Patent ID: 7707040

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of generating business intelligence incorporated business process activity forms, the method comprising configuring one or more computer processors to perform an operation comprising: providing a set of business intelligence (BI) gadgets, each BI gadget comprising a distinct application that provides a predefined functionality for extracting data from one or more data sources storing BI data of an organization; and generating, by operation of the one or more computer processors, a business process activity form representing a business process activity in response to a request from a user for the business process activity form, wherein the business process activity form comprises a plurality of form fields, and wherein generating the business process activity form comprises: embedding one or more of the BI gadgets automatically and dynamically into the business process activity form for allowing access to the predefined functionality of the embedded one or more of the BI gadgets from the business process activity form; and extracting, by the embedded one or more of the BI gadgets, data from the one or more data sources to at least a first form field of the plurality of form fields to guide the user in providing a business decision for the business process activity as input to at least a second form field of the plurality of form fields of the business process activity form.