Adobe Flex UI Integration in PGL Workflow MDM Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing Master Data Management (MDM) solutions lack the ability to seamlessly integrate rich internet hierarchy UIs and manage hierarchies within business process workflows, particularly due to the incompatibility between Adobe Flex technology and standard MDM UI frameworks like PGL Workflow UI.
Innovation Solution
Enhancing the PGL Workflow UI framework to incorporate Adobe Flex UI components through the use of an XML tag, enabling bi-directional data interchange and interaction between PGL and Flex elements, allowing for the embedding of Flex components within PGL workflows and passing parameters between them.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If Adobe Flex technology is used to create rich internet hierarchy UI, then user interface capability is improved, but compatibility with standard MDM UI frameworks deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism that enables communication between Adobe Flex components and PGL Workflow UI framework. This mediator allows the two incompatible technologies to interact through defined interfaces and protocols, resolving the compatibility issue while preserving the rich UI capabilities of Flex.
2Adaptability or versatility
If PGL Workflow UI framework is used for standard MDM workflows, then framework compatibility is improved, but ability to display hierarchical data deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the strengths of both PGL Workflow UI framework and Adobe Flex technology. By integrating Flex components within the PGL framework, the solution achieves both framework compatibility and enhanced hierarchical data display capabilities, combining the advantages of both approaches.
3Adaptability or versatility
If Flex components are embedded in PGL workflows, then functionality is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the system into distinct modular components: PGL framework elements, Flex components, and an integration layer. This segmentation allows each component to be developed, maintained, and modified independently, reducing overall system complexity while enabling enhanced functionality through the combination of specialized components.
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AI summary
A method, system, apparatus, and article of manufacture provides the ability to visualize master data management (MDM) data as part of a MDM workflow user interface (UI) in a computer system. MDM data resides in one or more tables of a relational database management system. An MDM system maintains, as part of a process and framework, a first process workflow to manage relationship data. The relationship data is data required to manage an association of one piece of MDM data to another piece of MDM data. A first process workflow provides a UI node that contains a link to a file that describes UI components to display when the first process workflow is executed. A first component of the UI component identifies an Adobe™ Flex™ based UI component. The Adobe™ Flex™ based UI component enables the representation and viewing of the MDM data in a hierarchy.