SYSTEMS AND METHODS PROVIDING TOUCHSCREEN REPORT NAVIGATION

• US 20120166470A1
• Filed: 12/22/2010
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Baumgaertel, Dirk, Nos, Karl-Peter
• Granted Patent: US 9,058,365 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/283 Multi-dimensional databases or data warehouses, e.g. MOLAP or ROLAP
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/067 Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

According to some embodiments, a database may store business information and meta-data associated with the business information. A processor coupled to the database may generate: (i) a first report associated with at least some of the business information, wherein the first report is to be displayed in a first area of a display of a remote touch sensitive device, and (ii) a second report associated with at least some of the business information, wherein the second report is to be displayed in a second area of the touch sensitive device. A communication port coupled to the processor may transmit the first and second reports and receive a destination location from the touch sensitive device, wherein the destination location is associated with a movement of a selected report element of the first report. According to some embodiments, the processor may, if the destination location is not associated with a report, generate a third report based on at least some of the business information and the selected report element. If the destination location is associated with the second report, the processor may generate a modified second report based on a pre-determined analytical mapping between the first and second reports, if available.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a database storing business information and meta-data associated with the business information;

a processor coupled to the database to generate;

(i) a first report associated with at least some of the business information, wherein the first report is to be displayed in a first area of a display of a remote touch sensitive device, and (ii) a second report associated with at least some of the business information, wherein the second report is to be displayed in a second area of the touch sensitive device; and

a communication port coupled to the processor to transmit the first and second reports and receive a destination location from the touch sensitive device, wherein the destination location is associated with a movement of a selected report element of the first report;

wherein the processor is further to;

if the destination location is not associated with a report, generate a third report based on at least some of the business information and the selected report element, and

if the destination location is associated with the second report, generate a modified second report based on a pre-determined analytical mapping between the first and second reports, if available.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further to, if no pre-determining analytical mapping is available between the first and second reports, generate the modified second report based on meta-data associated with the selected report element.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the meta-data used to generate the modified second report is associated with at least one of:

(i) a business object, or (ii) multi-dimensional analytic view information.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pre-determined analytical mapping includes navigations from a source report to a target report.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the third report comprises a new instance of the first report.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein filtering parameters associated with the first report are automatically applied to the third report.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is associated with an advanced business application programming back-end server.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first report comprises at least one of:

(i) a table containing business information, or (ii) a graphical representation of business information.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the destination location is associated with a drag and drop operation of the touch sensitive device.

10. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium having program code stored thereon, the program code executable by a processor to cause an apparatus to:

generate a first report based on business information stored in a database;

transmit data associated with the first report to a remote touch sensitive device;

receive a destination location from the touch sensitive device, wherein the destination location is associated with a movement of a selected report element of the first report; and

if the destination location is not associated with any report, generate a new report based on at least some of the business information and the selected report element, and

if the destination location is associated with a report other than the first report, generate a modified other report based on a pre-determined analytical mapping between the first report and the other report, if available.

11. The medium of claim 10, wherein the processor is further to, if no pre-determining analytical mapping is available between the first report and the other report, generate the modified other report based on meta-data associated with the selected report element.

12. The medium of claim 11, wherein the meta-data used to generate the modified other report is associated with at least one of:

(i) a business object, or (ii) multi-dimensional analytic view information.

13. The medium of claim 10, wherein the pre-determined analytical mapping includes navigations from a source report to a target report.

14. The medium of claim 10, wherein the new report comprises a new instance of the first report.

15. The medium of claim 14, wherein filtering parameters associated with the first report are automatically applied to the new report.

16. The medium of claim 10, wherein the processor is associated with an advanced business application programming back-end server, and the first report comprises at least one of:

(i) a table containing business information, or (ii) a graphical representation of business information.

17. The medium of claim 10, wherein the destination location is associated with a drag and drop operation of the touch sensitive device.

18. A method comprising:

generating a first report based on business information stored in a database;

transmitting data associated with the first report to a remote touch sensitive device;

receiving a destination location from the touch sensitive device, wherein the destination location is associated with a movement of a selected report element of the first report; and

if the destination location is not associated with any report, generating a new report based on at least some of the business information and the selected report element, and

if the destination location is associated with a report other than the first report, generating a modified other report based on a pre-determined analytical mapping between the first report and the other report, if available.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the processor is further to, if no pre-determining analytical mapping is available between the first report and the other report, generate the modified other report based on meta-data associated with the selected report element.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the meta-data used to generate the modified other report is associated with at least one of:

(i) a business object, or (ii) multi-dimensional analytic view information.