SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING TRANSFORMATION RULES

• US 20120166459A1
• Filed: 12/28/2010
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Ritter, Gerd M., Brunswig, Frank
• Granted Patent: US 9,135,319 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/756
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/84 Mapping; Conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to executing transformation rules. In some implementations, a method includes receiving a request to apply a predefined transformation rule to a portion of a service. In response to at least the request, the predefined transformation rule is identified from a plurality of predefined transformation rules included in a business model. Each of the plurality of predefined transformation rules are configured to update at least one service independent of generating code in a service layer. The predefined transformation rule is assigned to the portion of the service.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method performed by at least one processor, the method comprising the following operations:

receiving a request to apply a predefined transformation rule to a portion of a consumer service;

in response to at least the request, identifying the predefined transformation rule from a plurality of predefined transformation rules included in a business model, each of the plurality of predefined transformation rules configured to update at least one service independent of generating code in a service layer; and

assigning the predefined transformation rule to the portion of the service.

2. The method of claim 1, the predefined transformation rule configured to transform the service during execution

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting a plurality of different technologies compatible with the predefined rule, the predefined transformation rule compatible with each of the plurality of different technologies;

receiving a selection of a specific technology from the plurality of different technologies presented to the consumer; and

assigning the predefined transformation rule to the portion of the service compatible with the specific technology.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising assigning the predefined transformation to each of a plurality of different services.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request to identify a transformation rule assigned to the transformed portion of the service; and

identifying the predefined transformation rule and an associated technology in response to at least the request.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

identifying at least one service different from the service dependent on the transformed portion of the service; and

presenting the dependencies of the at least one different service to a user to identify a where-used list.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined transformation rule transforms an attribute of a business object or a method associated with at least one business object.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising reversing execution of the predefined transformation rule to parameters of the business object from parameters bound to the consumer service.

9. A computer program product encoded on a non-transitory, tangible storage medium, the product comprising computer readable instructions for causing at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a request to apply a predefined transformation rule to a portion of a consumer service;

in response to at least the request, identifying the predefined transformation rule from a plurality of predefined transformation rules included in a business model, each of the plurality of predefined transformation rules configured to update at least one service independent of generating code in a service layer; and

assigning the predefined transformation rule to the portion of the service.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, the predefined transformation rule configured to transform the service during execution

11. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising:

presenting a plurality of different technologies compatible with the predefined rule, the predefined transformation rule compatible with each of the plurality of different technologies;

receiving a selection of a specific technology from the plurality of different technologies presented to the consumer; and

assigning the predefined transformation rule to the portion of the service compatible with the specific technology.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising assigning the predefined transformation to each of a plurality of different services.

13. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving a request to identify a transformation rule assigned to the transformed portion of the service; and

identifying the predefined transformation rule and an associated technology in response to at least the request.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising:

identifying at least one service different from the service dependent on the transformed portion of the service; and

presenting the dependencies of the at least one different service to a user to identify a where-used list.

15. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the predefined transformation rule transforms an attribute of a business object or a method associated with at least one business object.

16. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising reversing execution of the predefined transformation rule to parameters of the business object from parameters bound to the consumer service.

17. A system comprising:

memory for storing a set of objects associated with the system; and

at least one processor operable to;

receive a request to apply a predefined transformation rule to a portion of a consumer service;

in response to at least the request, identify the predefined transformation rule from a plurality of predefined transformation rules included in a business model, each of the plurality of predefined transformation rules configured to update at least one service independent of generating code in a service layer; and

assign the predefined transformation rule to the portion of the service.

18. The system of claim 17, the processors further operable to:

present a plurality of different technologies compatible with the predefined rule, the predefined transformation rule compatible with each of the plurality of different technologies;

receive a selection of a specific technology from the plurality of different technologies presented to the consumer; and

assign the predefined transformation rule to the portion of the service compatible with the specific technology.

19. The system of claim 17, the processors further operable to:

receive a request to identify a transformation rule assigned to the transformed portion of the service; and

identify the predefined transformation rule and an associated technology in response to at least the request.

20. The system of claim 17, the processors further operable to reverse execution of the predefined transformation rule to parameters of the business object from parameters bound to the consumer service.