JP2002245160A - Storage medium storing program for making computer perform processing controlling output layout in business management system and output layout controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a storage medium which stores a program for making a computer perform processing that controls output layout in a business management system and an output layout controller. SOLUTION: This storage medium which stores the program that makes the computer perform processing for controlling the layout of an information item to be displayed on a user terminal in the business management system for managing prescribed businesses, has a user type information receiving procedure for acquiring information representing a user, and a layout information acquisition procedure for acquiring information about the layout of the information item corresponding to the acquired information representing the user by referring to a first database that preliminarily stores information about the layout of the information item to be displayed in each information representing the user, and stores a program that makes the information about the layout of the information item obtained by the layout acquiring procedure so as to be provided to an outputting means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides a storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a process of controlling an output layout in a business management system, and an output layout control device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In business operation management of a company, one operation is composed of a plurality of phases, and one operation is often completed after processing of a different department for each phase.
As an example of business management, in the patent management business of a company,
From the time of notification of one invention, there are phases such as application, request for examination, registration, and right maintenance. In each phase, people from various positions are involved in the matter.

For example, at the time of notification of an invention, first, an inventor in the invention section, a person in charge of a patent promotion section, a joint applicant, etc. are involved in the matter. After the notification is received by the patent department, the technical and administrative staff of the patent department and patent attorneys at the patent office will be involved in the matter until the application is filed.

[0004] As described above, the persons involved in the case change at each point (phase) of the case. In addition, authority for the case differs depending on the position of the stakeholder.

[0005] For example, at the time of the above-mentioned notification of invention, there is a case where a case which is being reported (proposed) must not be viewed by an employee of another department even within the same company. Further, there is a case where a person in charge of the patent promotion section is restricted from browsing information so that only the matters in the section under his / her jurisdiction can be viewed. In addition, for patent offices, information other than the information necessary to prepare the specification draft for application to the Patent Office, for example, information used in in-house processing such as in-house classification codes and comments Etc. need not be provided.

Further, in addition to restricting whether information can be browsed, depending on the position of the user, it is necessary to restrict information such that information can be referenced but editing cannot be performed. For example, in the case of a contract person in the patent department, bibliographic items such as the title of the invention, the inventor, and the applicant of each case may be browsed,
In order to prevent erroneous data from being changed or tampered with, it is necessary to make editing impossible. On the other hand, it is necessary that only the person in charge can edit the contract information, which is the original business, and that other users must be restricted to view only or not to view depending on their position.

Therefore, in the conventional patent management system, the display screen is controlled for each phase in order to keep the confidentiality of the patent information and to restrict the display information to be displayed on the screen and the input information input by a person concerned. In addition, in each phase, it is realized by programming a display screen in which display information, input information, and the like are restricted for each position (authority) of a related person.

[0008]

However, the above-mentioned conventional patent management system has the following problems.

In the conventional patent management system, the user of the system is limited to, for example, a person in charge of the patent department, thereby simplifying the management of reference and editing authority of patent information, or
At the time of system construction, this was handled by customizing according to the requirements of each company. However, there is a problem that information sharing and strategic information utilization are hindered even in the company because users or departments are limited. In addition, there is a problem that a cost and a long time are required to construct a system that meets the requirements of each company.

Furthermore, even if the same patent management system is introduced into a plurality of companies, if the names of the same items differ from company to company, for example, the department for requesting a patent application may have a sending section in company A. Company B, requesting department, C
When a company calls it a belonging department, the names of the data items are also subject to customization and become a work load.

Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to provide a storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a process of controlling an output layout in a business management system.

A second object of the present invention is to provide an output layout control device for controlling an output layout in a business management system.

[0013]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a computer which performs processing for controlling the layout of information items displayed on a user terminal in a business management system for managing a predetermined business. A storage medium storing a program for causing a user to acquire information representing a user, and a first information storing a layout of information items to be displayed for each piece of information representing the user in advance. A layout information acquisition procedure for acquiring information on a layout of an information item corresponding to the information representing the acquired user with reference to the database of the above, and the information on the layout of the information item obtained in the layout acquisition procedure To the output means.

In an apparatus in which a program is installed from such a storage medium, information on a layout corresponding to information representing a user obtained from the first database is provided to an output unit.

Therefore, the information on the layout can be easily controlled without depending on the program created for each information indicating the user.

The information indicating the user is information (user ID or the like) for specifying the individual user, but also indicates the type of the user, such as the business position of the user, the department to which the user belongs, and the group. It may be information.

The above-mentioned operations are, for example, the operations of notification, application, request for examination, registration, right maintenance, etc. in the patent business.

As means for solving the above problems, the present invention can also provide an output layout control device for controlling an output layout in a business management system.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

An apparatus in which a program for controlling an output layout in a business management system from a storage medium according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed constitutes a system as shown in FIG. 1, for example.

In the example of the embodiment of the present invention, the process of extracting items corresponding to information representing a user and the process of forming a screen form in accordance with the layout of the extracted items will be described as an example in which an applet processes the processes. . Applet is WWW
An applet that runs on the system and runs on the server is called a servlet. In the embodiment of the present invention, an example using an applet will be described. However, the present invention includes an embodiment implemented by a program statically arranged on the client side.

In FIG. 1, the output layout control apparatus 100 includes an output control processing unit 111, a WWW server control processing unit 113, a communication control processing unit 114, an installer 115, a search unit (Servlet) 116, a table It has a DB 121, a search DB 122, and a printer 123.

The output control processing unit 111 controls the DB access processing unit 112 in response to a screen display request received from an applet 125 that issues a screen display request from a client, and accesses the table DB 121 to execute the screen display request. Create the layout of the display screen specified by the request.

