Order document data management

• US 20040225636A1
• Filed: 12/23/2003
• Published: 11/11/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Mayer, Thomas, Heinzel, Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 7,827,204 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Methods and systems for managing order document data are provided. The order document data may be represented as an object, the object being configurable so as to comprise a predetermined number of core components, the core components being configurable in their content, and being hierarchically ordered in a corresponding number of levels. The object may comprise a number of extensions. The core components may comprise a header, at least one item, and/or schedule line. The header may comprise central information about an order.

Claims

1. A method of managing order document data, the order document data being represented as an object, the object being configurable so as to comprise a predetermined number of core components, the core components being configurable in their content, and being hierarchically ordered in a corresponding number of levels.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the object comprises a number of extensions.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the core components comprises a header and, optionally, at least one item.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein each of the core components additionally comprises at least one schedule line.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the header comprises central information about an order.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the number of levels is two, wherein a first level is the header and comprises business partner information, and wherein a second level is the item and comprises product information, order quantities, and a time stamp information.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the number of levels is three, wherein a first level is the header and comprises business partner information, wherein a second level is the item and comprises product information, and wherein a third level is the schedule line and comprises order quantities, and time stamp information.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein an extension is assigned to a core component, and comprising additional information relating to the component.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the information comprised in an extension is organized in several parts, each part being linked with the corresponding core component.

11. A method of generating database objects and the associated program code for performing the method according to claim 1.

15. A computer-readable storage medium comprising program code for performing the method according to claim 1.

16. A computer-readable storage medium comprising program code for performing the method according to claim 11.

10. A method of managing order document data, the order document data being represented as an object, the object being configurable so as to comprise a predetermined number of core components and a number of extensions, the core components being configurable in their content, and being hierarchically ordered in a corresponding number of levels, and the core components comprising a header, at least one item and at least one schedule line, the header comprising central information about an order, wherein the number of levels is three, wherein a first level is the header and comprises partner information, wherein a second level is the item and comprises product information, and wherein a third level is the schedule line and comprises order quantities and time stamp information.

12. A method of generating database objects and the associated program code for performing the method according to claim 10.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the configuration is performed in a modular way on the basis of core components and extensions.

14. A computer system for performing the method according to claim 12.

17. A method of managing a database for a business application, the method comprising:

organizing data into business objects;

splitting the data into groups according to a configurable set of conditions, the conditions being based on semantic properties of the business objects; and

storing each of the groups of data in a set of tables of the database which is associated with a condition of the set of conditions.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the set of conditions is based on the way how the business objects are accessed by a business application.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the set of conditions is organized into a decision tree.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the method is performed in a hidden manner to the business application.

21. A computer system for performing the method according to claim 17.

22. A computer-readable storage medium comprising program code for performing the method according to claim 17.