Cross-report collaboration
AssigneeSap SE
InventorDevicharan VINNAKOTA
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Abstract
Systems and methods for cross-report collaboration include receiving an identifier for a class of data underlying a first report. A collaboration associated with at least a portion of a second report is identified based on the class of data underlying the first report. Data regarding the identified collaboration is provided in conjunction with the first report to signify that at least a portion of the data underlying it is subject to the collaboration.
Claims20
A computerized method for managing collaborations spanning multiple reports and reporting platforms, comprising:
- generating a collaboration instance in response to receiving an indication that a first data object of a first report of a first reporting platform has been modified, wherein the collaboration instance comprises a data structure which associates the first data object with collaboration metadata;
- receiving a notification that a second data object of a second report of a second reporting platform has been selected for use;
- searching, in response to the received notification, for collaboration instances related to the second data object;
- identifying the generated collaboration instance as related to the second data object using at least the data structure associating the first data object with the collaboration metadata;
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- providing the collaboration metadata to the second reporting platform in response to the received notification.
A system for managing collaborations spanning multiple reports and reporting platforms comprising a processing circuit configured to generate a collaboration instance in response to receiving an indication that a first data object of a first report of a first reporting platform has been modified, wherein the collaboration instance comprises a data structure which associates the first data object with collaboration metadata, wherein the processing circuit is configured to receive a notification that a second data object of a second report of a second reporting platform has been selected for use, wherein the processing circuit is configured to search, in response to the received notification, for collaboration instances related to the second data object, wherein the processing circuit is configured to identify the generated collaboration instance as related to the second data object using at least the data structure associating the first data object with the collaboration metadata, and wherein the processing circuit is configured to provide the collaboration metadata to the second reporting platform in response to the received notification.
A computerized method for identifying a collaboration as being associated with a report, the collaboration having been created via a collaboration service and associated with a second report to allow users to collaborate on at least a portion of the second report, both reports being based in part on overlapping data, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a processing circuit, an identifier for a class of data underlying the report;
- identifying, by the processing circuit, the collaboration associated with the second report based on the class of data;
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- providing, by the processing circuit, data regarding the identified collaboration in conjunction with the report to signify that at least a portion of the data underlying the report is subject to the collaboration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.