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Input trail on data entry

US9043693B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

SAP SE · DE

Inventors

Christian Baeck · Wiesloch, DE
Peter Tillert · Bad Schönborn, DE
Tahar El Idrissi-Lamghari · Walldorf, DE
Henrik Arndt · Frankfurt, DE
Jan Matthes · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 28, 2011
Grant date	May 26, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 24, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F40/197
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system may include reception, from a planning application, of a spreadsheet including a plurality of values, presentation of the plurality of values, reception of a first instruction to change a first value of the plurality of values to a second value, presentation, in response to the instruction, of a visual indication in association with the second value, the visual indication indicating that the second value is a fixed value, reception of a second instruction to refresh the spreadsheet, and in response to the second instruction, determination of one or more of the plurality of values of the spreadsheet, each of the determined one or more of the plurality of values presented in association with a visual indication indicating that the value is a fixed value, and transmission of the determined one or more of the plurality of values and a request to refresh the spreadsheet to the planning application.

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