[0024] The WWW server control processing section 113 executes the applet 12 based on the data received from the client.
5 makes a screen display request, requests the output control processing unit 111 to edit the display screen. When the browser 124 makes a search request, the search unit 116 is activated.

The communication control processing unit 114 controls communication with a client via a network.

The installer 115 is a CD-ROM 12 in which a program for output layout editing processing is stored.
0, etc., and install it in an auxiliary storage device or the like. When the output layout editing process is started, the CPU starts the process according to the program installed in the auxiliary storage device or the like. The medium for storing the program is not limited to the CD-ROM 120, but may be any medium that can be read by a computer.

The browser search unit 116 responds to the data received from the client browser 124 by, for example,
Search DB 12 provided by output layout control device 100
2 is searched.

In the printer 123, the form specified by the output request is output by the output control processing unit 111 in response to the output request from the client.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing data relationships.

The table DB 121 includes a user environment table 200, an employee master table 201, a position master table 202, an item group master 203, an item master 204, a business phase list 205, and a usage right 211.
, Use right template 212, user-specific fixed form output definition 221, user-specific display item attribute 222, user-specific display item group 223, position-specific fixed form output definition 23
1, a display item attribute 232 for each position, a display item group 233 for each position, and a display suppression item group 251.

The user environment table 200 defines the position of the user and the size of the client screen for each user.

The employee master table 201 manages information on employees as users and shows a one-to-one relationship with the user environment table 200 by associating them with “employee numbers”.

The position master table 202 manages the user's "position" in the process and shows a one-to-n relationship with the user environment table 200 by associating the user with the "position".

The item group master 203 manages item IDs and item group names of an item group in which a plurality of items output as a screen or a form are one group.

The item master 204 is a master table for managing the item ID and item name of each item.

The work / phase list 205 manages work and phase IDs available in the entire system.

The form master 206 manages the form ID and the form name and associates them with the “form ID” to indicate the relationship between the fixed form output definition 221 for each user and the n-to-one relationship. 231 shows a one-to-n relationship.

The usage right 211 manages tasks available for each user, and indicates an n-to-one relationship with the user environment table 200 by associating them with “user IDs”.

The use right template 212 manages default values of work that can be used for each "position" of the user,
The relationship between the user environment table 200 and the n-to-one relationship is shown by associating the user environment table 200 with the "position".

The per-user fixed form output definition 221 manages items that can be output as forms for each user, task, and phase and their output order, and associates them with “user IDs” to associate them with the user environment tables 200 and n. A one-to-one relationship is shown.

The display item attributes 222 for each user include user,
Manage item restriction information for each task and phase,
By associating with the “user ID”, an n: 1 relationship with the user environment table 200 is shown. The restriction information is indicated by “required input”, “input impossible”, or “display impossible”.

The display item group 223 for each user manages a group of items to be output as a form for each user, business, and phase, and the output order, and associates them with a “user ID” to associate the user environment table 200 with the user environment table 200. 1 is shown.

The standard form output definition 231 for each position manages the items that can be output as a form and the output order for each user position, business, and phase, and associates them by “position” to associate them with the user environment tables 200 and n. The relationship between pairs m is shown.

The display item attribute 232 for each position manages item restriction information for each user position, task, and phase, and indicates the n-to-n relationship with the user environment table 200 by associating them with "positions". The restriction information is indicated by “required input”, “input impossible”, or “display impossible”.

The display item group 233 for each position includes a user position,
The group of items output as a form and the output order for each task and each phase are managed, and the relationship between the user environment table 200 and the n-to-m table is shown by associating the items in a “standpoint”.

The display suppression item group 251 includes users, tasks,
The group of items that cannot be used for each phase is managed, and “User I
D ", the user environment table 20
The relationship between 0 and n: 1 is shown.

The table managed by the table DB 121 manages data as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, for example. 4 and 5 will be referred to in the description of the layout determination processing described later.

FIG. 3A shows that the user environment table 20
0 has a user ID, an employee number, a position, a double-sided size (height), a double-sided size (width), a double-sided size (tree width), a login flag, and the like, and is displayed on the client terminal for each user ID. Define the size of the out.

For example, for the user ID “USER01”, the employee number “J010101”, the position “inventor”, the double-sided size (height) “800”, the double-sided size (width) “600”, and the double-sided size (tree) Width) "100"
Is defined, and the login state is indicated by turning on or off the login flag.

FIG. 3B shows that the employee master table 2
Reference numeral 01 includes an employee number, a kanji name, a department code, and the like, and manages information for identifying an employee. The employee master table 201 and the user environment table 200 are associated one-to-one by uniquely assigned employee numbers.

For example, information such as the kanji name “Taro Fujitsu” and the department code “A0301” is managed for the employee number “J010101”.

As shown in FIG. 3C, the form master table 20
6 has a form ID and a form name, etc., and associates them with a “form ID” to form a fixed form output definition 2 for each user.
21 shows an n-to-one relationship, and also shows a one-to-n relationship with the fixed form output definition 231 for each position.

For example, it indicates that the form name “application form 1” corresponds to the form ID “PAT001”.

From FIG. 3D, the usage right table 211
Has a user ID and a task ID, and manages a plurality of authority items that can be owned by the user. The use right table 211 and the user environment table 200 are associated with each other by one to n (plurality) by uniquely assigned user IDs.

For example, the user ID “USER01” is
Have authority items such as "cost", "deposit", "document creation", "data import", "PC application terminal cooperation", "office request", and "envelope" indicated by the business ID. Is defined.

FIG. 3E shows that the usage right template 21
Reference numeral 2 has a position, a business ID, and the like, and manages a plurality of authority items given according to the position.

