Patent ID: 11934407
Assignee: SAP SE
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A method, implemented in a computing environment comprising at least one hardware processor and at least one memory coupled to the at least one hardware processor, the method comprising:
sending a request to a database to create a first schema for a database view in a data dictionary, the first schema having a first value specifying a first location of a first source of data for the database view and defining a plurality of attributes for the database view;
issuing a first query specifying the database view;
receiving first query results in response to the first query, the first query results comprising data from, or derived at least in part from, the first data source;
subsequent to the issuing the first query, sending a request to update the first schema to remove the first value and to add a second value specifying a second location of a second source of data for the database view, wherein the first source of data comprises a local relational database table or a remote source of semi-structured or unstructured data, wherein, when the first source of data comprises a local relational database table or view, the second source of data comprises a remote source of semi-structured or unstructured data, and, when the first source of data comprises a remote source of semi-structured or unstructured data, the second source of data comprises a local relational database table;
after sending the request to update the first schema, issuing a second query specifying the database view; and
receiving second query results in response to the second query, the second query results comprising data from, or derived at least in part from, the second data source.