Seamless morphing from scenario model to system-based instance visualization

US9070097B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP SE · DE

Inventors

• Jochen Mayerle · Flein, DE
• Johan Christiaan Peters · Bad Schönborn, DE
• Marianne Brosche · Heidelberg, DE
• Joachim Fessler · Gräfenberg, DE
• Ulrich Keil · Heidelberg, DE
• Holger Knospe · Wiesloch, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 14, 2011
• Grant date: Jun 30, 2015
• Expiry date: Jul 25, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

A single meta-model can include metadata defining a business scenario landscape that includes business scenarios accessible to members of an organization that are supported by a business software architecture. The metadata can include business process definitions and relationships between business processes. A user interface can present first, second, and/or third visualization layers based on the metadata. The first visualization layer can include first user interface elements forming a business scenario landscape map showing business scenarios and at least one relationship between the business scenarios. The second visualization layer can include second user interface elements displayed in a navigation pane concurrently with a work pane. The second user interface elements can represent a linear sequence of second business processes of a business scenario while the work pane can include additional user interface elements corresponding to functionality provided by the business software architecture relating to a currently selected business process.