For example, the position “inventor” sets a plurality of authority items “basic bibliographic input”, “intermediate history input”, “pension management”, “expense”, and “subsidy” indicated by the business ID. Can have.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the fixed form output definition table 221 for each user includes a user ID, a business ID, a phase ID, a form ID, an item group ID, a display number, a display position, and the like.

For example, in the form ID “PAT001” that can be output with the phase ID “application” of the business ID “basic bibliographic input” of the user ID “USER01”, the item group ID
"Common" indicates the number of display "1" at the display position "10.40"
And the item group ID “Bibliography 1” is displayed at the display position “20.
For example, the item group ID “Bibliography 2” is output at the display position “30.40” with the display number “1”, and the item group ID “Inventor” is displayed at the display position “1”. 40.4
At "0", the display number is controlled to be "10".

As shown in FIG. 4B, the display item attribute table 222 for each user includes the user ID, the business ID, and the phase I.
D, item ID, attribute, and the like.

For example, in the phase ID “application” of the business ID “basic bibliographic input” of the user ID “USER02”,
The item ID includes a “division code” and a “status”. Also,
The attribute of each item ID “division code” and “status” is “input impossible”.

The attribute corresponding to each item ID indicates the control on the screen display. For example, "indispensable input" that changes the color of the headline as an indispensable input item, and data is displayed as an inaccessible item but locked so as not to be input. Are set to prevent data from being displayed in the input item as a non-displayable item, or to "not display" when the button is not displayed on the screen.

As shown in FIG. 4C, the display item group table 223 for each user includes a user ID, a task ID, a phase ID,
It has an output order, an item group ID, and the like.

For example, in the phase ID “application” of the business ID “basic bibliographic input” of the user ID “USER02”,
The item group ID “common” is output in the output order “1”, the item group ID “bibliography 1” is output in the output order “2”, and the item group ID is output.
It is controlled so that “applicant” is output in output order “3” and item group ID “inventor” is output in output order “4”.

As shown in FIG. 4D, the display suppression item group table 251 has a user ID, a task ID, a phase ID, an item group ID, and the like.

For example, in the case of the phase ID “report” of the business ID “basic bibliographic input” of the user ID “USER01”,
The display of the item ID “accepted” is controlled to be suppressed.

From FIG. 5A, the fixed rectangular output definition table 231 for each position includes the position, business ID, phase ID,
It has a form ID, an item group ID, a display number, a display position, and the like.

For example, the phase ID “notification” in the position “inventor” and the business ID “basic bibliographic input” corresponds to the form I
Display position “10.40” for D “REC001”
Outputs the item group ID "common" of the display number "1", outputs the item group ID "report" of the display number "1" at the display position "20.40", and displays it at the display position "30.40" The control is performed so as to output the item group ID “requester section” of the number “5” and to output the item group ID “reception” of the display number “1” at the display position “100.40”.

As shown in FIG. 5B, the position-based display item attribute table 232 includes the position, business ID, phase ID, and item I.
D and attributes.

For example, if the position “inventor” has the phase ID “report” in the business ID “basic bibliographic input”, the item I
D "interview date" is included. The attribute of this item ID “interview date” is “input impossible”.

As shown in FIG. 5C, the position-based display item group table 233 has positions, business IDs, phase IDs, output orders, item group IDs, and the like.

For example, the phase ID “report” in the position “inventor” and the business ID “basic bibliographic input” outputs the item group ID “common” in the output order “1”, and outputs the item group ID “common”.
The “report” is output in the output order “2”, the item group ID “requester section” is output in the output order “3”, and the item group ID “reception” is output in the output order “4”. You.

Next, each process related to the output layout editing process started by the output control processing unit 111 of FIG. 1 will be described.

First, the use right setting process by the administrator will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the setting processing of the usage right for each user ID.

In FIG. 6, the user environment table 200
From the screen displayed on the basis of the "user ID", the "position" is acquired based on the "user ID" selected by the administrator (step S11). When the “business” type and “phase” type that can be used by the user indicated by the selected “user ID” are set by the administrator, the set “business”
The type and “phase” type are set as “use right” in the use right table 211 (step S12).

In step S12, when the information about the “use right” is set for the user ID selected by the administrator for the first time, the use right template 211 of the “position” to which the user identified by the user ID belongs belongs. The corresponding template is copied to the usage right table 211.

The layout setting process for each position by the manager will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the layout setting process for each position.

In FIG. 7, the manager sets the position ID
When a "position" for which a layout is to be set is selected from the position master 202 composed of
21) By using the selected "position" as a key to search the usage right template 212, the "business" type and "phase" type that can be used in the "position" are set (step S22).

In step S21, when a new "position" is required, "position" can be added to the name master 241.

Further, the “business” type or “phase” type available for the “position” selected by the administrator, that is, the “business” type or “phase” set for the “position” in the user template 212 When the administrator sets an item group for which the display is suppressed for the user having the "position", the item group whose display is suppressed is stored in the display suppression item group 251 (step S23). In other words, from among the “work” type or “phase” type available according to “position”, an item group whose display is further suppressed according to the user is set as the display suppression item group 251.

Subsequently, in step S 23, the “position” is not defined in the display suppression item group 251 and the “position” defined in the usage right template 212.
Based on the “work” type or “phase” type available according to the “work” type or “phase” type available from the “standpoint” of the user, the administrator An item group to be displayed on the screen and its display order are set for each type or “phase” type (step S2).
4). The item groups to be displayed on the screen set by the administrator and the display order are shown in the item group ID 233 for each position.
And output order.

Further, as in step S24, the administrator sets the attributes of the items to be displayed on the screen based on the “work” type or “phase” type that can be used from the “standpoint” of the user. I do. “Required input”, “input disabled”, and “display disabled” are set as attributes. The attributes set by the administrator are shown in the display item attribute table 23 for each position.
2 is set (step S25).

