Method and system for integrating a restriction object with a material object
AssigneeSap SE
InventorStefan Kienzle
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Abstract
A method and system for integrating a restriction object with a material object is provided. A reference is generated between a material object and a restriction object. A restriction note is received from a supplier having a material restriction for a material in the material object. A material position is searched in the material object using a material number of the material. A selection condition is determined based on which the material is chosen from the material position. A restriction condition is generated in the restriction object based on the material restriction and the selection condition.
Claims16
A computer-implemented method executing on a microprocessor, comprising:
- generating, using the microprocessor, a reference between a restriction name attribute in a material object and a restriction key in a restriction object, and between a first selection condition attribute in the material object and a second selection condition attribute in the restriction object, the material object and the restriction object residing in computer memory;
- receiving a restriction note through a graphical user interface (GUI) from a supplier having a material restriction for a material in the material object;
- searching, the microprocessor, a material position in the material object within the computer memory using a material identifier of the material;
- determining, using the microprocessor, a selection condition based on which the material is chosen from the material position, wherein the material from the material position is selected for a production of a product when the selection condition for the material position is true;
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- generating, using the microprocessor, a restriction condition in the restriction object within the computer memory based on the material restriction and the selection condition.
A computer system including at least one processor and memory storing program code, the code comprising:
- a material object for storing a material within the memory;
- a restriction object for storing a restriction condition for the material within the memory;
- an integrator within the memory for generating a reference between a restriction name attribute in the material object and a restriction key in the restriction object, and between a first selection condition attribute in the material object and a second selection condition attribute in the restriction object;
- a note receiver within the memory for receiving a restriction note from a supplier having a material restriction for a material in the material object;
- a material object controller within the memory coupled to the integrator, the note receiver and the material object for searching a material position in the material object using a material identifier of the material, the material object controller determining a selection condition based on which the material is chosen from the material position, wherein the material from the material position is selected for a production of a product when the selection condition for the material position is true;
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- a restriction object controller within the memory coupled to the integrator, the material object controller and the restriction object for generating a restriction condition in the restriction object based on the material restriction and the selection condition.
A non-transitory machine-accessible medium that provides instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- generating a reference between a restriction name attribute in a material object and a restriction key in a restriction object, and between a first selection condition attribute in the material object and a second selection condition attribute in the restriction object;
- receiving a restriction note from a supplier having a material restriction for a material in the material object;
- searching a material position in the material object using a material identifier of the material;
- determining a selection condition based on which the material is chosen from the material position, wherein the material from the material position is selected for a production of a product when the selection condition for the material position is true;
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- generating a restriction condition in the restriction object based on the material restriction and the selection condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.