US 11,928,087 B2
Accessing schema-flexible data by applying a fixed schema
Christian Bensberg, Heidelberg (DE); and Christoph Zakwieja, Eppelheim (DE)
Assigned to SAP SE, Walldorf (DE)
Filed by SAP SE, Walldorf (DE)
Filed on May 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/752,050.
Prior Publication US 2023/0385249 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 16/21 (2019.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 16/25 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/213 (2019.01) [G06F 16/2282 (2019.01); G06F 16/252 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, the computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, from a first application, a request to access a collection, the collection comprising a plurality of documents, wherein the request includes a first schema for generating a first table definition for accessing the collection;
generating the first table definition for providing the first application access to the plurality of documents of the collection, the first table definition comprising a plurality of fields for accessing data in the plurality of documents of the collection;
receiving, from the first application, a request based on one or more of the plurality of fields of the first table definition to be executed on one or more documents of the plurality of documents of the collection, wherein the request comprises one of a insert or read command; and
accessing the one or more documents of the collection to process the request using the first table definition.