Controls in collaborative workflow environment
AssigneeSap SE
InventorAndreas Schaad
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Abstract
A method to implement controls with respect to a collaborative workflow, the method including mapping a private task of a private workflow of a first entity to a public task of a public collaborative workflow, and defining a public control relating to the public task, the public task and the public control to be published to a second entity with which the first entity collaborates utilizing the public collaborative workflow.
Claims23
A method comprising:
- mapping, using one or more processors, a private task of a private workflow of a first entity to a public task of a public collaborative workflow;
- mapping private roles of the private workflow of the first entity to public roles of the public collaborative workflow;
- identifying a first role of the public collaborative workflow as being exclusive;
- and
- defining a public control relating to the public task, the public task and the public control to be published to a second entity with which the first entity collaborates utilizing the public collaborative workflow, the public control being defined in terms of a separation of duties with respect to the public task.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a mapper module to map, using the one or more processors, a private task of a private workflow of a first entity to a public task of a public collaborative workflow, and to map private roles of the private workflow of the first entity to public roles of the public collaborative workflow, a first role of the public collaborative workflow being identified as being exclusive;
- and
- an access module to access a public control relating to the public task, the public task and the public control to be published to a second entity with which the first entity collaborates utilizing the public collaborative workflow, the public control being defined in terms of a separation of duties with respect to the public task.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium in communication with at least one processor, the machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, performs operations comprising:
- mapping a private task of a private workflow of a first entity to a public task of a public collaborative workflow;
- mapping private roles of the private workflow of the first entity to public roles of the public collaborative workflow;
- identifying a first role of the public collaborative workflow as being exclusive;
- and
- accessing a public control relating to the public task, the public task and the public control to be published to a second entity with which the first entity collaborates utilizing the public collaborative workflow, the public control being defined in terms of a separation of duties with respect to the public task.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.