SYSTEM INTEGRATION ARCHITECTURE

• US 20120030166A1
• Filed: 07/30/2010
• Published: 02/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Mohr, Christian, Zorn, Sascha
• Granted Patent: US 8,352,427 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/610
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/544 Remote
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications

Abstract

The inter-system communications techniques include a system, and/or a method. In some embodiments of these techniques, the method includes receiving data from a first system. The method further includes storing the received data in an in-memory database. The method further includes determining a second system to inform of the received data using a system assignment table. The system assignment table includes a source system identifier, a target system identifier, a first field, and a first field value. The method further includes informing the second system of the received data when the first field value matches a value associated with the first field of the received data.

Claims

1. A method for inter-system communications, the method comprising:

receiving data from a first system;

storing the received data in an in-memory database;

determining a second system to inform of the received data using a system assignment table, wherein the system assignment table includes a source system identifier, a target system identifier, a first field, and a first field value; and

informing the second system of the received data when the first field value matches a value associated with the first field of the received data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the informing step includes triggering an event to inform the second system.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a request from the second system for the received data.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising transmitting the requested data to the second system.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the data received from the first system is in a first data format and the data transmitted to the second system is in a second data format, the first format being different from the second format.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data received from the first system and the data transmitted to the second system have the same format.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising mapping the received data to the second data format using a synchronization table.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the in-memory database is stored in volatile memory.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the in-memory database stores the system assignment table.

10. A system for inter-system communications, the system comprising:

an in-memory database management system including

an in-memory database configured to store data common to one or more systems,

a first communication module configured to allow the one or more systems to query data from the in-memory database and to send data to the in-memory database, and

wherein the in-memory database stores a system assignment table, the system assignment table containing rules for triggering events upon data arrival;

a user interface module configured to allow a user to update the system assignment table;

an event management module configured to

determine a system to inform of received data using the system assignment table, and

trigger an event to inform the determined system of data arrival;

a second communication module configured to inform the determined system of the received data.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the system assignment table includes a source system identifier, a target system identifier, a first field, and a first field value.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the determined system is informed of data arrival when the first field value matches a value associated with the first field of the received data.

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising a data synchronization module configured to synchronize data stored in the in-memory database.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the first communication module further configured to receive a request for the received data, and to transmit the requested data to the second system.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the received data is in a first data format and the data transmitted to the determined system is in a second data format, the first format being different from the second format.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the data synchronization module further configured to map the received data to the second data format using a synchronization table.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the in-memory database is stored in volatile memory.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of processor executable instructions that when executed by a processor configure a computing apparatus to

receive data from a first system;

store the received data in an in-memory database;

determine a second system to inform of the received data using a system assignment table, wherein the system assignment table includes a source system identifier, a target system identifier, a first field, and a first field value; and

wherein the second system is informed of data arrival when the first field value matches a value associated with the first field of the received data.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the in-memory database is stored in volatile memory.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the computing apparatus further configured to receive a request for the received data, and transmit the requested data to the second system.