Workflow Authority Mapping for Large Task Role Settings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems struggle to efficiently support the setting of authorities for roles in workflows with a large number of tasks, such as over 100, as seen in JP 2019-160135 A, which does not provide adequate support for this process.
Innovation Solution
A system that includes a storage device and processor to manage task information, relationship management, and conversion information, allowing for the determination and display of authority types and positions in a workflow, with user-operated changes to these settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a workflow displays a large number of tasks (over 100 tasks), then the workflow can handle complex processes, but the system engineer finds it difficult to grant authorities for all tasks to each role
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the authority setting process by introducing role-based access control where authorities are assigned to roles rather than individually to each task. This allows system engineers to set authorities at the role level, which then automatically apply to all tasks associated with that role, significantly reducing the operational complexity when dealing with workflows containing over 100 tasks.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a universal authority management mechanism where a single authority setting for a role applies across multiple tasks. The role-based access control system serves multiple functions: it manages permissions for numerous tasks simultaneously, provides consistent access control, and simplifies the interface for system engineers to manage complex workflows without requiring individual task-level configurations.
2Measurement precision
If the system manages detailed authority settings for each task and role, then authority control precision is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the authority management complexity from the task-level details and consolidates it at the role level. By taking out the granular task-by-task authority configuration and replacing it with role-based aggregates, the system maintains precise authority control while significantly reducing the complexity of the management interface and processing logic.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple individual authority settings into unified role-based authority definitions. Instead of managing separate authority entries for each task, the system combines these into consolidated role assignments, which then inherit the authority settings automatically. This merging reduces the number of individual management operations while preserving the precision of authority control.
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AI summary
A system stores task information for managing a position of each of task in the workflow, relationship management information for managing a relationship among nodes, authority types and the tasks, and conversion information for managing a relationship between the authority types and a display method for each node. The system, in a display of a first workflow, determines a position of the each of the nodes by referring to the relationship management information and the task information, determines a display method for the each of the nodes by referring to the relationship management information and the conversion information, displays the each of the nodes at the determined position corresponding to one of the tasks based on the determined display method representing the authority type, and changes a display method for a first node in response to a user operation of changing the authority type of the first node.