Consistent interface for goods and activity confirmation

• US 8,615,451 B1
• Filed: 06/28/2012
• Issued: 12/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Bazzo, Vitor Eduardo Seifert, Gueler, Sedat, Bardroff, Patrick Josef, Zhang, Guimei, Ringl, Benjamin, Barheine, Wolfgang, Scheiber, Christoph, Asal, Matthias, Thiele, Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): Champagne, Luna
• Application Number:
  US13/535,864
• Publication Number:
  US 20140006223A1
• Time in Patent Office: 544 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 705/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/067 Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a goods and activity confirmation business object.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium including program code for providing a message-based interface for exchanging information about goods and activity confirmation inventory change items, the medium comprising:

program code for receiving via a message-based interface derived from a common business object model, where the common business object model includes business objects having relationships that enable derivation of message-based interfaces and message packages, the message-based interface exposing at least one service as defined in a service registry and from a heterogeneous application executing in an environment of computer systems providing message-based services, a first message for querying about an overview of goods and activity confirmation inventory change items, the first message including a first message package hierarchically organized in memory, the first message package including;

at a first hierarchical level in the first message package, a goods and activity confirmation inventory change item overview simple by elements query sync message entity;

at the first hierarchical level in the first message package, a goods and activity confirmation inventory change item overview simple selection by elements package including, at a second hierarchical level in the first message package, a goods and activity confirmation inventory change item overview simple selection by elements entity, wherein the goods and activity confirmation inventory change item overview simple selection by elements entity includes, at a third hierarchical level in the first message package, at least one of the following;

at least one selection by inventory location inventory type code, at least one selection by inventory location location universal unique identifier (UUID), at least one selection by inventory location location identifier (ID), and at least one selection by inventory location custodian party UUID; and

at the first hierarchical level in the first message package, a processing conditions package including, at the second hierarchical level in the first message package, a processing conditions entity;

processing the first message based on the hierarchical organization of the first message package, where processing the first message includes unpacking the first message package based on the first message package'"'"'s structure and the first message package'"'"'s derivation from the common business object model, wherein the particular structure of the first message package is used at least in part to identify the purpose of the first message; and

program code for sending a second message to the heterogeneous application responsive to the first message, where the second message includes a second message package derived from the common business object model to provide consistent semantics with the first message package.

2. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the goods and activity confirmation inventory change item overview simple selection by elements entity further includes at least one of the following:

at least one selection by inventory location custodian party internal ID,

at least one selection by inventory location logistics area UUID,

at least one selection by inventory location logistics area key ID,

at least one selection by inventory location logistics area key site ID,

at least one selection by inventory location inventory managed location UUID,

at least one selection by inventory location inventory managed logistics area UUID,

at least one selection by inventory location permanent establishment UUID,

at least one selection by inventory item change main inventory separating values material UUID,

at least one selection by inventory item change main inventory separating values material key product identifier type code,

at least one selection by inventory item change main inventory separating values material key product ID,

at least one selection by inventory item change main inventory separating values owner party UUID,

at least one selection by inventory item change main inventory separating values owner party ID,

at least one selection by inventory item change main inventory separating values supply planning area UUID,

at least one selection by inventory item change main inventory separating values supply planning area ID,

at least one selection by inventory item change main inventory separating values inventory restricted use indicator,

at least one selection by inventory item change identified stock inventory separating values identified stock UUID,

at least one selection by inventory item change identified stock inventory separating values identified stock key ID,

at least one selection by inventory item change special stock separating values outbound delivery reference ID,

at least one selection by inventory item change special stock separating values outbound delivery reference UUID,

at least one selection by inventory item change special stock separating values site logistics lot UUID,

at least one selection by inventory item change special stock separating values site logistics lot ID,

at least one selection by inventory item change default recorded quantity UUID, at least one selection by change reason code,

at least one selection by ID,

at least one selection by inventory movement direction code,

at least one selection by inventory relevance indicator,

at least one selection by inventory managed quantity,

at least one selection by inventory managed quantity type code,

at least one selection by default recorded quantity,

at least one selection by default recorded quantity type code,

at least one selection by site UUID,

at least one selection by transfer group ID,

at least one selection by confirmation creation date time,

at least one selection by confirmation business transaction date time,

at least one selection by confirmation cancellation status code,

at least one selection by confirmation cancellation document indicator,

at least one selection by confirmation cancelled confirmation UUID,

at least one selection by confirmation company ID,

at least one selection by confirmation company UUID,

at least one selection by confirmation ID, and

at least one selection by confirmation UUID.

3. A distributed system operating in a landscape of computer systems providing message-based services defined in a service registry, the system comprising:

at least one processor operable to execute computer readable instructions embodied on non-transitory media;

a graphical user interface executable by the at least one processor and comprising computer readable instructions, embedded on tangible media, for querying about an overview of goods and activity confirmation inventory change items, the instructions using a request;

a first memory storing a user interface controller executable by the at least one processor for processing the request and involving a message including a message package derived from a common business object model, where the common business object model includes business objects having relationships that enable derivation of message-based service interfaces and message packages, the message package hierarchically organized, the hierarchical organization of the first message package including;

at a first hierarchical level in the first message package, a goods and activity confirmation inventory change item overview simple by elements query sync message entity;

at the first hierarchical level in the first message package, a goods and activity confirmation inventory change item overview simple selection by elements package including, at a second hierarchical level in the first message package, a goods and activity confirmation inventory change item overview simple selection by elements entity, wherein the goods and activity confirmation inventory change item overview simple selection by elements entity includes, at a third hierarchical level in the first message package, at least one of the following;

at least one selection by inventory location inventory type code, at least one selection by inventory location location universal unique identifier (UUID), at least one selection by inventory location location identifier (ID), and at least one selection by inventory location custodian party UUID; and

at the first hierarchical level in the first message package, a processing conditions package including, at the second hierarchical level in the first message package, a processing conditions entity; and

a second memory, remote from the graphical user interface, storing a plurality of service interfaces executable by the at least one processor and derived from the common business object model to provide consistent semantics with messages derived from the common business object model, where one of the service interfaces is operable to process the message via the service interface based on the hierarchical organization of the message package, where processing the message includes unpacking the first message package based on the message package'"'"'s structure and the message package'"'"'s derivation from the common business object model, wherein the particular structure of the message package is used at least in part to identify the purpose of the message.

4. The distributed system of claim 3, wherein the first memory is remote from the graphical user interface.

5. The distributed system of claim 3, wherein the first memory is remote from the second memory.