GUI modeling of knowledge base in a modeling environment
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsRafi Elad, Ido Keren
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to methods, systems, and software for GUI modeling of at least one contextual help object, potentially representing a knowledgebase, in a modeling environment. For example, software for utilizing contextual help may be operable to identify a business object for an application and associate a contextual help object in a knowledgebase repository to the identified business object. The software may be further operable to automatically configure the front-end of the application using the modeling environment and based on the business object and the contextual help object and, upon activation of the business object, to display just-in-time help to a user of the application via the front-end.
Claims16
A computer implemented method for utilizing contextual help in a modeling environment comprising:
- identifying a business objects for a modeled application;
- associating a contextual help object in a knowledgebase repository to the identified business object, wherein the contextual help object provides guidance and help context associated with usability of the identified business object;
- automatically configuring a front-end of the application using a modeling environment and based on a first instance of the business object and the contextual help object in a first GUI;
- upon activation of the first instance of the business object, displaying at least a portion of the business object in a first portion of a first graphical user interface (GUI), and displaying just-in-time help information associated with the contextual help object in a different second portion of the first GUI to a user of the application via the front-end;
- the method further comprising:
- automatically configuring the front-end of the application using the modeling environment and based on a second instance of the business object and the contextual help object in a second GUI;
- and
- upon activation of the second instance of the business object, displaying at least a portion of the second instance of the business object in a first portion of the second GUI, and displaying the just-in-time help information associated with the contextual help object in the second portion of the second GUI to a user of the second application via the front-end.
A computer program product encoded on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the product comprising computer-readable instructions for causing one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- identifying a business objects for a modeled application;
- associating a contextual help object in a knowledgebase repository to the identified business object, wherein the contextual help object provides guidance and help context associated with usability of the identified business object;
- automatically configuring a front-end of the application using a modeling environment and based on a first instance of the business object and the contextual help object in a first GUI;
- upon activation of the first instance of the business object, displaying at least a portion of the business object in a first portion of a first graphical user interface (GUI), and displaying just-in-time help information associated with the contextual help object in a different second portion of the first GUI to a user of the application via the front-end;
- the method further comprising:
- automatically configuring the front-end of the application using the modeling environment and based on a second instance of the business object and the contextual help object in a second GUI;
- and
- upon activation of the second instance of the business object, displaying at least a portion of the second instance of the business object in a first portion of the second GUI, and displaying the just-in-time help information associated with the contextual help object in the second portion of the second GUI to a user of the second application via the front-end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.