System and method for graphical representation of business documents and effectivity
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsGerhard Himmelsbach, Claus Kollmannsperger
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Abstract
A system and method to graphically represent historical product structures. When a computer extracts all change states for a data set corresponding to a first product structure having a plurality of items. The change states associated with each item are concatenated. The concatenated change states relative to each item and to the parametric constraint effective for the data set are displayed on an electronic display. In this way it is possible to visualize the historical product structure.
Claims16
A method comprising:
- extracting, in a computer, all change states for a first data set corresponding to a first product structure having a plurality of items;
- concatenating, in the computer, change states on a per item basis;
- and
- displaying, on an electronic display, the concatenated change states for each item relative to a parametric constraint effective for the data set.
The method of 2 further comprising:
- highlighting, on the electronic display, differences between the change states at the two values.
A computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
- extract all change states for a first data set corresponding to a first product structures having a plurality of items;
- concatenate change states on a per item basis;
- and
- display, on an electronic display, the aggregated change states for each item relative to a parametric constraint effective for the data set.
A system comprising:
- an extraction engine to obtain a set of change states for a data set corresponding to a first product structure having a plurality of items;
- a concatenator to serially arrange the change states for different values of a parametric constraint effective for the data set on a per item basis;
- and
- a graphics processor to render a graphical representation of a set of the concatenated change states for the first product structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.