NAVIGATION THROUGH COMPONENTS

• US 20080071657A1
• Filed: 03/22/2007
• Published: 03/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Matic, Dragan S.
• Granted Patent: US 7,769,698 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/35
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/085 involving remote charge determination or related payment systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes

Abstract

This disclosure provides various embodiments of software for navigating through components. In one aspect, the software associates a transactional process with a first component, triggers navigation from the first component to a second component, and performs the transactional process associated with the first component upon triggering navigation from the first component to the second component. In some implementations, the transactional process comprises validating modifications made to the data of the first component. In other implementations, the transactional process further comprises saving the modifications to the data of the first component if the validation is successful, and if the validation is unsuccessful, not saving the modifications to the data of the first component.

Claims

1. Software comprising instructions stored on a computer readable medium, the software operable when executed to:

present a first component associated with a transactional process;

automatically trigger navigation from the first component to a second component in response to an event, each component associated with a model-view-controller business application; and

perform the transactional process associated with the first component upon triggering navigation from the first component to the second component.

2. The software of claim 1, wherein the transactional process comprises validating modifications made to data of the first component.

3. The software of claim 2 further operable to:

if the validation is successful, save the modifications made to the data of the first component using the transactional process; and

if the validation is unsuccessful, roll back the modifications made to the data of the first component using the transactional process.

4. The software of claim 3, if the validation is unsuccessful, further operable to generate an error message describing a basis for the unsuccessful validation.

5. The software of claim 1, wherein the navigation from the first component to the second component comprises navigation from a menu to a logically lower component.

6. The software of claim 5, wherein the transactional process is performed if the second component is a transactional component.

7. The software of claim 5 further operable to automatically validate the modifications made to the first component.

8. The software of claim 7 further operable to:

if the validation is successful, save the modifications made to the data of the first component using the transactional process if the validation is successful; and

if the validation is unsuccessful, present an error message based on the unsuccessful validation and roll back the modifications made to the data of the first component using the transactional process.

9. The software of claim 1, wherein the navigation from the first component to the second component comprises navigation from a first view of the first component to a second view of the second component.

10. The software of claim 9, wherein the second component is nested within the first component.

11. The software of claim 9 further operable to selectively cause automatic validation of the modifications made to the data of the first component using the transactional process.

12. The software of claim 11 further operable to:

if the automatic validation is successful, save the modifications made to the data of the first component using the transactional process; and

if the automatic validation is unsuccessful, roll back the modifications made to the data of the first component using the transactional process.

13. The software of claim 1, the transactional process logically coupling an outbound plug of the first component with an inbound plug of the second component.

14. A system comprising:

memory storing a plurality of components associated with a model-view-controller business application; and

one or more processors operable to;

present a first component of the plurality of components associated with a transactional process;

automatically trigger navigation from the first component to a second component in response to an event; and

perform the transactional process associated with the first component upon triggering navigation from the first component to the second component.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the navigation from the first component to the second component comprises navigation from a menu to a logically lower component.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the transactional process is performed if the second component is a transactional component.

17. The system of claim 15, the one or more processors further operable to automatically validate the modifications made to the first component.

18. The system of claim 17, the one or more processors further operable to:

if the validation is successful, save the modifications made to the data of the first component using the transactional process if the validation is successful; and

if the validation is unsuccessful, present an error message based on the unsuccessful validation and roll back the modifications made to the data of the first component using the transactional process.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the navigation from the first component to the second component comprises navigation from a first view of the first component to a second view of the second component.

20. The system of claim 19, the one or more processors further operable to selectively cause automatic validation of the modifications made to the data of the first component using the transactional process.