Component load procedure for setting up systems

US8434060B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Volker Driesen · Heidelberg, DE
• Peter Eberlein · Malsch, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 17, 2010
• Grant date: Apr 30, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 11, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F8/60
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Optional components are delivered to a software platform as a database load. A component is deployed to an application server of a first system. The component comprises at least a portion of the software to be delivered as a database load to a second system that implements the software platform. A component export tool in the first system identifies database table structures and database table entries created by the deployment of the component. The component export tool generates a load delivery package based on the identified database table structures and database table entries and then exports the load delivery package to the second system. A component load tool in the second system generates application tables based on the identified database table structures in the shipment package. The database table entries are then imported into the generated application packages in the load delivery package so that the component can be loaded into the software platform. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.