Systems and methods for providing a generic audit trail service

• US 8,352,958 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2011
• Issued: 01/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Rapp, Roman, Delvat, Julien
• Primary Examiner(s): CAO, DIEM K
• Application Number:
  US12/929,654
• Publication Number:
  US 20110131587A1
• Time in Patent Office: 701 Days
• Field of Search: 709/224, 719/313, 719/319, 719/320, 719/316
• US Class Current: 719/316
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer readable media are disclosed for providing a generic audit trail service for a plurality of business objects, at least two of the plurality of business objects being of different business object types. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided that comprises receiving, at an application server, a notification of a change associated with at least one of the plurality of business objects, and requesting, in response to receiving the notification, auditing data from the at least one business object, the at least one business object implementing an auditable function set to interface with the application server. Further, the method includes receiving, through a called method of the auditable function set, the requested auditing data, and storing the received auditing data in a repository.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for accessing stored auditing data maintained by a generic audit trail service that provides the service to a plurality of business objects, comprising:

receiving a search request from a user;

providing, with at least one processor, auditing data that matches the search request to the user;

receiving a selection from the user of a subset of the provided auditing data for review by the user;

providing, to at least one of the plurality of business objects associated with the selected subset, the selected auditing data; and

requesting, with the at least one processor, the at least one business object to display the selected auditing data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request to undo changes made to the at least one business object; and

requesting the at least one business object to undo the changes.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the search request comprises search criteria including at least one of an individual, a business object type, or a time range.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

creating an implementation for undoing the changes for the at least one business object.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

interpreting the selected auditing data.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for accessing stored auditing data maintained by a generic audit trail service that provides the service to a plurality of business objects, the program, when executed, causing a computer to:

receive a search request from a user;

provide auditing data that matches the search request to the user;

receive a selection from the user of a subset of the provided auditing data for review by the user;

provide, to at least one of the plurality of business objects associated with the selected subset, the selected auditing data; and

request the at least one business object to display the selected auditing data.

7. The storage medium of claim 6, wherein the program further causes the computer to:

receive a request to undo changes made to the at least one business object; and

request the at least one business object to undo the changes.

8. The storage medium of claim 7, wherein the program further causes the computer to:

create an implementation for undoing the changes for the at least one business object.

9. The storage medium of claim 6, wherein the search request comprises search criteria including at least one of an individual, a business object type, or a time range.

10. The storage medium of claim 6, wherein the program further causes the computer to:

interpret the selected auditing data.