Linear visualization for overview, status display, and navigation along business scenario instances

US9064220B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP SE · DE

Inventors

• Marianne Brosche · Heidelberg, DE
• Holger Knospe · Wiesloch, DE
• Guenter Pecht-Seibert · Östringen, DE
• Jochen Mayerle · Flein, DE
• Ulrich Keil · Heidelberg, DE
• Joachim Fessler · Gräfenberg, DE
• Otfried Geisau · Sinsheim, DE
• Uwe Schultz · Sinsheim, DE
• Jochen Steinbach · Bad Schönborn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 14, 2011
• Grant date: Jun 23, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 14, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Transactional data associated with a specific instance of a business scenario that includes an intersecting process feature requiring prerequisite action by a prerequisite process feature that is part of another business scenario can be linked to a scenario model providing a linearized representation in which other process features of the business scenario, the intersecting process feature, and the prerequisite process feature are arranged in a linear sequence. A navigation pane including a linear progression of user interface elements representing the linear sequence can be concurrently displayed with a work pane including other user interface elements corresponding to functionality provided by business software architecture features related to a currently selected process feature. The navigation pane display can expand at a selected user interface element to display additional user interface elements corresponding to process features involved in completion of the process feature corresponding to the selected first user interface element.