Then, based on the “form” name master 242 composed of the form ID and the form name,
The administrator sets a form list as an item of the form output menu for each “work” type or “phase” type that can be used in the above. The form list set by the administrator is stored in the position-specific form output definition table 231 (step S26).

Next, the layout setting process for each user ID by the user will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining a layout setting process for each user ID.

As shown in FIG. 8, based on the user ID input by the user, a usage right indicating a list of “business” types and “phase” types available for the user ID is acquired from the usage right table 211 (see FIG. 8). Step S31).

It is checked whether a record corresponding to the user ID exists in the usage right table 211 (step S32). That is, it is determined whether the usage right for the user ID has been acquired. If a record exists, the process proceeds to step S34.

On the other hand, if it is determined in the check processing in step S32 that no record exists, the “business” type available in the “position” from the usage right template 212 using the “position” corresponding to the user ID as a key Then, a usage right that indicates the type of “phase” in a list is acquired, and is set as a usage right usable by the user ID (step S33).

In step S34, step S31
Use right or step S corresponding to the user ID acquired in step
The use right corresponding to the “position” acquired in 33 is stored in the use right table 261 for each user.

Further, the user sets an item group to be displayed on the screen and a display order thereof for each “work” type and “phase” type that can be used by the user ID. The item group set by the user and the display order are stored in the display item group table 223 for each user. (Step S35). That is, the user ID is obtained from the display item group table 233 for each position.
Among the item group IDs that can be used in the "position" of the user ID, the items identified by the item group ID except the item group ID whose display is suppressed in the "position" of the user ID from the display suppression item group table 251 For the groups, the user sets the items to be displayed on the screen and the display order thereof, and the set items and the display order are stored in the display item group table 223 for each user.

In step S35, the user I
When a new item group is set for D, an item group ID based on the “position” of the user ID defined in the display item group table for each position 233 is used as a template.
It is copied to the display item group table 223 for each user.

Then, the user sets an attribute for each of the display item groups set in step S35. As attributes, "required input", "input disabled" and "display disabled"
Is set. The attribute set by the user is set in the display item attribute table 222 for each user (step S36).

In step S36, the user I
When a new attribute is set for D, an item group ID based on the “position” of the user ID defined in the position-based display item attribute table 232 is used as a template.
It is copied to the display item group table 223 for each user.

Subsequently, based on the form master 206 composed of the form ID and the form name, the user can enter a form output menu for each “work” type or “phase” type available with the user ID. Set the form list that is the item of. The form list set by the user is stored in the fixed form form output definition table 253 for each user (step S37).

In the step S37, the user I
When a new form list is set for D, an item group ID based on the “position” of the user ID defined in the standard form output definition table 252 as a template is used as a template to display the user-specific display item group table 223. Is copied to

Next, the layout determination processing for each user position will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the layout determination processing for each position.

As shown in FIG. 9, user authentication is performed based on the user ID and password input by the user (step S
41).

After the user authentication, the user environment table 200 is searched using the user ID acquired in step S41 as a key, and the “position” corresponding to the user ID and the size of the output layout of the client terminal are acquired (step S42). ).

Subsequently, using the “position” acquired in step S 42 as a key, the usage right template table 212
And obtains a usage right that lists the “business” type and “phase” type corresponding to the “position” (step S43).

Based on the use right acquired in step S43, the information of the task menu including the "task" type and the "phase" type that can be selected in the "position" is edited (step S44).

In order to cause the client to display the business menu, a screen display instruction including the information on the business menu is transmitted (step S442).

The business menu is displayed on the client screen based on the information of the business menu (step S
45).

When the user selects a desired “work” type and “phase” type from the displayed work menu, the selected “work” type and “phase” are selected.
The type is acquired (step S46).

The user's “position” and the selected “business”
The position-based display item group table 233 is searched using the type and the “phase” type as keys to obtain a list of the item groups to be displayed on the client screen and the display order of the item groups (step S47). The position-based display item attribute table 232 is searched using “” and the selected “work” type and “phase” type as keys to acquire the attribute of the item group (step S48). The attribute is indicated by “required input”, “input disabled”, or “display disabled”.

In step S48, if the attribute of the item group cannot be acquired, there is no attribute indicating the restriction on input and display, so that the item group is processed as a modifiable item group.

Subsequently, the “position” and the selected “business”
The form-specific form output definition table 252 is searched using the type and the "phase" type as keys, and a list of forms to be set in the form output menu on the client screen is obtained (step S49).

In order to display the selected task item to the client, a screen display instruction including information (parameters and the like) indicating the item is transmitted (step S492).

The item is displayed on the client screen based on the information indicating the item (step S50).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a process of acquiring the form output definition information for each position and each user ID.

In FIG. 10, a form ID that can be output for each user ID, task ID, and phase ID is retrieved from the fixed form form output definition table 221 for each user (step S51).

It is checked whether a record exists (step S52). If there is, the process proceeds to step S56.

On the other hand, if it does not exist, the position, business I
A form ID that can be output for each D and phase ID is searched from the fixed form output definition 231 for each position (step S5).
3).

It is checked whether or not a record exists (step S54). If it does not exist, the acquisition process ends.

On the other hand, if it exists, the form master 206 is searched by the form ID to obtain the form name (step S5).
6), information (parameters and the like) indicating a layout definition is created from an item group ID that can be output for each task ID, phase ID, and form ID, the number of display items, and the display position (step S).
58).

The information indicating the layout definition is transmitted to the client (step S58).

By the above acquisition processing, when a user outputs a form, the client forms and outputs the form based on the information indicating the layout definition.

According to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the user's “position” is the inventor, basic bibliographic input is selected as the desired “business” type, and the notification phase is selected as the “phase” type. An example of a client screen when selected is described.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a screen in which the layout is determined based on the position.

