Designing business content for reporting
First Claim
1. A method of providing object-based content to be reported in an external general reporting application, the method comprising:
- receiving a user selection of a business object having associated attributes, and displaying a view of the attributes associated with the selected business object;
receiving a user selection of at least one of the attributes, the selected at least one attribute to be displayed in a report generated in the external reporting application, and adding the selected at least one attribute to a business content structure of selected attributes;
retrieving data associated with the business content structure; and
generating an output file that the external reporting application can use to generate the report, the report to include the business content structure and the data associated therewith.
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for designing business content for reporting tools. In one general aspect, the invention provides for receiving a user selection of a business object having associated attributes and displaying a view of the attributes. A user selection of one or more of the attributes is received, indicating the selected one or more attributes are to be displayed in a report generated in the external reporting application. The selected one or more attributes are added to a business content structure. Data associated with the business content structure is retrieved and an output file is generated. The reporting application can use the output file to generate the report that includes the business content structure and the data associated therewith. The business content structure can be stored in a database and later retrieved to generate an output file, allowing a report with current data to be generated by the reporting application.
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35 Claims
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1. A method of providing object-based content to be reported in an external general reporting application, the method comprising:
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receiving a user selection of a business object having associated attributes, and displaying a view of the attributes associated with the selected business object;
receiving a user selection of at least one of the attributes, the selected at least one attribute to be displayed in a report generated in the external reporting application, and adding the selected at least one attribute to a business content structure of selected attributes;
retrieving data associated with the business content structure; and
generating an output file that the external reporting application can use to generate the report, the report to include the business content structure and the data associated therewith. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of providing object-based content to be reported in an external general reporting application, the method comprising:
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receiving a user selection of a business object having associated attributes, and displaying a view of the attributes associated with the selected business object;
receiving a user selection of at least one of the attributes, the selected at least one attribute to be displayed in a report generated in the external reporting application, and adding the selected at least one attribute to a business content structure of selected attributes; and
persistently storing the business content structure in a database so that it can later be retrieved and used to generate an output file that the external reporting application can use to generate the report with current data.
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19. Computer-readable medium with program instructions stored thereon that when executed perform the following functions for providing object-based content to be reported in an external general reporting application:
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receives a user selection of a business object having associated attributes, and displays a view of the attributes associated with the selected business object;
receives a user selection of at least one of the attributes, the selected at least one attribute to be displayed in a report generated in the external reporting application, and adds the selected at least one attribute to a business content structure of selected attributes;
retrieves data associated with the business content structure; and
generates an output file that the external reporting application can use to generate the report, the report to include the business content structure and the data associated therewith. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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