US 2010/0306010 A1 · INTERACTIVE MAP/DIAGRAM OF ERP CODE AND MODEL ELEMENTS

Abstract

A diagramming system for dynamically generating and rendering a diagram depicting graphical representations of modules and elements of an ERP application, and their dependencies, is provided. In some embodiments, the diagramming system provides a dynamic, interactive graphical representation of user-selected elements and/or modules and their dependencies. In some embodiments, the diagramming system allows a user to view additional information about a specific element, such as the dependencies associated with that element that are not displayed in the diagram and also to select these elements for inclusion in the diagram. In this manner, the user can customize the diagram to show additional dependency information for a specific element or set of elements in which the user is interested. In some embodiments, the diagramming system may display an indication of dependencies between the selected element and the modules.

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Dependent claims

A method performed by a computer having a memory and a processor for dynamically displaying an interactive diagram of interdependent enterprise resource planning elements, each element implementing a feature of an enterprise resource planning application and being organized according to a set of enterprise resource planning modules, the method comprising:

receiving from a user a selection of enterprise resource planning modules, each module having a number of associated enterprise resource planning elements;
for each of the selected modules,
identifying, by the processor, the enterprise resource planning elements associated with the module, and
adding, by the processor, the identified enterprise resource planning elements to a collection of elements;
adding an indication of each element of the collection of elements to the interactive diagram;
identifying a first set of dependencies between elements of the collection of elements;
adding an indication of each of the first set of identified dependencies to the interactive diagram;
and
displaying the interactive diagram.

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A computer-readable storage medium containing instructions for generating an interactive diagram representing dependent relationships between functional elements of a software package, by a method comprising:

receiving a selection of modules, each module identifying a number of associated functional elements, the selection of modules having been made by a user;
and
for each of the functional elements associated with the selected modules, selecting the functional element,
displaying in an interactive diagram an indication of the selected functional element,
identifying internal incoming dependencies, each incoming dependency identifying a functional element associated with at least one of the selected modules and that depends on the selected functional element,
identifying internal outgoing dependencies, each outgoing dependency identifying a functional element associated with at least one of the selected modules and on which the selected functional element depends, and
displaying in the interactive diagram an indication of the identified internal incoming dependencies and the identified internal outgoing dependencies.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Interactive map/diagram of erp code and model elements

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Abstract

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