Patent ID: 9047573
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G03G,G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A data processing apparatus that executes data processing according to descriptive contents of process definition tickets in which a series of operation flows for an image forming apparatus are described, and that is connected to an administration terminal having a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the descriptive contents of the process definition tickets are executable on the data processing apparatus, the data processing apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain the process definition tickets from the administration terminal; a second determination unit configured to, when the determination unit determines that the descriptive contents of the process definition tickets are unexecutable on the data processing apparatus, determine, based on at least an authority of a user operating the data processing apparatus, whether or not the unexecutable descriptive contents of the process definition tickets are editable by the user to be made executable; a display unit configured to, as a result of the determination of the determination unit, display, in a manner identifiable by the user as a list of the process definition tickets, the process definition tickets whose descriptive contents are determined as being executable on the data processing apparatus and the process definition tickets whose descriptive contents are determined as being unexecutable on the data processing apparatus, wherein the display unit further visually indicates in the list respectively which of the process definition tickets are process definition tickets whose descriptive contents are determined, by said second determination unit, as being editable by the user to be made executable; a selection receiving unit configured to receive a selection of one or more of the process definition tickets by the user from the list of the process definition tickets displayed by said display unit; and an execution unit configured to execute the descriptive contents of the process definition tickets received by said selection receiving unit.