Importing Content Packages to Custom Locations in Analytic Cloud
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in selecting a custom location for content packages when importing them into an Analytic Cloud tenant, as existing solutions require initial import without location specification and subsequent relocation, which complicates managing folder locations and relationships.
Innovation Solution
The system allows users to select a custom location for content packages during import, using package metadata to manage folder locations and relationships through a dynamic tree structure, ensuring accurate path formation and retention of existing folder hierarchies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If users import content packages without specifying location first, then the import process is simpler, but subsequent relocation complicates managing folder locations and relationships
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by allowing users to specify the destination folder location during the import process itself, rather than requiring import first and then relocation. The system prompts users to select a destination folder before completing the import, so the content is placed directly in the desired location from the start, eliminating subsequent relocation operations and simplifying folder location management.
2Ease of operation
If the system allows custom location selection during import, then users have precise control over content placement, but the import process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses an intermediary approach by introducing a destination folder selection interface that mediates between the import process and the final content placement. This intermediary step presents a simple folder selection UI to users, which handles the complexity of path formation and folder hierarchy management in the background, thereby providing precise placement control without significantly increasing perceived user complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies self-service by automatically handling the complex tasks of path formation, ancestor path determination, and folder hierarchy management once the user selects a destination folder. The system autonomously resolves paths for both new and older package versions, maintains folder hierarchies and relationships, and performs necessary relocation operations without requiring user intervention, thus providing precise control while minimizing user-facing complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system resolves paths for all package versions, then compatibility is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by dynamically adjusting the path resolution approach based on package version parameters. The system identifies whether a package is a new or older version and applies the appropriate path resolution method: for newer packages, it uses simplified path formation, while for older packages, it implements comprehensive ancestor path resolution. This parameter-based differentiation ensures compatibility across all package versions while optimizing processing time by avoiding unnecessary complex resolution for already-compatible packages.
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AI summary
In an example embodiment, a graphical user interface-based software tool is provided that uses integrated process information and information of a technical infrastructure to provide automatically-analyze integrations. There are several current approaches to capturing information relevant to the above questions available within a computer system, but each of them only captures a fragment of the information that will be utilized and are not linked. Additionally, most of them do not include extensibility information. The provided tool solves these issues.