Business object change management using release status codes

US8555248B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Frank Brunswig · Heidelberg, DE
• Dirk Giebel · Walldorf, DE
• Hubert Klein · Wertheim, DE
• Gerd Ritter · Heidelberg, DE
• Noam Tamarkin · Or Akiva, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 16, 2009
• Grant date: Oct 8, 2013
• Expiry date: Jul 23, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F8/70
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented system may include a data store to store business data, an application platform, and a business application. The application platform may include a repository to store metadata defining a plurality of business objects, each of the business objects comprising a respective model of data and associated logic, each business object associated with respective business object entities, and a framework in communication with the repository to provide access to the business data. The business application is to access the data via the framework and based on the metadata, wherein the metadata associates a first plurality of the business object entities with a RELEASED release status code, and wherein the metadata associates a second plurality of the business object entities with a DEPRECATED release status code.