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Field extensibility using generic boxed components

US8489640B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Uwe Schlarb · Östringen, DE
Stefan Baeuerle · Walldorf, DE
Bernhard Thimmel · Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE
Matthias Lehr · Dresden, DE
Karsten Fanghänel · Schwetzingen, DE
Johannes Haselberger · Walldorf, DE
Anne Jacobi · Wiesloch, DE
Bertram Vielsack · Malsch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 19, 2010
Grant date	Jul 16, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 26, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/951
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system may include reception of a definition of an extension field to be added to a business object node, generation of metadata for a data type enhancement object associated with the extension field, and generation of an ABAP dictionary proxy object based on the data type enhancement object, wherein the ABAP dictionary proxy object describes the extension field in a sub-structure of a first field of the ABAP dictionary proxy object.

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