Approval Flow Insertion in Cloud Documents With Live Sync
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for inserting and managing approval flows in cloud documents are inconvenient, requiring manual modification when changes occur, leading to user inefficiency.
Innovation Solution
A data processing method and apparatus that allows for displaying an approval flow list in a first document through a triggering operation, enabling selection of approval flow information for insertion, with options for tabular or flowchart presentation, and editing or applying approval flows based on user authority.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If approval flow is plotted or image is inserted in cloud document, then approval flow can be displayed, but user operation becomes inconvenient and modification is required when original approval flow changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a data processing system as an intermediary between the approval system and the cloud document. This system automatically retrieves and updates approval flow information from the approval system, eliminating the need for manual plotting or image insertion. The intermediary system handles the synchronization, ensuring consistency while maintaining ease of operation through automated processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of plotting or inserting images with an automated data processing mechanism. The system automatically fetches approval flow data from the approval system and updates the cloud document dynamically, substituting manual operations with automated computational processes that maintain consistency without requiring user intervention for modifications.
2Reliability
If manual modification is required when approval flow changes, then approval flow can be updated in cloud document, but user efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-service mechanism where the data processing system automatically monitors changes in the approval system and updates the cloud document without requiring manual user intervention. The system serves itself by automatically retrieving updated approval flow information and synchronizing it with the document, thereby maintaining reliability while significantly improving user efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent establishes a feedback loop between the approval system and the cloud document through the data processing system. When changes occur in the approval system, the feedback mechanism automatically detects these changes and triggers updates in the cloud document, ensuring synchronization maintains reliability while eliminating manual operations that would reduce productivity.
3Reliability
If approval flow information is dynamically retrieved from approval system, then consistency is ensured, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the data processing system with multi-functionality to handle various operations (retrieving approval flow information, updating documents, monitoring changes) through a unified interface. This universal approach ensures consistency while managing system complexity by consolidating multiple functions into a single versatile system rather than requiring separate mechanisms for each operation.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a data processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, a storage medium, and a program product. The data processing method includes: displaying a first window at a first position of a first document in response to receiving a triggering operation on a first control in the first document, wherein the first window includes an approval flow list; and displaying approval flow information of a first approval flow at the first position of the first document in response to receiving a selection operation on the first approval flow in the approval flow list.