Unified User Interface for Role-Based Data Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current business object display systems in enterprise data management are inadequate as they provide insufficient information to users, requiring extensive time and effort to access relevant data due to limitations in data access and customization based on user roles and profiles.
Innovation Solution
A single user interface system that generates a customizable subset of data associated with a business object based on a user's role or profile, allowing access to relevant information from any entry point, with data collection and display restricted by authorization levels, enabling efficient access to user details and business objects across various applications and platforms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If data is collected from multiple different systems to provide comprehensive user information, then information completeness is improved, but time consumption and system complexity increase substantially
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges data from multiple disparate systems (success maps, address book, HR systems, etc.) into a single unified user profile displayed in one interface. This consolidation allows developers to access all relevant user information simultaneously without needing to query multiple systems separately, thus improving information completeness while reducing the time required to gather comprehensive user details.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified user profile serves multiple functions: it displays basic user information, organizational hierarchy, expertise areas, contact details, and system access rights all in one place. This multi-functional interface replaces the need for multiple separate queries to different systems, resolving the contradiction between providing complete information and minimizing research time.
2Ease of operation
If a single unified interface displays all business object data, then information accessibility is improved, but data security and authorization control become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different authorization rules to different data fields within the unified interface. Based on the user's role and permissions, specific fields are displayed, hidden, or restricted. This allows the interface to remain unified and easy to access while maintaining security controls at the field level, resolving the contradiction between accessibility and security.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an authorization layer that acts as an intermediary between the unified interface and the underlying data. This layer checks user permissions and filters data display accordingly, allowing the interface to provide universal access while maintaining security through role-based authorization controls.
3Device complexity
If business objects provide standardized information for all users, then system simplicity is maintained, but user-specific relevance and customization are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adapts the unified user profile display based on the requesting user's role, permissions, and context. While the interface structure remains standardized and simple, the content displayed is dynamically customized to show only relevant information for each user type. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining system simplicity through a unified interface while providing user-specific relevance through dynamic content adaptation.
Data Source
AI summary
A request is received from a user of one of the one or more business applications for a business object. A single user interface is generating for displaying the data associated with the requested business object. A link between the requested business object and all of the data associated with the business object stored in the one or more data repositories is created. A subset of all of the data associated with the business object in the single user interface is displayed, the displaying being based on a role associated with the user making the request for the business object, the role being used by the at least one programmable processor for determining the subset of all of the data associated with the business object for displaying in the single user interface.