SCRIPT EXECUTION FRAMEWORK

• US 20150007129A1
• Filed: 06/28/2013
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Business Objects Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: Business Objects Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Inventors: WILLIAM, JOHN ALEX
• Application Number:
  US13/930,416
• Publication Number:
  US 20150007129A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/106
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/36 Software reuse
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45529 Embedded in an application, e.g. JavaScript in a Web browser

Abstract

A business intelligence (BI) script framework is generated to simulate a business process and generate an associated BI report including analytical data of the business process. To generate the BI script framework, a selection of a script-pattern residing in a data source is received. Source tags corresponding to the selected script-pattern are determined, to be able to receive an input. From an associated user interface, BI script is received as an input to the source tags, to execute the business process. The BI script received from the UI is embedded with the selected script-pattern to generate a BI source code. The generated BI source code is validated and processed to generate the BI script framework. The BI script framework is operable to simulate the business process and generate a corresponding BI report, which can be used for decision-making.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method to generate a script execution framework, comprising:

receiving, from a computer generated user interface, a selection of at least one script-pattern from a plurality of script-patterns residing in a data source associated with an execution of a business process;

determining one or more source tags operable to receive an input, the source tags corresponding to the selected script-pattern;

from the computer generated user interface, receiving a business intelligence (BI) script as the input to the one or more source tags, to execute the business process;

embedding the BI script and the selected script-pattern to generate a BI source code; and

based upon a validation of the BI source code, generating a BI script framework operable to execute the business process.

2. The computer implemented of claim 1, wherein the BI script framework is configured to:

receive the BI source code and generate one or more BI classes; and

based upon the one or more BI classes, execute the BI Source code to generate a BI report of the business process, the BI report including simulated analytical data of the business process.

3. The computer implemented of claim 1, wherein the BI script framework is configured to:

simulate the business process according to a planned business rule, to generate operational semantics for the execution of the business process according to an actual business rule.

4. The computer implemented of claim 1, further including a method of generating the plurality of script-patterns, comprising:

upon receiving a selection of the business process, selecting a data service provider to process the BI script;

based on the selected data service provider, generating a query including one or more result objects and one or more query filters; and

describing one or more business rules to generate a business report associated with the business process.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4, wherein generating the plurality of script-patterns comprising:

generating one or more pattern keys and one or more display values to receive a user input;

generating one or more utility methods and one or more member variables associated with the business process; and

based upon an input received for the pattern keys and the display values, configuring the plurality of script-patterns.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 4, wherein providing the script execution framework includes:

determining one or more result objects associated with a request for executing a business intelligence script;

based upon the result objects, generating an instance of the script execution framework to execute the business intelligence script associated with the result objects.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 2, wherein generating the BI classes includes:

generating an actual class and a nested class of each BI class, to receive user content;

determining one or more publication conditions associated with the user content; and

storing the actual class and the nested class in a BI class folder along with storing the selected pattern, the user content and the publication conditions in an associated temporary bin.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the script execution framework is capable of:

based on a trigger to execute the business process, receiving the BI script from a client system; and

executing the business process associated with the business intelligence script at a server side.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein executing the business process includes:

executing a simulation of a multithreaded process corresponding to the business process.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 9, wherein simulating the multithreaded process corresponding to the business process includes:

querying the data source associated with the execution of the business process, to determine a plurality of parameters corresponding to the multithreaded process;

receiving one or more filters and one or more result objects as corresponding one or more query elements;

embedding the received query elements and the plurality of parameters and executing the business process in the generated BI script framework; and

generating a data visualization depicting the simulation of the multithreaded process.

11. A computer system to generate a script execution framework, comprising:

a processor configured to read and execute instructions stored in one or more memory elements; and

the one or more memory elements storing instructions related to—

a script-pattern repository to store a plurality of script-patterns associated with an execution of a business process;

a query module to determine one or more source tags corresponding to a selected script-pattern from the plurality of script-patterns;

a user interface component to receive a business intelligence (BI) script as an input to the one or more source tags, to execute the business process;

a validation module to validate a BI source code that is generated by embedding the BI script and the selected script-pattern.

12. The computer system of claim 11 further comprising:

a server-side system operable to receive a trigger to simulate an execute the business process; and

the script execution framework operable to;

receive a selection of a script-pattern from the plurality of script-patterns residing in the script-pattern repository;

embed the BI script and the selected script-pattern to generate the BI source code; and

execute the business process and generate a data visualization depicting the simulation of the multithreaded process associated with the business process.

13. The computer system of claim 11 further comprising:

a client-side system operable to;

request an execution of the business process;

select at least one script-pattern from the plurality of script-patterns;

provide the BI script as the input to the one or more source tags; and

trigger the simulation to execute the business process.

14. The computer system of claim 11, wherein:

the script execution framework is in communication with the server-side system and the client-side system to simulate the multithreaded process associated with the business process.

15. The computer system of claim 11 further comprising:

an analysis module operable to;

receive one or more filters and one or more result objects as corresponding one or more query elements;

query the data source associated with the execution of the business process, to retrieve a plurality of parameters corresponding to the multithreaded process; and

provide the business process in the generated BI script framework, based upon the query elements.

16. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the script execution framework is operable to:

receive the BI source code and generate one or more BI classes; and

based upon the one or more BI classes, execute the BI source code to generate a BI report of the business process, the BI report including stimulated analytical data of the business process.

17. The computer system of claim 11 further comprising:

a relational database operable to store the parameters corresponding to the multithreaded process.

18. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to tangibly store instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

receive from a computer generated user interface, a selection of at least one script-pattern from a plurality of script-patterns residing in a data source associated with an execution of a business process;

determine one or more source tags operable to receive an input, the source tags corresponding to the selected script-pattern;

from the computer generated user interface, receive a business intelligence (BI) script as the input to the source tags, to execute the business process;

embed the BI script and the selected script-pattern to generate a BI source code;

based upon a validation of the BI source code, generate a BI script framework operable to execute the business process; and

simulate a multithreaded process corresponding to the business process in the BI script framework.

19. The article of manufacture of claim 18 further including instructions to generate the plurality of script-patterns, comprising:

upon receiving a selection of the business process, selecting a data service provider to process the BI script;

based on the selected data service provider, generating a query including one or more result objects and one or more query filters; and

describing one or more business rules to generate a business report associated with the business process.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 18 including instructions for the BI script framework to:

receive the BI source code and generate one or more BI classes by

generating an actual class and a nested class of each BI class, to receive user content;

determining one or more publication conditions associated with the user content; and

storing the actual class and the nested class in a BI class folder along with storing the selected pattern, the user content and the publication conditions in an associated temporary bin; and

based upon the one or more BI classes, execute the BI source code to generate a BI report of the business process, the BI report including simulated analytical data of the business process.