SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE REPORT PART VIA A WEB SERVICE

• US 20100250486A1
• Filed: 03/30/2009
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Business Objects Incorporated (SAP SE), SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: Business Objects Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Brunner, David J.M., Loutfi, Nadir
• Granted Patent: US 8,712,956 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/603
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

Some aspects include reception of a selection of a part of a report, the selected report part associated with queries of a semantic layer, and creation of a description of a Web Service call to return contents of the selected report part. In some aspects, a Web Service call associated with a part of a report is received, the report part associated with queries of a semantic layer, and a query is determined based on the Web Service call to return contents of the report part.

Claims

1. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon program code, the program code executable by a computer to:

receive a selection of a part of a report, the selected report part associated with queries of a semantic layer; and

create a description of a Web Service call to return contents of the selected report part.

2. A medium according to claim 1, the program code further executable by a computer to:

create a description of a second Web Service call corresponding to the selected report part, the second Web Service call providing filtering parameters,

wherein the second Web Service call is to return filtered contents of the selected report part based on the filtering parameters.

3. A medium according to claim 2, the program code further executable by a computer to:

create a description of a third Web Service call corresponding to the selected report part, the third Web Service call providing drilling parameters to specify a drilling direction, drilling steps and a drilling target,

wherein the third Web Service call is to return drilled-down contents of the selected report part based on the drilling parameters.

4. A medium according to claim 3,

wherein the third Web Service call further provides combination parameters, and

wherein the third Web Service call is to return drilled-down and filtered contents of the selected report part based on the combination parameters.

5. A medium according to claim 1, the program code further executable by a computer to:

create a description of a second Web Service call corresponding to the selected report part, the second Web Service call providing drilling parameters to specify a drilling direction, drilling steps and a drilling target,

wherein the second Web Service call is to return drilled-down contents of the selected report part based on the drilling parameters.

6. A medium according to claim 5,

wherein the second Web Service call further provides filtering parameters, and

wherein the second Web Service call is to return drilled-down and filtered contents of the selected report part based on the drilling and filtering parameters.

7. A medium according to claim 1, the program code further executable by a computer to:

create a description of a second Web Service call corresponding to the selected report part, the second Web Service call providing formatting parameters to specify a format of the formatted contents,

wherein the second Web Service call is to return formatted contents of the selected report part based on the formatting parameters.

8. A medium according to claim 7, the program code further executable by a computer to:

create a description of a third Web Service call corresponding to the selected report part, the third Web Service call providing drilling parameters to specify a drilling direction, drilling steps and a drilling target; and

create a description of a fourth Web Service call corresponding to the selected report part, the fourth Web Service call providing filtering parameters,

wherein the third Web Service call is to return drilled-down contents of the selected report part based on the drilling parameters, and

wherein the fourth Web Service call is to return filtered contents of the selected report part based on the filtering parameters.

9. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon program code, the program code executable by a computer to:

receive a Web Service call associated with a part of a report, the report part associated with queries of a semantic layer; and

determine, based on the Web Service call, a query to return contents of the report part.

10. A medium according to claim 9, wherein the program code executable by a computer to determine the query comprises program code executable by a computer to:

determine, based on the Web Service call, a second query to return a reference to the report part;

transmit the second query to a repository;

receive the reference to the report part from the repository; and

determine the query to return contents of the report part based on the reference to the report part.

11. A medium according to claim 10, wherein the program code is further executable by a computer to:

transmit the query to a report server; and

receive the contents of the report part from the report server.

12. A medium according to claim 9, wherein the program code is further executable by a computer to:

transmit the query to a report server;

receive the contents of the report part from the report server; and

create an HTTP message including the contents of the report part.

13. A medium according to claim 9, wherein the Web Service call is associated with filtering parameters, and wherein the program code executable by a computer to determine the query comprises program code executable by a computer to:

determine, based on the Web Service call, a query to return filtered contents of the report part based on the filtering parameters.

14. A medium according to claim 9, wherein the Web Service call is associated with drilling parameters to specify a drilling direction, drilling steps and a drilling target, and wherein the program code executable by a computer to determine the query comprises program code executable by a computer to:

determine, based on the Web Service call, a query to return drilled-down contents of the report part based on the drilling parameters.

15. A medium according to claim 9, wherein the Web Service call is associated with formatting parameters to specify a format of the formatted contents, and wherein the program code executable by a computer to determine the query comprises program code executable by a computer to:

determine, based on the Web Service call, a query to return formatted contents of the report part based on the formatting parameters.

16. A system comprising:

a semantic layer;

a Web Service creator to select a part of a report, the selected report part associated with queries of the semantic layer, and to issue an instruction to create a Web Service call to return contents of the selected report part; and

a report server to receive the instruction and to create a description of the Web Service call.

17. A system according to claim 16, the report server further to:

create a description of a second Web Service call corresponding to the selected report part, the second Web Service call providing filtering parameters,

wherein the second Web Service call is to return filtered contents of the selected report part based on the filtering parameters.

18. A system according to claim 17, the report server further to:

create a description of a third Web Service call corresponding to the selected report part, the third Web Service call providing drilling parameters to specify a drilling direction, drilling steps and a drilling target,

wherein the third Web Service call is to return drilled-down contents of the selected report part based on the drilling parameters.

19. A system according to claim 16, the report server further to:

create a description of a second Web Service call corresponding to the selected report part, the second Web Service call providing drilling parameters to specify a drilling direction, drilling steps and a drilling target,

wherein the second Web Service call is to return drilled-down contents of the selected report part based on the drilling parameters.

20. A system according to claim 19,

wherein the second Web Service call further provides filtering parameters, and

wherein the second Web Service call is to return drilled-down and filtered contents of the selected report part based on the drilling and filtering parameters.

21. A system according to claim 16, further comprising:

a repository to store the contents of the report and the description of the Web Service call.

22. A system comprising:

a semantic layer;

a Web Server to receive a Web Service call associated with a part of a report, the report part associated with queries of the semantic layer, and to determine, based on the Web Service call, a query to return contents of the report part; and

a report server to receive the query and to return the contents of the report part to the Web Server.

23. A system according to claim 22, further comprising:

a repository to store the contents of the report part, and to transmit the contents of the report part to the report server.

24. A system according to claim 23, the repository to store a description of the Web Service call.

25. A system according to claim 22, wherein the Web Server is further to create an HTTP message including the contents of the report part.

26. A system according to claim 22, wherein the Web Service call is associated with filtering parameters, wherein the query is to return filtered contents of the report part based on the filtering parameters, and wherein the contents of the report part returned by the report server are filtered based on the filtering parameters.

27. A system according to claim 22, wherein the Web Service call is associated with drilling parameters to specify a drilling direction, drilling steps and a drilling target, wherein the query is to return drilled-down contents of the report part based on the drilling parameters, and wherein the contents of the report part returned by the report server are drilled-down based on the drilling parameters.

28. A system according to claim 27,

wherein the Web Service call is associated with filtering parameters, and

wherein the query is to return drilled-down and filtered contents of the selected report part based on the drilling and filtering parameters.