Adaptable user interface for business software
View Patent ↗An adaptable user interface is formed based on a role assumed by a user and the identification of tasks in a process that need to be performed. For each role assumed by the user, a set of tasks assigned to the role is identified. Each task is evaluated to determine if it is an active task that needs to be performed in one or more processes. For each active task, an element is added to the user interface.
1. A method comprising:
receiving a request to display a homepage user interface for a user;
a processor identifying a plurality of roles currently assigned to the user;
a processor forming a task list by identifying all tasks assigned to each of the plurality of roles assigned to the user;
modifying the task list by removing at least one task from the task list to form a modified task list;
for each of the plurality of roles assigned to the user, a processor determining whether at least one task in the modified task list is active such that at least two of the plurality of roles assigned to the user have at least one task that is active;
for each of the plurality of roles that has at least one active task, a processor adapting a homepage user interface by displaying a respective link in the homepage user interface, wherein each respective link may be selected to retrieve a respective activity page, and wherein each activity page is associated with a particular role in a role-to-activity page mapping such that each activity page displays active tasks or links to active tasks that are associated with the particular role associated with the activity page while suppressing those tasks that are not available given progress through a process;
consulting user preferences to identify data that the user has requested be displayed in their homepage, the data comprising for each of the plurality of roles assigned to the user, key performance indicators related to the roles and key performance indicators that are not normally associated with the user's roles; and
displaying the data in the homepage user interface.