Business transaction issue manager

• US 20080319777A1
• Filed: 06/20/2007
• Published: 12/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Hoff, Roland
• Application Number:
  US11/820,701
• Publication Number:
  US 20080319777A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24573 using data annotations, e.g. user-defined metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce

Abstract

A plurality of business transactions associated with a user may be determined based on a role of the user, wherein each business transaction includes business data associated with the business transaction. A user-defined issue based on the plurality of business transactions may be received, the user-defined issue including at least one of an issue-type, one or more issue-definitions based on the business data, and one or more priorities associated with the one or more issue-definitions. One or more business transactions of the plurality of business transactions in which the business data of each of the one or more business transactions corresponds to one or more of the issue-definitions may be determined. The one or more business transactions may be provided in association with the user-defined issue and including at least a portion of the business data.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a definition engine configured to receive one or more user-defined issues based on a role associated with a user, the one or more user-defined issues including an issue-type, one or more issue-definitions and one or more priorities corresponding to the one or more issue-definitions;

an account manager configured to determine one or more accounts associated with the user, each account including business data associated with at least one of a plurality business transactions;

a filter configured to determine at least a one or more of the plurality of business transactions associated with the one or more user-defined issues based on a comparison of the business data with the one or more issue-definitions;

a priority engine configured to determine which of the one or more priorities correspond to each of the one or more business transactions, based on the comparison; and

a view generator configured to generate one or more views including at least a grouping of the one or more business transactions in association with at least a portion of the business data and the one or more user-defined issues.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the definition engine is configured to determine one or more system-defined issues associated with the role.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the definition engine is configured to allow the user to define the one or more user-defined issues wherein the issue-type of the one or more user-defined issues corresponds to one or more issue-types associated with the role.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the filter is configured to parse the business data of each of the plurality of business transactions associated with the user for at least a portion of the business data corresponding to one or more of the issue-definitions.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the priority engine is configured to assign a priority of the one or more priorities to each of the one or more business transactions.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the view generator is configured to provide a summary view including the one or more accounts in association with a summary of the priorities associated with the one or more business transactions associated with each of the one or more accounts.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the view generator is configured to provide a business transaction view including one or more groupings of the business data, grouped based on each business transaction.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the filter includes data mining logic configured to determine an issue reason associated with each of the one or more business transactions based on the comparison.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the filter includes data mining logic configured to determine a contact associated with each of the one or more business transactions based on the business data associated with each business transaction.

10. A computer program product for handling a plurality of business transactions, associated with a user, including business data consistent with a user-defined issue defined by the user, the computer program product being tangibly embodied on a computer-readable medium and including executable code that, when executed, is configured to cause a data processing apparatus to provide a business transaction interface comprising:

a grouped plurality of fields that are grouped with respect to each of the plurality of business transactions including;

an issue-type field configured to identify the user-defined issue;

a business transaction identification field configured to identify each of the plurality of business transactions;

an issue-reason field configured to provide results of a comparison of the business data of each of the plurality of business transactions with an issue-definition of the user-defined issue; and

a priority field configured to provide a priority associated with each business transaction of the plurality of business transactions based on the issue-reason field wherein the issue-definition corresponds to the priority.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the interface comprising the grouped plurality of fields includes a value field configured to provide a determination of a value of each of the plurality of business transactions as associated with the user-defined issue.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the value field comprises a monetary value.

13. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the interface comprising the grouped plurality of fields includes an issue contact field configured to provide, from the business data, an identification of a contact associated with each of the plurality of business transactions and the user-defined issue.

14. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the interface comprising the grouped plurality of fields includes an action field providing one or more actions to be performed with respect to each of the plurality of business transactions.

15. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the interface comprising the grouped plurality of fields includes an account field configured to identify an account associated with the user including each of the plurality of business transactions.

16. A method comprising:

determining, based on a role of a user, a plurality of business transactions associated with the user wherein each business transaction includes business data associated with the business transaction;

receiving a user-defined issue based on the plurality of business transactions, the user-defined issue including at least one of an issue-type, one or more issue-definitions based on the business data, and one or more priorities associated with the one or more issue-definitions;

determining one or more business transactions of the plurality of business transactions in which the business data of each of the one or more business transactions corresponds to one or more of the issue-definitions; and

providing the one or more business transactions in association with the user-defined issue and including at least a portion of the business data.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the determining, based on a role of a user, a plurality of business transactions comprises determining one or more customer accounts associated with the user, the one or more customer accounts comprising the plurality of business transactions.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein the determining, based on a role of a user, a plurality of business transactions comprises determining that the issue-type corresponds to the role of the user.

19. The method of claim 16 wherein the receiving comprises receiving the user-defined issue wherein the issue-type corresponds to the plurality of business transactions.

20. The method of claim 16 wherein the determining one or more business transactions comprises determining a priority, from the one or more priorities, associated with each of the one or more business transactions.