Patent ID: 11954134
Assignee: SAP SE
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
transforming a line-item table into a hierarchy table, wherein the line-item table comprises a plurality of rows defining value distributions between a plurality of entities, wherein the transforming comprises identifying senders and receivers of respective value distributions in the plurality of entities, and creating a plurality of records in the hierarchy table based on the identified senders and receivers;
creating a node-link model from the hierarchy table, wherein a plurality of records are associated with a plurality of objects organized in a plurality of segments, wherein a record of an associated object comprises fields including a unique identifier, a parent reference, an object identifier, a segment identifier, and a value distribution for the associated object, wherein the parent reference is the unique identifier of a parent object which directs the value distribution to the associated object, wherein the node-link model comprises a plurality of nodes representing the objects and directional links connecting the nodes and representing value distributions between the objects;
generating a visual representation of the node-link model in a user interface;
receiving an input from the user interface, wherein the input specifies a viewable scope of the node-link model and one or more viewable fields, wherein the one or more viewable fields are selected from the fields of the plurality of records included in the hierarchy table; and
responsive to the input, changing the visual representation to depict a portion of the node-link model in the user interface based on the viewable scope of the node-link model and the one or more viewable fields,
wherein changing the visual representation comprises:
creating a plurality of candidate nodes based on the one or more viewable fields, wherein the plurality of candidate nodes are respectively associated with records having unique combinations of the one or more viewable fields such that two different candidate nodes are associated with records having two different combinations of the one or more viewable fields;
creating directional links between at least some of the candidate nodes based on the unique identifier and parent reference of the records associated with the candidate nodes;
assigning aggregated value distributions to candidate nodes connected by the directional links; and
removing candidate nodes not connected by the directional links from the visual representation.