DATA EXTRACTION FRAMEWORK

• US 20120150792A1
• Filed: 12/09/2010
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sap Portals Israel Ltd (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: Sap Portals Israel Ltd (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Yassin, Ohad, Kravets, Pavel, Hafzadi, Nisim, Alon, Ram
• Application Number:
  US12/964,306
• Publication Number:
  US 20120150792A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/602
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing a data extraction framework for extracting data and metadata from an application to provide additional functionality for the extracted data and metadata. One process includes operations for identifying a first application for data extraction and determining a set of data suitable for extraction from the first application using a software development kit associated with the first application. The set of data is stored in a repository without storing visualization components of the first application in the repository. The set of data is sent to a second application for further processing of the set of data. The second application is configured to bind different visualization components to the set of data for display of data elements in the set of data to a user.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method performed by one or more processors for providing a data extraction framework, the method comprising the following operations:

identifying a first application for data extraction;

determining a set of data suitable for extraction from the first application using a software development kit associated with the first application;

storing the set of data in a repository without storing visualization components of the first application in the repository; and

sending the set of data to a second application for further processing of the set of data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second application is configured to bind different visualization components to the set of data for display of data elements in the set of data to a user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the different visualization components are identified based on at least one of a current business scenario of the user or current visualization components utilized in another application sharing a workspace with the first application.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the different visualization components are selected from a widget library, the widget library storing visualization components associated with at least one other application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second application is configured to map at least one data object in the set of data to at least one data object associated with another application sharing a workspace with the first application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second application is configured to transform at least one data object in the set of data having a first format associated with the first application into a data object having a second format associated with a different application.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second application is configured to index the set of data for further searching of the set of data.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising identifying common attributes shared by different data objects in the set of data for providing multi-dimensional views of search results of the set of data.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application is identified based on a user selection to include the first application in a workspace shared with at least one other application.

10. A computer program product encoded on a non-transitory, tangible storage medium, the product comprising computer readable instructions for causing one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

identifying a first application for data extraction;

determining a set of data suitable for extraction from the first application using a software development kit associated with the first application;

storing the set of data in a repository without storing visualization components of the first application in the repository; and

sending the set of data to a second application for further processing of the set of data.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the second application is configured to bind different visualization components to the set of data for display of data elements in the set of data to a user.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the different visualization components are identified based on at least one of a current business scenario of the user or current visualization components utilized in another application sharing a workspace with the first application.

13. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the second application is configured to map at least one data object in the set of data to at least one data object associated with another application sharing a workspace with the first application.

14. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the second application is configured to transform at least one data object in the set of data having a first format associated with the first application into a data object having a second format associated with a different application.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising applying a function of the different application to the data object having the second format.

16. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the set of data is logically separated from the visualization components of the first application based on the software development kit before storing the set of data in the repository.

17. A system, comprising:

memory operable to store a set of data associated with a first application; and

one or more processors operable to;

identify the first application for data extraction;

determine a set of data suitable for extraction from the first application using a software development kit associated with the first application;

store the set of data in the memory without storing visualization components of the first application in the memory; and

send the set of data to a second application for further processing of the set of data.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the second application is configured to bind different visualization components to the set of data for display of data elements in the set of data to a user.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the second application is configured to map at least one data object in the set of data to at least one data object associated with another application sharing a workspace with the first application.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the second application is configured to transform at least one data object in the set of data having a first format associated with the first application into a data object having a second format associated with a different application.