Patent ID: 8972854
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable storage device encoded with instructions for controlling a computer system to create a document based on fields of data of an enterprise resource planning system, by a method comprising: receiving a user-created document containing a reference to a field of data stored by the enterprise resource planning system and containing a source format of the field and a target display format of the field, the user-created document specifying a target layout that indicates a location of the field within the document; creating a template rule based on the source format of the field and the target display format of the field; receiving data for the field exported from the enterprise resource planning system; and generating the document based on the received data in accordance with the user-created document, the generating including applying the template rule to the received data to convert the received data from the source format to the target display format and to position the converted data in the document at the location indicated by the user-created document.