In FIG. 11, the business menu edited based on the right of use when the “position” of the user is the inventor is converted into the frame 45 on the client terminal side in step S45 in steps S41 to S44 in FIG.
Displayed as 0.

When the user clicks on notification 460 from the displayed business menu with a mouse or the like, step S in FIG.
By the processing from 46 to S50, the item group is displayed in the frame 500 according to the item attribute. In this case, the position-based display item group table 233 is referred to in step S47 (see FIG. 5C), and the frame 500 includes the item group ID.
“Common” indicated by 71, “Notification” indicated by the item group ID 72, and “Requesting department” indicated by the item group ID 73 are displayed. In step S48, the display item attribute table 232 for each position is referred to (see FIG. 5).
(See (B)), the input area of the interview date 74 is displayed as input disabled so that the user cannot input it.

Further, the item group ID “accept” is not displayed in the frame 500 based on the display suppression item group table 251 shown in FIG.

According to the flowchart shown in FIG. 9, the client screen when the “position” of the user is the person in charge, the “business” type is basic bibliographic input, and the “phase” type is the notification phase is selected. Will be described.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing another example of the screen on which the layout is determined based on the position.

In FIG. 12, in steps S41 to S44 in FIG. 9, the business menu edited based on the usage right when the “position” of the user is the person in charge is converted into the frame 45 on the client terminal side in step S45.
Displayed as 0.

When the user clicks on report 460 from the displayed business menu with a mouse or the like, step S in FIG.
By the processing from 46 to S50, the item group is displayed in the frame 501 according to the item attribute. In this case, in the frame 501, the position-based display item group table 233 is referred to in step S47 (see FIG. 5C), and the item group ID 8
"Common" indicated by 1; "Reception" indicated by the item group ID 82; "person in charge" indicated by the item group ID 83; and "report" indicated by the item group ID 84 are displayed.

Next, a layout determination process for each user ID of a user will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIGS. 13 to 15 are flowcharts for explaining the layout determination processing for each user ID.

From FIG. 13, the user ID input by the user
Then, user authentication is performed based on the password (step S61).

After the user authentication, the user environment table 200 is searched using the user ID obtained in step S61 as a key, and the “position” corresponding to the user ID and the size of the output layout of the client screen are obtained (step S62). ).

Subsequently, the use right table 211 is searched using the “position” obtained in step S62 as a key, and the use rights indicating the “business” type and the “phase” type corresponding to the “position” are listed. Obtain (step S63).

It is determined whether or not a record exists, that is, it is checked whether or not the use right has been acquired in step S63 (step S64). If the record exists, step S66 is executed.

On the other hand, if the record does not exist, the usage right template 212 is set using the "position" of the user as a key.
And obtains a usage right that lists the “business” type and “phase” type corresponding to the “position” (step S65).

Based on the usage right acquired in step S63 or S65, information (parameters and the like) indicating a business menu including a “business” type and a “phase” type that can be selected in the “stand” is edited (step S63). S66),
A screen display instruction including the edited job menu information is transmitted to the client (step S662).

The business menu is displayed on the client screen based on the information of the business menu (step S
67).

When the user selects a desired “work” type and “phase” type from the displayed work menu, the selected “work” type and “phase” are selected.
The type is acquired (step S68).

A list of item groups to be displayed on the client screen is retrieved by searching the display item group table 223 for each user by using the user ID of the user and the selected “job” type and “phase” type as keys. Are acquired (step S69).

It is determined whether or not the record exists, that is, it is checked whether or not the use right has been acquired in step S69 (step S70). If a record exists, step S72 is executed.

On the other hand, if the record does not exist, the position-based display item group table 2 is set by using the “position” of the user and the selected “work” type and “phase” type as keys.
33, a list of item groups to be displayed on the client screen and the display order of the item groups are obtained (step S7).
1) Searching the position-based display item group table 233 using the selected “work” type and “phase” type as keys, and obtaining a list of the item groups to be displayed on the client screen and the display order of the item groups (Step S72), and
"Position" and selected "Business" type and "Phase"
Display item attribute table 222 for each user using the type as a key
To obtain the attribute of the item group (step S7).
2). The attribute is indicated by “required input”, “input disabled”, or “display disabled”.

It is determined whether or not a record exists, that is, whether or not the attribute of the item has been acquired in step S72 is checked (step S73). If a record exists, the process proceeds to step S75.

On the other hand, if the record does not exist, the position-based display item attribute table 232 is searched using the “position” of the user and the selected “business” type and “phase” type as keys, and The attribute of the group is obtained (step S74). If the attribute of the item group cannot be acquired from the position-based display item attribute table 232 in step S74, the item is processed as a modifiable item.

Further, the standard form output definition table 221 for each user is searched using the user ID of the user and the selected “work” type and “phase” type as keys, and the form of the form set in the form output menu of the client screen is set. A list is obtained (step S75).

It is determined whether or not a record exists, that is, it is checked whether or not a list of forms has been obtained in step S75 (step S76). If a record exists, step S772 is executed.

On the other hand, if the record does not exist, the position-based form output definition table 252 is searched using the “position” of the user and the selected “business” type and “phase” type as keys, and the client A list of the item groups to be displayed on the screen and the display order of the item groups are acquired (step S77).

In order to cause the client to display the selected task item, a screen display instruction including information (parameters and the like) indicating the item is transmitted (step S772).

An item is displayed on the client screen based on the information indicating the item (step S78).

The process of acquiring form output definition information that can be output is executed according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

According to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 13 to 15, the user's "position" is the inventor, basic bibliographic input is selected as the desired "business" type, and
An example of a client screen in the case where the application phase is selected as the “phase” type and the user ID of the user exists in the display item group table for each user and the display item attribute table for each user will be described.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a screen on which the layout is determined based on the user ID of the user.

