DATA-DRIVEN SCHEMA FOR DESCRIBING AND EXECUTING MANAGEMENT TASKS IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
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Abstract
This disclosure describes a user interface (UI) conceptual model and a data model for quickly and easily developing and managing a GUI. The present methods and systems described herein provide for defining one or more UI elements in the UI conceptual model. The one or more UI elements may further reference one or more model objects in the data model. The one or more model objects may include one or more tasks, which may each be mapped to one or more commands for performing each task, or one or more data items, which may each be mapped to rules or conditions for transforming data. According to embodiments, graphics or functionality of a GUI may be easily and efficiently modified by adding, deleting, or modifying UI elements in the UI conceptual model or by adding, deleting, or modifying referenced model objects in the data model, thereby reducing management and development costs.
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21. A computer system, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory, communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and including computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method of managing a graphical user interface (GUI), the method comprising; providing a UI element, wherein the UI element references a model object mapping a first task to at least one command for performing the first task; adding, to a first page definition, a first reference to the UI element; adding, to a second page definition, a second reference to the UI element; receiving a modification to the UI element; and automatically modifying a rendering of the modified UI element on a first corresponding page and a second corresponding page of the GUI without receiving recoding of the first page definition or the second page definition. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer-implemented method of managing a graphical user interface (GUI), the method comprising:
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providing a header group UI element, the header group UI element including a hierarchy of relationships for a UI element; copying the header group UI element into a page definition; modifying at least one relationship of the UI element; and automatically modifying a rendering of the UI element on a corresponding page of the GUI without recoding the page definition. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A computer storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
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provide a UI element, wherein the UI element references a model object mapping a first task to at least one command for performing the first task; add, to a first page definition, a first reference to the UI element; add, to a second page definition, a second reference to the UI element; receive a modification to the UI element; and automatically modify a rendering of the modified UI element on a first corresponding page and a second corresponding page of the GUI without receiving recoding of the first page definition or the second page definition. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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