Dynamic business scenario key performance indicator definitions, real time calculations, and analysis

A system comprising:

• at least one programmable processor;
• and
• a machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, via a graphical representation of an organization's business configuration, a selection by a user of a first business process feature defining a starting point and a second business process feature defining an end point of a requested key performance indicator calculation;
• determining a set of business objects related to a plurality of business process features that impact calculation of the requested key performance indicator based on the start point and the end point and on a meta-model of each of the related business process features;
• generating an algorithm for making the requested key performance indicator calculation based on metadata from retrieved from the meta-models of each of the related business process features;
• retrieving transaction data from instances of a set of business objects matching at least one limiting criteria;
• and
• calculating a value for the requested key performance indicator calculation based on the algorithm and the retrieved transaction data.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, via a graphical representation of an organization's business configuration, a selection by a user of a first business process feature defining a starting point and a second business process feature defining an end point of a requested key performance indicator calculation;
• determining a set of business objects related to a plurality of business process features that impact calculation of the requested key performance indicator based on the start point and the end point and on a meta-model of each of the related business process features;
• generating an algorithm for making the requested key performance indicator calculation based on metadata from retrieved from the meta-models of each of the related business process features;
• retrieving transaction data from instances of a set of business objects matching at least one limiting criteria;
• and
• calculating a value for the requested key performance indicator calculation based on the algorithm and the retrieved transaction data.