Patent ID: 11928096
Assignee: SAP SE
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. A method comprising:
receiving a search request via a computer interface for data search in a plurality of database tables;
in response to the search request, searching, by one or more processors, the plurality of database tables using a database model which is stored in a computer readable media and specifies a scope of the data search; and
displaying search results via the computer interface according to a display format specified by the database search model;
wherein the database search model comprises a plurality of structural containers and a search enabling container,
wherein the plurality of structural containers represent objects and contain property data of the objects, wherein the property data of the objects are obtained from the plurality of database tables,
wherein the plurality of structural containers comprise respective source table references and lists of links that model a structural relationship between the objects,
wherein the search enabling container specifies the scope of the data search,
wherein the search enabling container specifies the display format defining structure and appearance for presenting the search results,
wherein the scope of the data search and the display format are excluded from the plurality of structural containers,
wherein the source table references and lists of links that model the structural relationship between the objects are excluded from the search enabling container,
wherein the respective source table references specify underlying database tables from which the property data of the objects represented by the plurality of structural containers are obtained.