · Dielheim, DE
• Thorsten Vieth · Wiesloch, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 11, 2002
• Grant date: Feb 2, 2010
• Expiry date: Apr 30, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F9/445
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In a computer system (100) that launches application services for predetermined roles, a service-to-role assignment is customized in a target table. The user inserts a CD-ROM with master and reference tables, and the system automatically provides the target table. The master table (119) stores a first assignment (112) of application services (S, 151-156) to roles (RO), and stores a second assignment (113) of service attributes (SA), such as language or industry branch, of the application services (S). The reference table (129) stores reference attributes (REA) for each application service (S) in the master table. The service representations for each role (RO) are forwarded from the master table (119) into the target table (149) if service and reference attributes match.