IN PLACE CREATION OF OBJECTS

• US 20130290883A1
• Filed: 04/27/2012
• Published: 10/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Marseille, Tina, Deist, Holger, Schmitt, Carsten, Schreier, Marcel
• Granted Patent: US 10,203,841 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging

Abstract

A system and method to receive, via a graphical user interface layout, a request to create a data element; and present within the graphical user interface layout, in response to receiving the request, an expanded user interface element including user interface input fields to specify at least one attribute of the data element.

Claims

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

receiving, via a graphical user interface layout, a request to create a data element; and

presenting within the graphical user interface layout, in response to receiving the request, an expanded user interface element, the expanded user interface element including user interface input fields to specify at least one attribute of the data element.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is received by a user interface element of the graphical user interface layout.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user interface element of the graphical user interface layout is replaced in the graphical user interface layout by the expanded user interface element in response to the receiving of the request.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface input fields of the expanded user interface element are limited to a minimum number of attributes required to create the data element.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the data element is an instance of a business object metadata model.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the data element is one of a series of linked business object metadata models.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the expanded user interface element including the user interface input fields are presented in a fixed configuration within the graphical user interface layout.

8. A non-transitory medium storing processor-executable program code, the medium comprising:

program code to receive, via a graphical user interface layout, a request to create a data element; and

program code to present within the graphical user interface layout, in response to receiving the request, an expanded user interface element, the expanded user interface element including user interface input fields to specify at least one attribute of the data element.

9. The medium of claim 8, wherein the request is received by a user interface element of the graphical user interface layout.

10. The medium of claim 9, wherein the user interface element of the graphical user interface layout is replaced in the graphical user interface layout by the expanded user interface element in response to the receiving of the request.

11. The medium of claim 8, wherein the user interface input fields of the expanded user interface element are limited to a minimum number of attributes required to create the data element.

12. The medium of claim 8, wherein the data element is an instance of a business object metadata model.

13. The medium of claim 12, wherein the data element is one of a series of linked business object metadata models.

14. The medium of claim 8, wherein the expanded user interface element including the user interface input fields are presented in a fixed configuration within the graphical user interface layout.

15. 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, via a graphical user interface layout, a request to create a data element; and

program code to present within the graphical user interface layout, in response to receiving the request, an expanded user interface element, the expanded user interface element including user interface input fields to specify at least one attribute of the data element.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the request is received by a user interface element of the graphical user interface layout.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the user interface element of the graphical user interface layout is replaced in the graphical user interface layout by the expanded user interface element in response to the receiving of the request.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the user interface input fields of the expanded user interface element are limited to a minimum number of attributes required to create the data element.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the data element is an instance of a business object metadata model.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the data element is one of a series of linked business object metadata models.