Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for supporting text-based context links for application programs. An embodiment includes a first computer to maintain a database of data objects and a second computer to execute an application program that operates on a file having text elements. In an embodiment, the second computer is to execute a link program to access a data object on the first computer based on a user of the application program having used the application program to select a text element that is related to that data object.

Abstract: A host software application implementing business processes and providing a graphical display associated with a user interface (UI) for a user in a client program executing on a client frontend device that is separate from a backend device storing metadata associated with the UI may be initiated. An automation graphical symbol may provide the user with an option to initiate a test on events of the host software application, during execution of the host software application. A request from the user may be received, to initiate a test on events of the host software application. Information may be received from the user indicating one or more selected specific events for performing the test. The test may be initiated on the selected specific events, based on a state of execution of the host software application at an initial time of the user indicating the selected specific events for performing the test.

Abstract: A client database manager can cause a memory of a client device on a client side of a network to store a first component, a second component, and a relationship value representing a dependent relationship between the first component and the second component. A client processing module can cause a processor to receive, after the storing, a request to process the first component at the client device. The client database manager can send to the server side of the network a request for an update of at least one of the first component or the second component. The client processing module can cause the processor to process at the client device, before receiving a response to the request for the update from the server side of the network, at least a portion of the first component and at least a portion of the second component based on the relationship value.

Abstract: A customized application that is declared based on an abstract class definition derived from a declared host component model associated with a host software application implementing business processes and providing a graphical display associated with a user interface (UI) for a user in a client program executing on a client frontend device storing metadata associated with the UI for the client frontend device may be initiated, the metadata including a declaration of the declared host component model and a declaration of the abstract class definition. Access to data and functionality of the host software application may be obtained via the customized application. Customized output may be provided that is different from host output provided by the host software application, the customized output generated by accessing, via the abstract class definition, the declared host component model, for accessing the same data and functionality that is accessed by the host software application.

Abstract: The present subject mater relates to testing software application configurations and, more particularly, to a test engine. The various embodiments described and illustrated herein provide systems, methods, and software that maintain a configuration database in a memory, wherein the configuration database includes a representation of configuration settings of an application. Some such embodiments may further store a test engine module in the memory, wherein the test engine module includes a set of test cases, which when processed, test functionality of the application, wherein a test case is selected for execution as a function of one or more application configuration setting representations from the configuration database.

Abstract: The present subject matter relates to configuring computer systems and, more particularly, to a computer system configuration deduction engine. Various systems, methods, and software are described. Some embodiments include determining a scoping question to ask as a function of a response to one or more other scoping questions, wherein possible responses to one or more scoping questions are associated with one or more application configuration packages. Some such embodiments further include selecting one or more application configuration packages for deployment as a function of one or more received scoping question responses.

Abstract: The inventive subject mater relates to software application configuration and, more particularly, deployment of a software application configuration. Various embodiments provide systems, methods, and software that configure an application in an application configuration environment and deploying configuration settings from the configuration environment to an application execution environment.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for obtaining information from a data management system. The data management system may determine whether an event occurs triggering the update of this information and, if so, the updated information may then be read from a data object and transmitted from the data management system to the user without an online connection being established between the user and the data management system. In some embodiments, a request may be received from a user of a groupware application program subscribing to updates of identified information and, if the user later performs an action in the groupware application that triggers a request for an update of the identified information, a request for an update of the identified information may be transmitted from the groupware application to a data management system.

Abstract: The present subject matter relates to configuring computer systems and, more particularly, to data migration. Various embodiments of the present subject matter provide systems, methods, and software to receive and store customer information including information detailing customer data from legacy applications. Some embodiments further determine a plan to migrate the customer data from the legacy applications to a target application as a function of the received customer information and the target application.

