Mandatory comment on action or modification
AssigneeWorkiva Inc.
InventorsDean Anthony Ritz, Willie Eide, Ephie Risho
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Abstract
A system includes a mandatory comment in a software productivity tool. In various implementations, the system includes a computer that carries out actions including: opening in the software productivity tool a document stored in a non-volatile hardware data storage device; receiving a definition of an actionable data item of the document; receiving a request for an action associated with the item; determining if the action triggers a predefined comment rule; if triggered, then: requiring a mandatory comment; storing the accepted entered comment in the non-volatile hardware data storage device; and performing the requested action.
Claims17
A method for requiring a mandatory comment in a software productivity tool, comprising:
- opening a document stored in a non-volatile hardware data storage device in the software productivity tool on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a hardware device;
- receiving a definition of an actionable data item of the document;
- receiving a request for an action associated with the actionable data item;
- determining if the action triggers a predefined comment rule;
- if the comment rule is triggered, then:
- requiring a mandatory comment;
- performing a post-request action that is one of:
- a) accepting an entered comment pursuant to the requested mandatory comment;
- b) queuing a task requiring a later entering of a mandatory comment;
- and
- c) rejecting the entered or a non-entered comment by performing an inadequate comment action;
- if the post-request action is (a) or (b), then storing the accepted entered comment in the non-volatile hardware data storage device;
- and
- performing the requested action.
A system for requiring a mandatory comment in a software productivity tool, the system comprising a computer configured to carry out actions comprising:
- opening a document stored in a non-volatile hardware data storage device in the software productivity tool on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a hardware device;
- receiving a definition of an actionable data item of the document;
- receiving a request for an action associated with the actionable data item;
- determining if the action triggers a predefined comment rule;
- if the comment rule is triggered, then:
- requiring a mandatory comment;
- performing a post-request action that is one of:
- a) accepting an entered comment pursuant to the requested mandatory comment;
- b) queuing a task requiring a later entering of a mandatory comment;
- and
- c) rejecting the entered or a non-entered comment by performing an inadequate comment action;
- if the post-request action is (a) or (b), then storing the accepted entered comment in the non-volatile hardware data storage device;
- and
- performing the requested action.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.