System and Method for Runtime Rendering of Web-Based User Interfaces for Master Data Management

• US 20110029575A1
• Filed: 07/28/2009
• Published: 02/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Sagi, Shachar, Kahn, Walter L., Awad, Isam
• Granted Patent: US 8,200,710 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/803
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/252 between a Database Management System and a front-end application

Abstract

One or more embodiments enable a system and method for creation and runtime rendering of web-based user interface applications for a master data management applications. The system and method comprise acquiring metadata of a schema of a master data management database at initialization, the metadata identifying a plurality of schema elements; selecting a schema element of the plurality of schema elements in the schema metadata; identifying a set of all appropriate Web UI element options for the schema element; presenting to a UI designer a graphic user interface populated with the schema element and the set of all appropriate Web UI element options for the schema element; accepting from the UI designer a selected Web UI element from the set of all appropriate Web UI element options; generating a Web UI component definition comprising a link between the schema element and the selected Web UI element; storing the Web UI component definition related to the link in the master data management database.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising a computer-readable medium having computer program code stored thereon which, when executed by a machine, causes said machine to perform operations of:

acquiring metadata of a schema of a master data management database at initialization, said metadata identifying a plurality of schema elements;

selecting a schema element from said plurality of schema elements in said metadata;

identifying a set of all appropriate Web UI element options for said schema element;

presenting to a UI designer a graphic user interface populated with said schema element and said set of all appropriate Web UI element options for said schema element;

accepting from said UI designer a selected Web UI element from said set of all appropriate Web UI element options;

generating a Web UI component definition comprising a link between said schema element and said selected Web UI element;

storing said Web UI component definition related to said link in said master data management database.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising presenting said UI designer with at least one layout option for said Web UI component definition.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising presenting said UI designer with a plurality of layout options for said Web UI component definition.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising when invoked by a user at runtime, causing said Web UI component definition to load and be processed so as to render a Web UI.

5. A computer-implemented method comprising:

acquiring metadata of a schema of a master data management database at initialization, said metadata identifying a plurality of schema elements;

selecting a schema element from said plurality of schema elements in said metadata;

identifying a set of all appropriate Web UI element options for said schema element;

presenting to a UI designer a graphic user interface populated with said schema element and said set of all appropriate Web UI element options for said schema element;

accepting from said UI designer a selected Web UI element from said set of all appropriate Web UI element options;

generating a Web UI component definition comprising a link between said schema element and said selected Web UI element;

storing said Web UI component definition related to said link in said master data management database.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 further comprising presenting said UI designer with at least one layout option for said Web UI component definition.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 further comprising presenting said UI designer with a plurality of layout options for said Web UI component definition.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 further comprising when invoked by a user at runtime, causing said Web UI component definition to load and be processed so as to render a Web UI.

9. A system comprising a computer memory for storing program code and a processor for processing said program code to perform operations of:

acquiring metadata of a schema of a master data management database at initialization, said metadata identifying a plurality of schema elements;

selecting a schema element from said plurality of schema elements in said metadata;

identifying a set of all appropriate Web UI element options for said schema element;

presenting to a UI designer a graphic user interface populated with said schema element and said set of all appropriate Web UI element options for said schema element;

accepting from said UI designer a selected Web UI element from said set of all appropriate Web UI element options;

generating a Web UI component definition comprising a link between said schema element and said selected Web UI element;

storing said Web UI component definition related to said link in said master data management database.

10. The system of claim 9 further comprising presenting said UI designer with at least one layout option for said Web UI component definition.

11. The system of claim 9 further comprising presenting said UI designer with a plurality of layout options for said Web UI component definition.

12. The system of claim 9 further comprising when invoked by a user at runtime, causing said Web UI component definition to load and be processed so as to render a Web UI.

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