Field extensibility for analytical reports

• US 8,886,646 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2010
• Issued: 11/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Girsig, Stefan, Nos, Karl-Peter, Gruber, Silke, Richter, Albrecht, Biedenstein, Stefan
• Primary Examiner(s): TRUONG, CAM Y T
• Application Number:
  US12/981,844
• Publication Number:
  US 20120173522A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,412 Days
• Field of Search: 707/736, 707/803
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system may include reception of an instruction to add an extension field to a node of a business object object model, identification of at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model including a reference field referring to the node of the business object object model, determination of at least one report associated with the determined at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model, reception of a selection of one of the at least one report, extension of the one of the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model associated with the report based on the extension field, and extension of the selected report based on the extension field.

Claims

1. A method implemented by a computing system in response to execution of program code by a processor of the computing system, comprising:

receiving an instruction to add an extension field to a node of a business object object model;

identifying at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model of multi-dimensional analytical view object models, each multi-dimensional analytical view object model including a reference field having properties that indicate a path to the node of the business object object model;

determining at least one report of reports associated with the identified at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model;

receiving a selection of the determined at least one report of the reports;

extending the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model of the multi-dimensional analytical view object models associated with the report based on the extension field, wherein the extending the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model of the multi-dimensional analytical view object models comprises;

creating an extension multi-dimensional analytical view object model based on the extension field, wherein the extension multi-dimensional analytical view object model and the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model of the multi-dimensional analytical view object models are instances of a same multi-dimensional analytical view metamodel;

extending a union multi-dimensional analytical view object model associated with the business object object model, with the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model of the multi-dimensional analytical view object models, and with the selected report; and

extending the selected report based on the extension field.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein identifying the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model comprises:

identifying a first plurality of multi-dimensional analytical view object models including a reference field referring to the node of the business object object model; and

from the first plurality of multi-dimensional analytical view object models, determining a second plurality of multi-dimensional analytical view object models which are extendable.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

extending a fast search infrastructure view object model associated with the business object object model and with the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

extending a union multi-dimensional analytical view object model associated with the business object object model, with the fast search infrastructure view object model, with the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model, and with the selected report.

5. A non-transitory medium storing processor-executable program code, the program code executable by a device to:

receive an instruction to add an extension field to a node of a business object object model;

identify at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model of multi-dimensional analytical view object models, each multi-dimensional analytical view object model including a reference field having properties that indicate a path to the node of the business object object model;

determine at least one report of reports associated with the identified at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model;

receive a selection of the determined at least one report of the reports;

extend the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model of the multi-dimensional analytical view object models associated with the report based on the extension field, wherein the extending the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model of the multi-dimensional analytical view object models comprises;

creating an extension multi-dimensional analytical view object model based on the extension field, wherein the extension multi-dimensional analytical view object model and the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model of the multi-dimensional analytical view object models are instances of a same multi-dimensional analytical view metamodel;

extend a union multi-dimensional analytical view object model associated with the business object object model, with the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model of the multi-dimensional analytical view object models, and with the selected report; and

extend the selected report based on the extension field.

6. The medium according to claim 5, wherein identification of the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model comprises:

determination of a first plurality of multi-dimensional analytical view object models including a reference field referring to the node of the business object object model; and

from the first plurality of multi-dimensional analytical view object models, determination of a second plurality of multi-dimensional analytical view object models which are extendable.

7. The medium according to claim 5, the program code further executable by the device to:

extend a fast search infrastructure view object model associated with the business object object model and with the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model.

8. The medium according to claim 7, the program code further executable by the device to:

extend a union multi-dimensional analytical view object model associated with the business object object model, with the fast search infrastructure view object model, with the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model, and with the selected report.

9. A system comprising:

a computing device comprising;

a memory system storing processor-executable program code; and

a processor to execute the processor-executable program code in order to cause the computing device to;

receive an instruction to add an extension field to a node of a business object object model;

identify at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model of multi-dimensional analytical view object models, each multi-dimensional analytical view object model including a reference field having properties that indicate a path to the node of the business object object model;

determine at least one report of reports associated with the identified at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model;

receive a selection of the determined at least one report of the reports;

extend the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model of the multi-dimensional analytical view object models associated with the report based on the extension field, wherein the extending the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model of the multi-dimensional analytical view object models comprises;

creating an extension multi-dimensional analytical view object model based on the extension field, wherein the extension multi-dimensional analytical view object model and the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model of the multi-dimensional analytical view object models are instances of a same multi-dimensional analytical view metamodel;

extend a union multi-dimensional analytical view object model associated with the business object object model, with the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model of the multi-dimensional analytical view object models, and with the selected report; and

extend the selected report based on the extension field.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein identification of the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model comprises:

determination of a first plurality of multi-dimensional analytical view object models including a reference field referring to the node of the business object object model; and

from the first plurality of multi-dimensional analytical view object models, determination of a second plurality of multi-dimensional analytical view object models which are extendable.

11. The system according to claim 9, the processor further to execute the processor-executable program code in order to cause the computing device to:

extend a fast search infrastructure view object model associated with the business object object model and with the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model.

12. The system according to claim 11, the processor further to execute the processor-executable program code in order to cause the computing device to:

extend a union multi-dimensional analytical view object model associated with the business object object model, with the fast search infrastructure view object model, with the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model, and with the selected report.