FAST ITEMIZATION OF OBJECTS

1 . A method implemented by a computing system in response to execution of program code by a processor of the computing system, the method comprising:

receiving a request to specify attributes associated with a data element; and

presenting, in response to the request, a graphical user interface layout including at least one first user interface input field for specifying a value for the attributes associated with the data element and a second user interface input field for specifying a time period to associate with the at least one first user input field.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the time period is a set of days including at least one day and the second user interface input field includes a user interface element for specifying which of the days in the set applies for the at least one first user interface input field.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the second user interface element provides a mechanism to select one, all, and a sub-set of the set of days to associate with the at least one first user interface input field.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the user interface layout includes a presentation of an updated calculation of a first value associated with the data element, the first value being updated based on the value specified by the at least one first user interface input field for attributes associated with the data element.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the data element is an instance of a business object metadata model.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving data derived from an optical character recognition process of a document; and

automatically proposing at least some of the received data as inputs for at least one of the at least one first user interface input field and the second user interface input field.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising presenting a report including the value specified for the at least one first user interface input field for the time period specified by the second user interface input field.

8 . A non-transitory medium storing processor-executable program code, the medium comprising:

program code to receive a request to specify attributes associated with a data element; and

program code to present, in response to the request, a graphical user interface layout including at least one first user interface input field for specifying a value for the attributes associated with the data element and a second user interface input field for specifying a time period to associate with the at least one first user input field.

9 . The medium of claim 8 , wherein the time period is a set of days including at least one day and the second user interface input field includes a user interface element for specifying which of the days in the set applies for the at least one first user interface input field.

10 . The medium of claim 9 , wherein the second user interface element provides a mechanism to select one, all, and a sub-set of the set of days to associate with the at least one first user interface input field.

11 . The medium of claim 8 , wherein the user interface layout includes a presentation of an updated calculation of a first value associated with the data element, the first value being updated based on the value specified by the at least one first user interface input field for attributes associated with the data element.

12 . The medium of claim 8 , wherein the data element is an instance of a business object metadata model.

13 . The medium of claim 8 , further comprising:

program code to receive data derived from an optical character recognition process of a document; and

program code to automatically propose at least some of the received data as inputs for at least one of the at least one first user interface input field and the second user interface input field.

14 . The medium of claim 8 , further comprising presenting a report including the value specified for the at least one first user interface input field for the time period specified by the second user interface input field.

15 . A system comprising:

a computing device comprising:

a memory system storing processor-executable program code; and

a processor to execute the processor-executable program code in order to cause the computing device to:

receive a request to specify attributes associated with a data element; and

present, in response to the request, a graphical user interface layout including at least one first user interface input field for specifying a value for the attributes associated with the data element and a second user interface input field for specifying a time period to associate with the at least one first user input field.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the time period is a set of days including at least one day and the second user interface input field includes a user interface element for specifying which of the days in the set applies for the at least one first user interface input field.

17 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the user interface layout includes a presentation of an updated calculation of a first value associated with the data element, the first value being updated based on the value specified by the at least one first user interface input field for attributes associated with the data element.

18 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the data element is an instance of a business object metadata model.

19 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the processor further executes the processor-executable program code in order to cause the computing device to:

receive data derived from an optical character recognition process of a document; and

automatically propose at least some of the received data as inputs for at least one of the at least one first user interface input field and the second user interface input field.

20 . The system of claim 8 , further comprising presenting a report including the value specified for the at least one first user interface input field for the time period specified by the second user interface input field.