Consistent Interface for Financial Accounting View of Cost Object Expense List and Financials View of Contract

A distributed system operating in a landscape of computer systems providing message-based services defined in a service registry, the system comprising:

• a graphical user interface comprising computer readable instructions, embedded on tangible media, for notifying of an accounting view of a cost object expense list, including elements and characteristics of a cost object expense list that are relevant to revenue recognition in order to realize revenues for expense document items and in profitability reporting, the instructions using a request;
• a first memory storing a user interface controller for processing the request and involving a message including a message package hierarchically organized as:
• a financial accounting view of cost object expense list notification message entity;
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• a financial accounting view of cost object expense list package including a financial accounting view of cost object expense list entity, wherein the financial accounting view of cost object expense list entity includes a universally unique identifier (UUID), a cost object reference, and a company UUID;
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• a second memory, remote from the graphical user interface, storing a plurality of service interfaces, wherein one of the service interfaces is operable to process the message via the service interface.

A computer readable medium including program code for providing a message-based interface for exchanging financials view of contract information, the medium comprising:

• program code for receiving via a message-based interface exposing at least one service as defined in a service registry and from a heterogeneous application executing in an environment of computer systems providing message-based services, a first message for notifying of a financials view of contract, including information required by processes in financials, the first message including a message package hierarchically organized as:
• a financials view of contract notification message entity;
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• a financials view of contract package including a financials view of contract entity, wherein the financials view of contract entity includes a universally unique identifier (UUID), a contract reference, a type code, a company UUID, a business partner UUID, a party role category code, and a key;
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• program code for sending a second message to the heterogeneous application responsive to the first message.

A distributed system operating in a landscape of computer systems providing message-based services defined in a service registry, the system comprising:

• a graphical user interface comprising computer readable instructions, embedded on tangible media, for notifying of a financials view of contract, including information required by processes in financials, the instructions using a request;
• a first memory storing a user interface controller for processing the request and involving a message including a message package hierarchically organized as:
• a financials view of contract notification message entity;
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• a financials view of contract package including a financials view of contract entity, wherein the financials view of contract entity includes a universally unique identifier (UUID), a contract reference, a type code, a company UUID, a business partner UUID, a party role category code, and a key;
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• a second memory, remote from the graphical user interface, storing a plurality of service interfaces, wherein one of the service interfaces is operable to process the message via the service interface.