In FIG. 16, step S61 in FIG.
From step S66, the business menu edited based on the usage right when the user's "position" is the inventor is converted into the client terminal side frame 6 in step S67.
70 is displayed.

When the user clicks on application 680 from the displayed business menu with a mouse or the like, the group of items is displayed in frame 780 according to the item attributes by the processing from step S68 in FIG. 13 to step S78 in FIG. .
In this case, the display item group table 223 for each user is referred to in step S69 of FIG. 14 (see FIG. 4C), and the frame 780 includes “common” indicated by the item group ID 91,
"Bibliography 1" indicated by item group ID 92, item group ID 93
And the “inventor” indicated by the item group ID 94 are displayed. Step S in FIG.
72, the display item attribute 222 for each user is referred to (see FIG. 4B), and the division code 95 and the situation 9 in FIG.
The input area 6 is displayed as input disabled so that the user cannot input.

According to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 13 to 15, the user's "position" is the inventor, basic bibliographic input is selected as the desired "business" type, and
An example of a client screen in the case where the application phase is selected as the “phase” type and the user ID of the user does not exist in the display item group table for each user and the display item attribute table for each user will be described.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing another example of the screen in which the layout is determined based on the user ID of the user.

In FIG. 17, similarly to the example shown in FIG. 16, the business menu edited based on the usage right when the user's “position” is the inventor is determined by steps S61 to S66 in FIG. It is displayed in the frame 671 on the client terminal side by step S67.

When the user clicks the application 681 from the displayed work menu with the mouse or the like, the group of items is displayed in the frame 781 according to the item attributes by the processing from step S68 in FIG. 13 to step S78 in FIG. .
In this case, the display item group table 223 for each user is referred to in step S69 of FIG. 14 (see FIG. 4C), but there is no corresponding record, so that step S71 is executed by the determination processing of step S70. In step S71, the display item group 233 for each position is referred to (FIG. 5).
(C)), the frame 781 includes “common” indicated by the item group ID 101, “bibliography 1” indicated by the item group ID 102, “bibliography 2” indicated by the item group ID 103, and
The “inventor” indicated by the item group ID 104 is displayed.
Further, the display item attribute 222 for each user is referred to in step S72 of FIG. 14 (see FIG. 4B), but there is no corresponding record, so step S74 is executed by the determination processing of step S73. In step S74, the display item attribute 232 for each position is referred to (see FIG. 5B), but the corresponding “business” type (business ID “basic bibliographic input”) and “phase” type (phase ID “application”)
Does not exist, all displayed items can be modified.

Next, each position and user ID shown in FIG.
The form output menu based on the acquisition processing of the form output definition information for each will be described.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a form output menu based on the position or user ID.

FIG. 18A shows an example of a form output menu in the example of the screen shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 18A, when the print 505 is clicked with the mouse or the like on the screen shown in FIG. 11 displayed on the client, only “acceptance form 1” is displayed. That is, when the report phase of basic bibliographic input is selected from the inventor's viewpoint, the form that can be printed is only “acceptance form 1”.

FIG. 18B shows an example of a form output menu in the example of the screen shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 18B, when the print 506 is clicked on the screen of FIG. 12 displayed on the client with a mouse or the like, “reception form 1” and “reception form 2” are displayed. That is, when the report phase of the basic bibliographic input is selected from the person in charge, the forms that can be printed are “reception form 1” and “reception form 2”.

FIG. 18C shows an example of a form output menu in the example of the screen shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 18C, when the print 507 is clicked with the mouse or the like on the screen shown in FIG. 16 displayed on the client, only “application form 1” is displayed. That is, when the report phase of basic bibliographic input is selected from the person in charge, the form that can be printed is only “application form 1”.

On the other hand, on the screen shown in FIG. 16 displayed on the client, even if print 508 is clicked with a mouse or the like, the form list is not displayed. That is, when the report phase of the basic bibliographic input is selected from the viewpoint of the inventor, there is no form that can be printed.

Next, a process of displaying an input screen on the client-side applet 125 for displaying the screens shown in FIGS. 11, 12, 16 and 17 will be described.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart for explaining the display processing of the input screen. .

In FIG. 19, after the user authentication of the client user (step S101), an applet (Appl)
et) 125 is downloaded (step S102), and the applet 125 starts operating (step S102).
103). In response to the start of the operation of the applet 125, the output control processing unit 111 of the output layout control device 100
According to the flowchart shown in FIG.
To S662.

The applet 125 responds to a screen display instruction from the output layout control device 100, based on information (parameter) indicating a job menu of the screen display instruction.
A task menu is displayed on the browser 124 (step S104).

The user selects a desired task and phase from the displayed task menu. (Step S10
5).

A screen creation process is performed by the applet 125 (step S110).

The screen creation process allows the browser 12
4, an input screen is displayed (step S107). The display processing of the input screen ends.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart for explaining the screen creation processing.

In FIG. 20, the applet 125 is
One record of the information of the “item group” to be displayed is acquired (step S111), and “item name” and “item group name” are acquired (step S112). “Item name” and “item group name” are set in the display field of the item group (step S11)
3).

The “item attribute” of the item to be displayed is obtained (step S114), and the “item attribute” of the item to be displayed is set in the input field of the item group (step S11).
5).

Output to the screen drawing area for output to the client screen (step S116) It is checked whether the information of "item group" is the last record (step S1).
17). If it is not the last record, the process returns to step S111.

On the other hand, in the case of the last record, the information output to the screen drawing area is output to the screen (step S11).
8). The screen creation processing ends.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a display configuration example of an item group.

