FEDERATED BUSINESS CONFIGURATION AND SCOPING
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for scoping a software installation. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
1 . A computer-readable medium containing instructions to configure a processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving a request to scope a configuration of a system including at least one on-premises component implementing a portion of a business process;
determining the scope based on metadata describing the at least one on-premises component implementing the portion of the business process;
determining another scope of at least one on-demand component being considered to replace the at least one on-premises component implementing the portion of the business process;
determining, based on the results of the determining the scope and the determining the another scope, whether the at least one on-demand component being considered to replace the at least one on-premises component is suitable for use for the portion of the business process;
generating a page indicating whether the at least one on-demand component being considered to replace the at least one on-premises component is suitable for use for the portion of the business process; and
sending the page to a user interface.
2 . The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the receiving further comprises:
receiving, at a configurator, the request sent from a user interface.
3 . The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the determining the scope further comprises:
accessing, by a configurator, metadata describing the at least one on-premises component implementing the portion of the business process at the system.
4 . The computer-readable medium of claim 3 , wherein the metadata describes a function provided by the at least one on-premises component.
5 . The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the determining another scope further comprises:
accessing, by a configurator, metadata describing the at least one on-demand being considered to replace the at least one on-premises component implementing the portion of the business process.
6 . The computer-readable medium of claim 5 , wherein the metadata describes a function provided by the at least one on-demand component.
7 . The computer-readable medium of claim 1 further comprising:
implementing, in the business process, the at least one on-demand component based on a selection presented at the generated page.
8 . A method comprising:
receiving, at a configurator, a request to scope a configuration of a system including at least one on-premises component implementing a portion of a business process;
determining, at the configurator, the scope based on metadata describing the at least one on-premises component implementing the portion of the business process;
determining, at the configurator, another scope of at least one on-demand component being considered to replace the at least one on-premises component implementing the portion of the business process;
determining, at the configurator, whether the at least one on-demand component being considered to replace the at least one on-premises component is suitable for use for the portion of the business process based on the results of the determining the scope and the determining the another scope;
generating, at the configurator, a page indicating whether the at least one on-demand component being considered to replace the at least one on-premises component is suitable for use for the portion of the business process; and
sending, by the configurator, the page to a user interface.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the receiving further comprises:
receiving, at a configurator, the request sent from a user interface.
10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the determining the scope further comprises:
accessing, by a configurator, metadata describing the at least one on-premises component implementing the portion of the business process at the system.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the metadata describes a function provided by the at least one on-premises component.
12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the determining another scope further comprises:
accessing, by a configurator, metadata describing the at least one on-demand being considered to replace the at least one on-premises component implementing the portion of the business process.
13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the metadata describes a function provided by the at least one on-demand component.
14 . A system comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory configured to provide operations comprising:
receiving a request to scope a configuration of a system including at least one on-premises component implementing a portion of a business process;
determining the scope based on metadata describing the at least one on-premises component implementing the portion of the business process;
determining another scope of at least one on-demand component being considered to replace the at least one on-premises component implementing the portion of the business process;
determining, based on the results of the determining the scope and the determining the another scope, whether the at least one on-demand component being considered to replace the at least one on-premises component is suitable for use for the portion of the business process;
generating a page indicating whether the at least one on-demand component being considered to replace the at least one on-premises component is suitable for use for the portion of the business process; and
sending the page to a user interface.
15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the receiving further comprises:
receiving, at a configurator, the request sent from a user interface.
16 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the determining the scope further comprises:
accessing, by a configurator, metadata describing the at least one on-premises component implementing the portion of the business process at the system.
17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the metadata describes a function provided by the at least one on-premises component.
18 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the determining another scope further comprises:
accessing, by a configurator, metadata describing the at least one on-demand being considered to replace the at least one on-premises component implementing the portion of the business process.
19 . The system of claim 18 , wherein the metadata describes a function provided by the at least one on-demand component.