ADAPTING DATA FOR CHANGES TO DATA ATTRIBUTES

• US 20160275132A1
• Filed: 03/16/2015
• Published: 09/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Ande, Srikanth, Aggarwal, Eakta, Liu, Richard Yungning
• Granted Patent: US 11,226,940 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/213 with details for schema evolution support

Abstract

The present disclosure relates generally to adapting data for changes in attributes associated with the data (e.g., data related to an enterprise). More particularly, techniques are disclosed for modifying attributes associated with data corresponding to a change in those attributes based on a change in a product (e.g., an application, a computer system, a computer program product, or a service). The data adaptation techniques may include determine attributes that have changed based on adaptation information that indicates changes in attributes associated with data accessed by the product. The adaptation may indicate conditions for those changes, such as a condition that indicates a change to an attribute corresponding to a change from one version of a product to another version of the product. Upon determining that a condition for a change to an attribute has occurred, the attribute may be modified based on the change.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

accessing, by a computing system, data related to an enterprise, wherein the data is associated with a plurality of attributes, and wherein the plurality of attributes corresponds to a first version of an application;

determining, by the computing system, a change in the plurality of attributes associated with the data, wherein the change is based on a modification of the application from the first version of the application to a second version of the application;

identifying, by the computing system, based on the determined change in the plurality of attributes, a change to a first attribute in the plurality of attributes; and

modifying, by the computing system, based on the change to the first attribute, the first attribute associated with the data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the modification of the application corresponds to an upgrade of the application from the first version of the application to the second version of the application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the modification of the application corresponds to a downgrade of the application from the first version of the application to the second version of the application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the change in the plurality of attributes is determined using a data file, wherein the data file indicates a change to one or more attributes of the plurality of attributes corresponding to the modification of the application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first attribute is a name, and wherein the change in the first attribute is renaming the first attribute.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first attribute corresponds to a name of a folder, and wherein the change to the first attribute is renaming the name of the folder.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first attribute corresponds to a name of a subject area, and wherein the change to the first attribute is renaming the subject area.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the change to the first attribute is removing an association of the first attribute with the data.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the change to the first attribute is restructuring the data associated with the first attribute.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first attribute has a relationship with a second attribute of the plurality of attributes, and wherein restructuring the data associated with the first attribute includes changing the relationship of the first attribute with the second attribute to a relationship between the first attribute and a third attribute of the plurality of attributes.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first attribute corresponds to a name, wherein the second attribute corresponds to a name of a first folder, and wherein the third attribute corresponds to a name of a second folder.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the first attribute corresponds to a name of a folder, wherein the second attribute corresponds to a name of a first subject area, and wherein the third attribute corresponds to a name of a second subject area.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, for the second version of the application, a report based on the data, wherein the report is generated using the plurality of attributes including the modified first attribute.

14. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

access data related to an enterprise, wherein the data is associated with a plurality of attributes, and wherein the plurality of attributes corresponds to a first version of an application;

determine a change in the plurality of attributes associated with the data, wherein the change is based on a modification of the application from the first version of the application to a second version of the application;

identify, based on the determined change in the plurality of attributes, a change to a first attribute in the plurality of attributes; and

modify, based on the change to the first attribute, the first attribute associated with the data.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the modification of the application corresponds to an upgrade or a downgrade of the application from the first version of the application to the second version of the application.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the change to the first attribute is restructuring the data associated with the first attribute, wherein the first attribute has a relationship with a second attribute of the plurality of attributes, and wherein restructuring the data associated with the first attribute includes changing the relationship of the first attribute with the second attribute to a relationship between the first attribute and a third attribute of the plurality of attributes.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the change in the first attribute is renaming the first attribute.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the change in the first attribute is removing an association of the first attribute with the data.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable memory storing a set of instructions that are executable by one or more processors to:

access, by a computing system, data related to an enterprise, wherein the data is associated with a plurality of attributes, and wherein the plurality of attributes corresponds to a first version of an application;

determine a change in the plurality of attributes associated with the data, wherein the change is based on a modification of the application from the first version of the application to a second version of the application;

identify, based on the determined change in the plurality of attributes, a change to a first attribute in the plurality of attributes; and

modify, based on the change to the first attribute, the first attribute associated with the data.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable memory of claim 19, wherein the modification of the application corresponds to an upgrade or a downgrade of the application from the first version of the application to the second version of the application.