Application system configuration packages

• US 7,424,602 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2005
• Issued: 09/09/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Lang, Klaus-Peter, Wagner, Frank, Brenner, David M. R., Schuh, Andreas M., Reiss, Thomas H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Du; Thuan N
• Application Number:
  US11/321,609
• Publication Number:
  US 20070157170A1
• Time in Patent Office: 985 Days
• Field of Search: 713/1, 717/121, 717/168
• US Class Current: 713/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files

Abstract

Various embodiments described herein relate to systems, software, and methods of utilizing application system configuration packages. Some such embodiments include maintaining a representation of one or more configuration settings of a first set of application functionality in a first package and maintaining a representation of one or more configuration settings of a second set of application functionality in a second package. This embodiment also includes maintaining, in both the first and the second packages, a representation of one or more configuration setting interdependencies between the first and second sets of application functionality. Some such embodiments further include receiving a configuration setting update to the first set of application functionality and checking the representation of the one or more configuration setting interdependencies of the first package to determine if the configuration setting update to the first set of application functionality impacts the configuration settings of the second package.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

maintaining a representation of one or more configuration settings of a first set of application functionality in a first package;

maintaining a representation of one or more configuration settings of a second set of application functionality in a second package;

maintaining, in both the first and the second packages, a representation of one or more configuration setting interdependencies between the first and second sets of application functionality;

receiving a configuration setting update to the first set of application functionality; and

checking the representation of the one or more configuration setting interdependencies of the first package to determine if the configuration setting update to the first set of application functionality impacts the configuration settings of the second package.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein checking the representation of the one or more configuration setting interdependencies of the first package includes:

determining if the received configuration setting update to the first set of application functionality is an interdependent setting with the second set of application functionality;

committing the configuration setting update if the second set of application functionality is not deployed; and

providing a warning regarding interdependent configuration settings, before committing configuration setting update, if the configuration setting update is to an interdependent configuration setting.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the warning regarding interdependent configuration settings allows the configuration setting update to be rolled back without committing the update.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second packages includes a module to perform the checking of the representation for configuration setting interdependencies of received configuration setting updates.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second packages exist in a first domain, the method further comprising:

publishing the first and second packages to a second domain, wherein the publishing causes the configuration setting representations of the first and second packages to become the configuration settings in the second domain.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second sets of application functionality are independently deployable.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein configuration settings of the first and second sets of application functionality are stored in one or more configuration tables.

8. A machine-readable storage medium including instructions which when processed, result in a machine:

maintaining a representation of one or more configuration settings of a first set of application functionality in a first package;

maintaining a representation of one or more configuration settings of a second set of application functionality in a second package;

maintaining, in both the first and the second packages, a representation of one or more configuration setting interdependencies between the first and second sets of application functionality;

receiving a configuration setting update to the first set of application functionality; and

checking the representation of the one or more configuration setting interdependencies of the first package to determine if the configuration setting update to the first set of application functionality impacts the configuration settings of the second package.

9. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein checking the representation of the one or more configuration setting interdependencies of the first package includes:

determining if the received configuration setting update to the first set of application functionality is an interdependent setting with the second set of application functionality;

committing the configuration setting update if the second set of application functionality is not deployed; and

providing a warning regarding interdependent configuration settings, before committing the configuration setting update, if the configuration setting update is to an interdependent configuration setting.

10. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the warning regarding interdependent configuration settings allows the configuration setting update to be rolled back without committing the configuration setting update.

11. The machine-readable storge medium of claim 8, wherein the first and second packages includes a module to perform the checking of the representation for configuration setting interdependencies of received configuration setting updates.

12. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein:

the first and second packages exist in a first domain, and

the instructions, which when processed, further result in the machine;

publishing the first and second packages to a second domain, wherein the publishing causes the configuration setting representations of the first and second packages to become the configuration settings in the second domain.

13. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the first and second sets of application functionality are independently deployable.

14. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein configuration settings of the first and second sets of application functionality are stored in one or more configuration tables.

15. A system comprising:

a first package module including a representation of one or more configuration settings of a first set of application functionality and a representation of one or more configuration setting interdependencies between the first set of application functionality and other sets of application functionality;

a configuration setting update module to receive configuration setting update requests to the first set of application functionality, wherein the configuration setting update module, upon receiving a configuration setting update request;

checks the representation of the one or more configuration setting interdependencies of the first package to determine if the configuration setting update request to the first set of application functionality will impact the configuration settings of another package.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the configuration setting update module, when checking the representation of the one or more configuration setting interdependencies of the first package module:

determines if the received configuration setting update request to the first set of application functionality includes an interdependent setting with another set of application functionality;

commits the configuration setting update request if another set of application functionality having an interdependent configuration setting with the first set of application functionality is not deployed; and

provides a warning regarding interdependent configuration settings, before committing the configuration setting update request, if the configuration setting update request is to an interdependent configuration setting.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the warning regarding interdependent configuration settings allows the configuration setting update request to be rolled back without committing the configuration setting update request.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the configuration setting update module is part of the first package.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the first package module exists in a first domain and a second domain, the system further comprising:

a publishing module to publish the representation of the one or more configuration settings of the first set of application functionality and the representation of the one or more configuration setting interdependencies between the first set of application functionality and other sets of application functionality from the first package module of the first domain to the first package module of the second domain.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the first set of application functionality and the other sets of application functionality are independently deployable.