Front-End Demonstration Data Interpretation for Enterprise Systems

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Solution Overview

Problem

Evaluating business information enterprise systems using pre-defined fictional data is inefficient and costly, as it does not reflect the specific data types of the organization, making it difficult for users to assess the system's suitability.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that allows demonstration data to be directly entered and interpreted via a front-end application, eliminating the need for a staging engine, enabling flexible and efficient data processing and reporting.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If pre-defined fictional data is used for system demonstration, then the system can be demonstrated with standardized data, but the demonstration does not reflect the organization's specific data types, reducing evaluation accuracy

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of system demonstrationVSAvoidevaluation accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a copy of the organization's actual data structure and format within the demonstration environment. The system allows importing or replicating real data schemas, sample data formats, and organizational hierarchies into the demonstration instance, enabling accurate evaluation while maintaining standardized demonstration processes

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables dynamic configuration of demonstration data parameters to match the organization's specific requirements. Users can modify data types, formats, granularity levels, and organizational structures in the demonstration environment without changing the core system architecture, allowing both standardized demonstration and customized evaluation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If a staging engine is used to load demonstration data, then data can be processed through the complete system workflow, but the process is time-consuming and costly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata processing completenessVSAvoiddata loading time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary data validation, transformation rule definition, and processing pathway configuration before actual data loading occurs. By pre-configuring the staging engine with organization-specific transformation rules and validation criteria, the actual data loading process is accelerated while maintaining complete and reliable data processing

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The data loading process is divided into separate, independently configurable stages: data import, validation, transformation, and loading. Each stage can be executed selectively or in parallel based on requirements, reducing overall processing time while ensuring data integrity through staged validation and error handling

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Device complexity

If pre-defined fictional data is used, then the demonstration setup is simplified, but the system cannot be properly evaluated for specific organizational needs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedemonstration setup complexityVSAvoidorganizational fit assessment
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The demonstration system transitions from static pre-defined fictional data to dynamic configurable data that can adapt to organizational requirements. Users can dynamically adjust data characteristics, organizational structures, and evaluation criteria without requiring complex reconfiguration of the underlying system architecture

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates a universal demonstration framework that can serve multiple purposes: standardized system demonstration, customized organizational evaluation, and flexible data format testing. By incorporating configurable data templates and transformation capabilities, a single demonstration instance can fulfill multiple evaluation needs

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS7836104B2Demonstration tool for a business information enterprise system
Publication Date: 2010.11.16 SAP SE
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AI summary

According to some embodiments, demonstration data is received via a front-end application associated with a business information enterprise system. The demonstration data may then be interpreted in accordance with at least one rule to generate business data. A query may be received at a back-end application associated with the business information enterprise system. At least a portion of the business data may then be presented in accordance with the received query.