FIG. 21A is a diagram showing an example of a basic display configuration of an item group.

In FIG. 21A, a basic display structure 80
0 indicates a display field 801 for displaying an item group name, display fields 802 and 803 for displaying an item name, and an input field 80 for inputting data corresponding to the item name.
4 to 807.

FIG. 21B is a diagram showing an example of the display configuration of the item group “acceptance”.

As shown in FIG. 21B, the display configuration 810 includes a display field 811 for displaying the item group names, display fields 812 and 813 for displaying the item names, and And input fields 804 to 807 for inputting data corresponding to.

In FIG. 21B, display field 8
11 shows an item group name “● reception”, a display field 812 displays an item name “reception number:”, a display field 813 displays an item name “reception date:”, and an item name “reception”. “2000P00001” is input in the input field 814 for “No .:”, and the input fields 815, 816, and 8 for the item name “Reception Date:”
17 are "2000", "12" and "01", respectively.
Shows an example in which is input.

FIG. 21C is a diagram showing an example of the display configuration of the item group “inventor”.

As shown in FIG. 21C, the display configuration 820 includes a display field 821 for displaying an item group name and an item name “N”.
o ", a display field 823 for displaying the item name" employee number ", a display field 824 for displaying the item name" name ", and a display field 825 for displaying the item name" affiliation ". , A display field for displaying the item name “equity”, and input fields 832 to 836 and 842 to 846 corresponding to each item name.

Referring to FIG. 21C, display field 8
The item name group “● inventor” is displayed in 21, “No” is displayed in the display field 822, and the display field 82
3 displays “employee number”, and the display field 82
4 shows an example in which “name” is displayed, “affiliation” is displayed in the display field 825, and “equity” is displayed in the display field 826. The input fields 832 correspond to the display fields 822 to 826.
From 836 to "1", "12345678", "Taro Fujitsu", "Semiconductor Division 1 Development Department" and "50"
Is input, and “2”, “98765432”, “Fujitsu Hanako”,
An example in which “Semiconductor Division Third Development Department” and “50” are input is shown.

Next, a form output process by the applet 125 of the client will be described.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart for explaining the form output process.

As shown in FIG. 22, when the client receives the form name and the information of the group of items that can be output for each form from the output layout control device 100 as a server (step S121), the client receives the information for each user ID (or each position). )
Next, a list of forms that can be output for each screen and phase is set in the form print menu (step S122).

The form print menu is displayed on the browser 124 (step S123), and the user selects a desired form from the displayed form print menu (step S1).
24), a form is created using the output item group and its position information of the form for which output (printing) has been instructed (step S).
125).

The created form is output (step S12)
6). The form output processing ends.

FIGS. 23 and 2 show the processing on the client side when the search unit (Servlet) 116 of the output layout control apparatus 100 causes the client to display the search screen.
This will be described in Section 4.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart for explaining the search screen display processing.

In FIG. 23, user authentication is performed for the user of the client (step S81), and
vlet screen creation processing is executed (step S9)
0).

By executing the screen creation processing in step S90, a search screen is displayed on the client side (step S83). The search screen display processing ends.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart for explaining the screen creation processing.

In FIG. 24, one record of information of “item group” to be displayed is obtained (step S91), and “item name” and “item group name” are obtained from the obtained record (step S92).

The obtained “item name” and “item group name” are
Set in the display field of the item group (step S9
3) For example, HTML (HyperText Markup Languag)
e) Information of one item group is output to a predetermined output area such as a file (step S94).

It is determined whether the information of the “item group” is the last record (step S95). If it is not the last record, the process returns to step S91. In the case of the last record, the information output to the output area is displayed on the screen (step S9).
6). The screen creation processing ends.

In the above embodiment, the items to be displayed corresponding to the “work” type and the “phase” type are managed in the position-specific display item group table 233, so that the user can be displayed based on the user's position. It is possible to edit the output layout according to the selected “business” type and “phase” type. Therefore, when changing an item group to be displayed or adding a new item group, it is only necessary to change or add the item group managed in the position-based display item group table 233, and to change or add There is no need to create a program. In addition, the item master table 203 and the item table master 204 change the name of the item group.
Since it is possible with simple editing only by changing the name, it is possible to easily cope with a case where the name is different for each company or department.

Further, since the layout size at the user terminal is managed by the user environment table 200, the layout can be edited based on the layout size.

Further, the usage right template table 212
Accordingly, a business menu that can be selected by the user can be displayed according to the user's “position”.

Further, the user can set the restriction information on the editable items in the user's "position". Therefore, it is possible to edit the layout unique to the user.

In the above example, the processing in step S42 shown in FIG. 9 corresponds to the user type information acquisition procedure.
The processing in steps S46 to S49 shown in FIG. 9 corresponds to the layout information acquisition procedure, and the processing in step S50 shown in FIG.
Corresponds to the screen editing procedure.

The following is added.

(Supplementary Note 1) In an output layout control method for controlling a layout of information items displayed on a user terminal in a business management system for managing a predetermined business, user type information for acquiring information representing a user An acquisition procedure and information on the layout of information items corresponding to the acquired information on the user with reference to the first database in which information on the layout of information items to be displayed for each piece of information on the user is stored in advance. And a layout information acquisition procedure for acquiring the information items. The output layout control method provides information on the layout of the information items obtained in the layout acquisition procedure to an output unit.

(Supplementary Note 6) In an output layout control method for controlling a layout of information items displayed on a user terminal in a business management system for managing a predetermined business, a user who acquires information indicating a type of a user By referring to a database in which information on the layout of information items to be displayed for each type of user and information items to be displayed for each type of user is referred in advance, the type of the user obtained in the above-mentioned user type information obtaining procedure is corresponded. A layout information acquisition procedure for acquiring information on a layout of an information item, and an output layout control method for providing information on a layout of an information item obtained by the layout information acquisition unit to an output unit.

