Forecast monitor to track transport supply in development environments

US9898704B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP SE · DE

Inventors

• Tobias Rasch · Wiesloch, DE
• Andreas Meier · Wilhermsdorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 2013
• Grant date: Feb 20, 2018
• Expiry date: Aug 27, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/063
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and method for forecasting release times in a multisystem software development environment are disclosed. A forecast engine may analyze the system specific data for multiple systems in a particular transport chain of systems in the development environment to determine when object code should be released from a source system to reach a target system in time to be included in an event, such as a software build or quality assurance test. The system specific data may include event schedules for each system in the transport chain. By analyzing the system specific data and the transport chain, the forecast engine can generate a time by which object code needs to be released to traverse the transport chain so that it is available to the target system for a particular scheduled event.