Consistent Interface for Product Valuation Data and Product Valuation Level

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

• at least one processor operable to execute computer readable instructions embodied on non-transitory media;
• a graphical user executable by the at least one processor and comprising computer readable instructions, embedded on non-transitory media, for requesting maintenance of a bundle of material valuation data, the instructions using a request;
• a first memory storing a user interface controller executable by the at least one processor for processing the request and involving a message including a first message package derived from a common business object model, where the common business object model includes business objects having relationships that enable derivation of message-based service interfaces and message packages, the first message package hierarchically organized, the hierarchical organization of the first message package including:
• at a first hierarchical level in the first message package, a material valuation data bundle maintain request sync message entity;
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• at the first hierarchical level in the first message package, a material valuation data bundle maintain request sync package including, at a second hierarchical level in the first message package, a material valuation data bundle maintain request sync entity, wherein the material valuation data bundle maintain request sync entity includes, at a third hierarchical level in the first message package, at least one material valuation data entity from a material valuation data package;
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• a second memory, remote from the graphical user interface, storing a plurality of service interfaces executable by the at least one processor and derived from the common business object model to correspond to the semantics of messages derived from the common business object model, where one of the service interfaces is operable to process the message via the service interface based on the hierarchical organization of the first message package, where processing the message includes unpacking the first message package based on the first message package's structure and the first message package's derivation from the common business object model, wherein the particular structure of the first message package is used at least in part to identify the purpose of the message.

A computer readable medium including program code for providing a message-based interface for exchanging information about product valuation levels, 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 level of granularity that represents a product-related entity both for specifying product valuation data and for recording business transactions in a financial system, the first message including a message package hierarchically organized as:
• a product valuation level notification message entity;
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• a product valuation level package including a product valuation level entity, wherein the product valuation level entity includes an identifier, a universally unique identifier, a type code, a key, and an object node reference;
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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 level of granularity that represents a product-related entity both for specifying product valuation data and for recording business transactions in a financial system, 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 product valuation level notification message entity;
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• a product valuation level package including a product valuation level entity, wherein the product valuation level entity includes an identifier, a universally unique identifier, a type code, a key, and an object node reference;
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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.