Dynamic Visual Workflow Generation in On-Demand Database Systems
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional database systems require cumbersome manual coding and expensive dedicated environments to update or create new business processes, making them inefficient and costly for organizations.
Innovation Solution
A mechanism for dynamically generating visual workflows and tasks within an on-demand services environment, allowing organizations to create and update business processes without new coding or dedicated infrastructure, using a multi-tenant database system to facilitate data collection and workflow generation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional manual coding and dedicated environments are used to create or update business processes, then reliability and control are improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic generation of visual workflows and tasks through data collection and processing. The database system performs self-service by automatically creating business process representations without requiring manual coding intervention, thereby reducing complexity while maintaining reliability through automated consistency
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of manual coding with an automated data-driven approach. Instead of manually writing code to create business processes, the system uses data collection, processing, and automatic visual workflow generation to substitute the manual mechanical process, reducing complexity while preserving control
2Manufacturing precision
If manual coding is used to update business processes, then precision and control are improved, but loss of time and productivity decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by collecting and processing data before business process implementation is needed. Data is gathered, validated, and structured in advance, enabling automatic generation of accurate visual workflows when needed, thus maintaining precision while reducing implementation time
Solution Approach 2:
The database system performs self-service by automatically generating accurate business process representations from collected data without requiring manual coding. This automation maintains precision through data-driven accuracy while eliminating the time-consuming manual coding process
3Reliability
If dedicated environments are used for business processes, then reliability and isolation are improved, but adaptability and ease of operation worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal database system that can handle multiple business processes and organizational needs within a single environment. The system collects data from various sources and generates different types of visual workflows and tasks, providing multi-functionality that maintains reliability through centralized control while improving adaptability to different business needs
4Manufacturing precision
If manual business process creation is used, then control and precision are improved, but ease of operation and productivity worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by automatically generating accurate visual workflows and tasks from collected data without requiring manual coding. Users can initiate business process creation through data collection requests, and the system handles the complex generation process automatically, maintaining precision while dramatically improving ease of operation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of coding with an automated data-driven system. The system collects data, processes it through defined logic, and automatically generates accurate visual workflows, substituting manual precision-based work with automated precision-based generation, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining accuracy
Data Source
AI summary
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating collection of data and dynamic generating of visual workflow and corresponding tasks in an on-demand services environment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes receiving, by and incorporating into a database system, a query to perform a collection of data relating to an organization, where the query represents creating a new business process relating to workings of the organization. The method may further include collecting, by the database system, the data from one or more accounts relating to the organization, assigning, by the database system, one or more tasks to the collected data, performing, by the database system, the one or more tasks, and dynamically generating, by the database system, a visual workflow in response to the performing of the one or more tasks, wherein the visual workflow is used to facilitate the new business process based on the one or more tasks.