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to configuring computer systems. Some embodiments include storing, on a computing device, at least a subset of an application configuration dataset of a target application, and storing, on the computing device, at least a subset of an application transaction dataset of the target application. Some embodiments also include providing a configuration application on the computing device to receive data and data modifications within the configuration dataset and the transaction dataset of the target application and uploading received data modifications of the configuration dataset and the transaction dataset to an application configuration environment of the target application. These and other embodiments provide the ability to copy an application configuration, or a configuration of an application to be deployed, on to a portable computing device and configure an application while not connected to the application or an application configuration environment.

Abstract: The present subject mater relates to configuration of software applications and, more particularly, delta layering of software application content. The various embodiments described herein provide systems, methods, and software to store a first application instance in a first layer and modify the first application instance, wherein the modifying includes a modification to one or more items of first application instance content. Some embodiments further store the first application instance modifications in a second layer, wherein the second layer can be deployed to a second application instance.

Abstract: The present subject mater relates to configuration of software applications and, more particularly, a configuration transformation layer. The various embodiments described herein provide systems, methods, and software to instantiate a multilayer application, wherein each application layer includes configuration settings and executing a transformation engine to transform configuration settings between application layers as a function of one or more transformation schemas.

Abstract: A system and method for selective form configuration. According to an embodiment of the invention, an engine retrieves a form template from a data store, the form template specifying a plurality of form elements, parses the form template to identify one or more configurable form elements from the plurality of form elements, presents to a user via a user interface one or more selectable options specifying configuration settings to govern modifications of the one or more identified configurable form elements, receives from the user interface a selection of the one or more options provided by the user, generates a descriptor identifying the selected options provided by the user, and associates the descriptor with the form template.

Abstract: Integration techniques for bridging business management software systems with external objects and data. An action pad application program window provides an interface to these integration techniques, and includes a drop area to receive external objects by drag-and-drop, an information area to display information about received external objects and data, and an action menu to display actions responsive to the received external objects and data. When an external object is received in the drop area, a determination is made as to what actions are associated with the object type, and the actions are displayed in the action menu. The content of the external object is also examined, and additional actions, dependent on the content, are displayed. The action pad application program also actively monitors a user's e-mail and calendar, importing messages and events into the business management systems.

Abstract: A method and system for integrating software application program documents is provided. A request to save documents in an document managements system may be received from application programs, with each document in a format native to the application program that requests that the document be saved. Text data may be extracted from the documents to be saved and converted into a converted data file that is in a common format that is not specific to any application program. The converted data files may then be stored in a memory.

Abstract: Various embodiments herein provide systems, methods, and software for unified configuration of multiple computer applications. Some embodiments include receiving input configuring a set of distinct computer applications in an application configuration environment. The application configuration environment may include a configuration repository that stores the settings of each distinct computer application. Such embodiments may further deploy the configuration settings from the configuration repository of the application configuration environment to at least one application execution environment including an instance of at least one of the set of distinct computer applications.

Abstract: The present subject mater relates computer system configuration and, more particularly, to system configuration comparison to identify process variation. Various embodiments described herein include one or more of systems, methods, software, and data structures to retrieve configuration information from a first system and a second system, apply a set of rules to the configuration information to identify process variants implemented in each of the first and second systems, and output a representation of process variant implementation differences between the first and second systems.

Abstract: A schema builder includes a read service for reading data from a multi-node hierarchical deep schema configured database and a write service for writing data to the multi-node hierarchical deep schema configured database. A transformation module transforms schemas between multi-node hierarchical deep schemas and a flat schema, and stores meta data to record a structure of the multi-node hierarchical deep schema.

Abstract: A method and system includes a server that provides a business management service to multiple independent customers. A template repository provides predefined templates, and a configuration storage stores customer changes to the predefined templates that represent customized templates. A user interface facilitates selection of customized templates as a function of scope of work for fine tuning.

Abstract: A template authoring method and system includes an application business component view that provides an interface to a user to select templates. A dialog provides a wrapper for each template to be edited by launching a server page and a host using controls provides authoring abstractions for selected authoring applications to edit the templates.