Master data entry

• US 20050149474A1
• Filed: 12/30/2003
• Published: 07/07/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Kalthoff, Wolfgang, Rohloff, Frank
• Application Number:
  US10/747,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20050149474A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of storing data in a first database includes receiving data inputted in a data entry format by a user through a user interface, transforming the data from the data entry format to a first data storage format, and storing the data in the first database in the first data storage format.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of storing data in a first database, the method comprising:

receiving data inputted in a data entry format by a user through a user interface;

transforming the data from the data entry format to a first data storage format; and

storing the data in the first database in the first data storage format.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transformation is performed by a rules-based procedure.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing default data values in the user interface to the user.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving data identifying the user.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

deriving additional data to be stored in the first data storage format based on the inputted data and based on the identity of the user;

storing the additional data in the first database.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising defining dynamically the data entry format based on the identity of the user.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising providing default data values to the user in the user interface.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transforming the data from the data entry format to a second data storage format; and

storing the data in a second database in the data storage format.

9. A computer program product, tangibly stored on a machine readable medium, for enhancing the quality of data stored in a system, the computer program product comprising instructions for causing a processor to:

receive data inputted in a data entry format by a user through a user interface;

transform the data from the data entry format to a first data storage format; and

store the data in the first database in the first data storage format.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the transformation is performed by a rules-based procedure.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the computer program product further comprises instructions for causing a processor to provide default data values in the user interface to the user.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the computer program product further comprises instructions for causing a processor to receive data identifying the user.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the computer program product further comprises instructions for causing a processor to:

derive additional data to be stored in the first data storage format based on the inputted data and the identity of the user;

store the additional data in the first database.

14. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the computer program product further comprises instructions for causing a processor to dynamically define the data entry format based on the identity of the user.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer program product further comprises instructions for causing a processor to provide default data values to the user in the user interface.

16. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the computer program product further comprises instructions for causing a processor to:

transform the data from the data entry format to a second data storage format; and

store the data in a second database in the data storage format.