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DETERMINING AN OPTIMAL SEQUENCE OF STATUS TRANSITIONS FOR BUSINESS OBJECTS

  • US 20130127863A1
  • Filed: 11/23/2011
  • Published: 05/23/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An article of manufacture including a computer readable storage medium to tangibly store instructions, which when executed by one or more computers in a network of computers causes the performance of the following operation:

  • the one or more computers receiving a target status related to a business object;

    the one or more computers identifying a source status of the business object;

    the one or more computers identifying a status schema defined for the business object, wherein the status schema includes a plurality of statuses including the source status and the target status and one or more transitions from one status to another status;

    the one or more computers parsing the status schema to retrieve the one or more transitions from the source status to the target status;

    the one or more computers generating a graphical representation of the one or more transitions from the source status to the target status;

    the one or more computers executing an algorithm upon the graphical representation to determine an optimal sequence of transitions from the source status to the target status; and

    the one or more computers processing the business object according to the optimal sequence of transitions to attain the target status.

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