Method and computer program product for managing data consistency
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsGordon Muehl, Klaus Irle
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for managing data consistency within a network of computer systems. The method includes, in a network, storing tables of level indicators and associated ownership entities in network systems, generating a data item in a first network system, associating the data item with one of the level indicators, and storing the level indicator with the generated data item.
Claims14
A method, performed by a first ownership entity that is in a first network system, the method comprising:
- storing a table that associates level indicators to ownership entities in one or more network systems;
- generating a data item and storing the data item in a first system of the one or more network systems;
- associating the data item with a first level indicator from the table, the first level indicator assigning ownership responsibility for the data item to the first ownership entity;
- storing the first level indicator in the first system as a tag with the data item;
- and
- associating the data item with a second level indicator and storing the second level indicator in the first system, the second level indicator assigning ownership responsibility for the data item to a second ownership entity;
- wherein the first and second level indicators assign hierarchical ownership responsibility for the data item to the first and second ownership entities.
A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product being executable by one or more data processing apparatus in a first ownership entity in a first network system to:
- store a table that associates level indicators to ownership entities in one or more network systems;
- generate a data item and store the data item in a first system of the one or more network systems;
- associate the data item with a first level indicator from the table, the first level indicator assigning ownership responsibility for the data item the first ownership entity;
- store the first level indicator in the first system as a tag with the data item;
- and
- associate the data item with a second level indicator and store the second level indicator in the first system, the second level indicator assigning ownership responsibility for the data item to a second ownership entity;
- wherein the first and second level indicators assign hierarchical ownership responsibility for the data item to the first and second ownership entities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.