Method for providing a user interface, computer system and computer program product

A computer system with program code that executes at least one application, comprising:

• a configuration entity that stores and provides a plurality of configuration values assigned to configuration parameters for the application;
• a communication server that provides a plurality of automatically generated, client-specific user interfaces for the application, the user interface comprising a configuration interface that retrieves the plurality of configuration parameters and retrieves and/or changes the configuration values assigned to the configuration parameters;
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• at least one middleware layer comprising at least one configuration module and a template management component that retrieves configuration values for configuration parameters assigned to the configuration module from the configuration entity using predetermined methods of the configuration module, to enter said values into generic, client-specific templates, the templates being generic with respect to the configuration module for presenting and/or changing the configuration values for the plurality of automatically generated, client-specific user interfaces and to output at least one of the templates filled with entered configuration values via the communication server based on the type of a client used by a user.

A non-transient storage device comprising a computer program product with executable program code, the program code carrying out selected steps when the program code is executed on a data processing apparatus, comprising:

• linking at least one configuration module comprising methods of determining and retrieving a plurality of configuration parameters associated with the configuration module and configuration values assigned to the configuration parameters to a configuration entity of the computer system;
• retrieving configuration values for the plurality of configuration parameters for the at least one configuration module from the configuration entity;
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• generating a user interface specific to the at least one configuration module on the basis of at least one generic, client specific template for presenting the plurality of configuration parameters associated with the configuration module and the associated configuration values retrieved from the configuration entity for at least one predetermined client, the at least one template being generic with respect to the configuration module and specific with respect to a type of a client used by a user.