Developer mode for workflow systems steering patch deployment

US9721230B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP SE · DE

Inventors

• Ronald Trump · Wiesloch, DE
• Harald Schubert · Mannheim, DE
• Tobias Breyer · Heidelberg, DE
• Peter Gernold · Schriesheim, DE
• Stefan Henke · Plankstadt, DE
• Krassimir Kondarev · Walldorf, DE
• Torsten Wecke · Walldorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 4, 2015
• Grant date: Aug 1, 2017
• Expiry date: Aug 4, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/103
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In a first method, a developer mode is determined when a workflow template patch is received, and execution of new workflow instances is either blocked or permitted, or continued execution of workflow instances is forbidden. In a second method, parallelization of workflow execution is provided in an in-memory database management system. In a third method, after received user privilege information, database records associated with a workflow are determined and stored for use at workflow instance runtime. In a fourth method, artifacts used by a workflow are identified using a workflow template. When a command to execute a workflow instance is received, information is stored for generating instances of artifacts for use during execution of the workflow instance. In a fifth method, for a workflow template to be inactivated, the associated workflow template is suspended after currently executing workflow instances have completed and job executors have acknowledged a suspending state.