[0209]

As described above, according to the present invention, according to the present invention, a program for causing a computer to execute processing in an apparatus for creating a layout of items to be displayed on a user terminal used by a user is stored. Storage medium can be provided. In the device in which the program is installed from the storage medium, the layout of the processing items selected by the user is created in the output order based on the user's position.

Therefore, when a layout is changed or a layout is added by adding a processing item, the layout can be easily changed only by changing or adding the definition of the output order. It is not necessary to change or add a program to be created.

[0211]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing data association.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a table.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a table.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a usage right setting process for each user ID.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a layout setting process for each position.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a layout setting process for each user ID.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a layout determination process for each position.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a process of acquiring form output definition information for each position and for each user ID.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a screen on which a layout is determined based on a position.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing another example of a screen on which a layout is determined based on a position.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a layout determination process for each user ID.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a layout determination process for each user ID.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a layout determination process for each user ID.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen on which a layout is determined based on a user ID.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen on which a layout is determined based on a user ID.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a form output menu based on a position or a user ID.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating a display process of an input screen.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating a screen creation process.

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating a display configuration example of an item group;

FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating a form output process.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart illustrating a search screen display process.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart illustrating a screen creation process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 100 output layout control device 111 output control processing unit 112 DB access processing unit 113 WWW server control processing unit 114 communication control processing unit 115 installer 116 search unit 121 table DB 120 CD-ROM

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Hironobu Ito 4-1-1, Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Fujitsu Limited (72) Inventor Hitoshi Yumoto 1403 No. 3 Nabeyada, Tsuruga Oaza, Nagano-shi, Nagano Prefecture, Ltd. Fujitsu Nagano System Engineering Co., Ltd. Address 3 F-term in Fujitsu Nagano System Engineering Co., Ltd. (Reference) 5E501 AA01 AC13 AC22 AC35 BA02 BA05 BA08 BA13

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a process of controlling a layout of information items displayed on a user terminal in a business management system for managing a predetermined business, and representing a user. A user type information acquisition procedure for acquiring information, and a reference to a first database in which information on a layout of information items to be displayed for each piece of information representing a user is stored in advance to the information representing the acquired user. A layout information acquisition procedure for acquiring information on a layout of a corresponding information item, and a storage medium storing a program for providing information on the layout of the information item obtained in the layout acquisition procedure to an output unit . 2. The storage medium storing the program according to claim 1, wherein the information related to the layout of the information items includes an item group including a plurality of information items and an output order of the item group. An acquisition procedure is a storage medium storing a program for acquiring an item group corresponding to the information indicating the acquired user and an output order thereof with reference to the first database. 3. A storage medium storing the program according to claim 1, wherein the acquired user is referred to by referring to a second database in which display forms of information items are stored in advance for each piece of information representing the user. A storage medium storing a program having a display form acquisition procedure for acquiring a display form of an information item corresponding to information to be represented. 4. A storage medium storing a program according to claim 1, wherein said first database stores information representing a user and information relating to the layout of information items for each task, and A right acquisition procedure for acquiring authority corresponding to the acquired information by referring to a third database storing authority in the work for each piece of information to be represented, wherein the layout information acquisition means comprises: A storage medium storing a program that refers to one database and acquires information representing the acquired user and information about a layout of information items corresponding to the authority related to the business acquired in the authority acquisition procedure. 5. The storage medium storing the program according to claim 1, wherein the screen editing procedure includes the step of referring to a fourth database storing a screen size for each piece of information representing a user. A storage medium storing a program for editing a display screen so as to have a screen size corresponding to information representing a user who has performed the operation. 6. An output layout control device for controlling a layout of information items displayed on a user terminal in a business management system for managing a predetermined business, wherein a layout of information items to be displayed for each type of user is provided. And a user type information obtaining means for obtaining information indicating the type of the user, and a user type information obtained by the user type information obtaining means with reference to the database. And a layout information acquisition unit for acquiring information about the layout of the information items, and an output layout control device for providing the information about the layout of the information items obtained by the layout information acquisition unit to the output unit. 7. A program for causing a computer to perform a process of controlling a layout of information items displayed on a user terminal in a business management system for managing a predetermined business, wherein a program for obtaining information representing a user is used. The user type information acquisition procedure and the information of the information item corresponding to the acquired information indicating the user are referred to by referring to the first database in which the information regarding the layout of the information item to be displayed for each information indicating the user is stored in advance. And a layout information obtaining procedure for obtaining information on a layout, wherein the information on the layout of the information items obtained in the layout obtaining procedure is provided to an output unit. 8. The program according to claim 7, wherein the information related to the layout of the information items includes an item group including a plurality of information items and an output order of the item group. A program for referring to a first database and acquiring an item group corresponding to the information representing the acquired user and an output order thereof. 9. The program according to claim 7, wherein the information representing the acquired user is referred to by referring to a second database in which display forms of information items are stored in advance for each information representing the user. A program having a display form acquisition procedure for acquiring a display form of an information item. 10. The program according to claim 7, wherein said first database stores information representing a user and information relating to a layout of information items for each task, and stores said information for each information representing a user. An authority acquisition procedure for acquiring authority corresponding to the acquired user by referring to the third database storing authority in the business, wherein the layout information acquisition means refers to the first database And acquiring information representing the acquired user and information relating to the layout of information items corresponding to the authority related to the business acquired in the authority acquisition procedure. 11. The program according to claim 7, wherein the screen editing procedure represents the acquired user by referring to a fourth database in which a screen size is stored for each piece of information representing the user. A program that edits the display screen so that the screen size corresponds to the information.