Method and apparatus to propagate delta information from an enterprise information system

• US 20070130181A1
• Filed: 11/22/2005
• Published: 06/07/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Vidyarthi, Suraksha, Tasser, Ranjana, Allen, Corville, Srikanteswaran, Sugandha
• Granted Patent: US 8,560,498 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Disclosed is a computer implemented method, computer program product, and data processing system for propagating object fields associated with an event to a client application. A software module gets an event having an event identifier, wherein the event identifier is associated with a business object. The software module analyzes the business object and the application specific metadata to determine the delta component used for the event. The software module builds the delta business object based on the delta content. The software module determines if the business object has a child object. The software module sets the business object to be the child object in response to a determination that the business object has the child object. The software module propagates the delta business object to the client application.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for managing data, the computer implemented method comprising:

maintaining a main event component in a first enterprise information system, wherein the main event component contains a detected event in which the detected event has a unique event identifier and a top-level business component; and

associating the detected event with at least one component of interest to form a delta business object, wherein the delta business object is used to propagate changes to a second enterprise information system.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the maintaining step comprises:

creating a main event component;

creating a top-level delta component;

determining that an event has occurred; and

recording the event as the detected event to the main event component.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 2, wherein the top-level delta component has a child delta component.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 2, wherein the associating step comprises:

identifying a hierarchy of objects including the at least one component of interest; and

creating a delta business object based on changes in the at least one component of interest.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4, further comprising:

sending the delta business object to a client, wherein the delta business object comprises at least one delta field value.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 5, wherein the identifying step comprises:

determining whether the delta business object has at least one child object; and

searching a plurality of objects for a child delta component based on a determination that the delta business object has at least one child object.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 6, wherein creating the top-level delta component comprises:

creating at least one child delta component.

8. A computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer usable program code for managing data, said computer program product including;

computer usable program code for maintaining a main event component for a first enterprise information system, wherein the main event component contains a detected event in which the detected event has a unique event identifier and a top-level business component; and

computer usable program code for associating the detected event with at least one component of interest to form a delta business object, wherein the delta business object is used to propagate changes to a second enterprise information system.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer usable program code for maintaining comprises:

computer usable program code for creating a main event component;

computer usable program code for creating a top-level delta component;

computer usable program code for determining that an event has occurred; and

computer usable program code for recording the event as the detected event to the main event component.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the top-level delta component has a child delta component.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the computer usable program code for associating comprises:

computer usable program code for identifying a hierarchy of objects including the at least one component of interest; and

computer usable program code for creating a delta business object based on changes in the at least one component of interest.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising:

computer usable program code for sending the delta business object to a client, wherein the delta business object comprises at least one delta field value.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the computer usable program code for identifying comprises:

computer usable program code for determining whether the delta business object has at least one child object; and

computer usable program code for searching a plurality of objects for a child delta component based on a determination that the delta business object has at least one child object.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein computer usable program code for creating the top-level delta component comprises:

computer usable program code for creating at least one child delta component.

15. A data processing system comprising:

a bus;

a storage device connected to the bus, wherein computer usable code is located in the storage device;

a communication unit connected to the bus;

a processing unit connected to the bus, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable code to maintain a main event component for a first enterprise information system, wherein the main event component contains a detected event in which the detected event has a unique event identifier and a top-level business component; and

to associate the detected event with at least one component of interest to form a delta business object, wherein the delta business object is used to propagate changes to a second enterprise information system.

16. The data processing system of claim 15 wherein in executing the computer usable code to maintain, the processing unit further executes the computer usable code to create a main event component;

create a top-level delta component;

determine that an event has occurred; and

record the event as the detected event to the main event component.

17. The data processing system of claim 16, wherein the top-level delta component has at least one child delta component.

18. The data processing system of claim 16 wherein in executing the computer usable code to associate the detected event with at least one component of interest to form a delta business object, the processing unit further executes the computer usable code to identify a hierarchy of objects including the at least one component of interest;

and to create a delta business object based on changes in the at least one component of interest.

19. The data processing system of claim 18, wherein the processing unit further executes the computer usable code to identify a hierarchy of objects including the at least one component of interest;

and create a delta business object based on changes in the at least one component of interest.

20. The data processing system of claim 19 wherein in executing the computer usable code to identify a hierarchy of objects including the at least one component of interest, the processing unit further executes the computer usable code to determine whether the delta business object has at least one child object;

and to search a plurality of objects for a child delta component based on a determination that the delta business object has at least one child object.