Methods and systems for providing an integrated business application configuration environment
First Claim
1. A method of configuring a business application, comprising:
- receiving a model representing the business application, wherein the model includes information regarding relationships among a plurality of business objects included in the model;
loading the model into the workspace of an integrated configuration environment;
receiving a change to a first business object of the plurality of business objects through the integrated configuration environment;
determining, using the integrated configuration environment, an effect on a second business object of the plurality of business objects caused by the change, wherein determining is based on the relationships among the plurality of business objects;
displaying a representation of the first business object and a representation of the second business object; and
displaying a representation of the effect on the second business object.
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Abstract
Systems and methods consistent with the invention create a model of a configurable business application that is compatible with an integrated development environment. The tools available in the integrated development environment (IDE) may be used as an integrated business application configuration environment (ICE) to analyze and change the configuration of the business application model while providing scope visualization, context visualization, object-interrelation analysis, error detection, and other benefits and features that an integrated environment provides for program code development. The reconfigured business application model may then be transformed into structures for the business application, so that the implemented changes to the model are applied to the actual business application.
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1. A method of configuring a business application, comprising:
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receiving a model representing the business application, wherein the model includes information regarding relationships among a plurality of business objects included in the model;
loading the model into the workspace of an integrated configuration environment;
receiving a change to a first business object of the plurality of business objects through the integrated configuration environment;
determining, using the integrated configuration environment, an effect on a second business object of the plurality of business objects caused by the change, wherein determining is based on the relationships among the plurality of business objects;
displaying a representation of the first business object and a representation of the second business object; and
displaying a representation of the effect on the second business object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for configuring a business application comprising:
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creating a model of the business application in a language recognized by an integrated configuration environment, wherein the model includes information regarding relationships among a plurality of objects included in the model;
loading the model into a workspace of the integrated configuration environment; and
displaying a representation of the model using the integrated configuration environment, wherein the displayed representation indicates the relationships among the plurality of objects included in the model of the business application. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for configuring a business application, comprising:
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means for receiving a model representing the business application, wherein the model includes information regarding relationships among a plurality of business objects included in the model;
means for loading the model into the workspace of an integrated configuration environment;
means for receiving a change to a first business object of the plurality of business objects through the integrated configuration environment;
means for determining, using the integrated configuration environment, an effect on a second business object of the plurality of business objects caused by the change, wherein determining is based on the relationships among the plurality of business objects;
means for displaying a representation of the first business object and a representation of the second business object; and
means for displaying a representation of the effect on the second business object. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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