公开(公告)号：GB2456201A

公开(公告)日：2009-07-08

申请号：GB0821726

申请日：2008-11-28

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： ALTRICHTER RALF ,  KEHRER GERD ,  RAITZA MARTIN

IPC: G06F17/30 ,  G06Q10/00

Abstract: A method for notifying a client application of a background processing event in an enterprise resource planning system comprising creating a placeholder job in the enterprise resource planning system, in response to a request for notification of a future background event, wherein the placeholder job is configured to notify a server component of the background event. The placeholder job is preferably scheduled to be executed in response to the background processing event. A server component is preferably provided for serving a remote function call wherein the server component is configured to notify the client application of the background processing event. The server component is preferably a callback listener arranged at the backend of the enterprise resource planning system and communicates with a callback server arranged on the client side. The placeholder job is preferably a program written using the Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) language and is configured to call a plurality of servers or server components. The placeholder job may listen for background processing events in the enterprise resource planning system. A computer server component notifies a client application of a background processing event in an enterprise resource planning system when a callback notification is issued by the enterprise resource planning system.