JP5820952B1 - Information management apparatus and program - Google Patents

Abstract

An information management apparatus and a program that are more convenient. A storage unit storing application information and a node group defined by ordering a plurality of updatable nodes in association with the application information, and currently updatable among the nodes included in the node group A control unit that enables the application information to be updated by a node defined in the next rank in the node group when the update to the application information is confirmed by a node. When the update by the currently updatable node is an update rejecting the confirmation of the application information, the unit copies the application information and the node group while associating them, and creates a new one associated with the application information. An information management apparatus characterized in that information can be input to the copied application information. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an information management apparatus and a program. More specifically, the present invention relates to a technique for performing workflow control.

  One information management system that improves the efficiency of document circulation in an office is a workflow system. Generally, a workflow management system collects and distributes applications and notifications digitized by a computer according to a predetermined work procedure (approval route), and performs approval processing, thereby approving approval requests, reports, and notification applications. The computer system is used to improve the speed of work, improve work efficiency, and strengthen internal controls.

  In conventional paper-based approval, the approval document was drafted, and in many cases, it was difficult to refer to and reuse the approval document proposed by others, and it was difficult to unify the format. . In addition, after drafting, the drafter circulated by handing the decision document directly to the authorizer, so it took time to finalize the decision.

  Companies, government offices, etc. are expected to be paperless by digitizing their operations from the viewpoint of environmental protection. As a workflow system that digitizes documents so far and circulates and makes decisions on a network, if a flow of work involving multiple workers is prepared in advance, a system that advances the process according to that flow is provided .

However, in business processing involving approval and the like, speediness is sometimes required, and processing unique to paper is sometimes performed, and there are many parts that are difficult to digitize.

  For example, Patent Document 1 describes a system for performing routine work processing such as office work for providing business trip expenses to employees. Further, Patent Document 2 describes a workflow item input method that simplifies the work of registering a workflow.

  From the viewpoint of improving business efficiency, a more convenient workflow system is desired.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-345270 Patent No. 3916199

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a workflow control information management apparatus and program that are more convenient from the viewpoint of improving business efficiency.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide an information management apparatus and program for workflow control that do not require a report for each transaction again. Another object is to provide a workflow control information management apparatus and program that do not require re-application for a new workflow.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a workflow control information management apparatus and program capable of managing a report required workflow in a batch with a normal application.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a workflow control information management apparatus and program corresponding to an update request by a node other than the originally defined workflow node.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a workflow control information management apparatus and program that can cope with an urgent proxy approval act in the absence of an approver and reduce the delay of the workflow until the approval is completed. And

  According to an embodiment of the present invention, a storage unit that stores application information and a node group that is defined by ordering a plurality of nodes in association with the application information, and among the nodes included in the node group A control unit configured to enable the application information to be updated by a node defined in the next rank in the node group when an update to the application information is confirmed from a node that can be updated at present. When the update by the currently updatable node is an update rejecting the confirmation of the application information, the control unit copies the application information and the node group in association with each other and associates the application information with the application information. The information management apparatus is characterized in that new information can be input to the duplicated application information.

  According to an embodiment of the present invention, a computer includes a storage unit that stores application information and a node group that is defined by ordering a plurality of nodes in association with the application information, and is included in the node group A control unit for enabling update of the application information by a node defined in the next order in the node group when the update of the application information is confirmed by a node that can be updated currently among the nodes; When the update by the node at the end of the node group is an update that rejects confirmation of the application information, the control unit replicates the node group and the application information in association with each other. There is provided a program that functions as an information management device that allows new information associated with the application information to be input to the copied application information.

  According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first storage unit that stores application information and a node group that is defined by ordering a plurality of nodes in association with the application information, and the attribute information of the node A second storage unit that is stored in association with each node; and when receiving an update request for the application information from a node that is not included in the node group, the current updatable node and the node of the node that has made the update request Referring to attribute information, if the node that requested the update has the attribute information in the same phase as the currently updatable node, the node that requested the update is changed to the currently updatable node, and An information management device is provided that includes a control unit that can update application information.

  According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first storage unit that stores application information and a node group that is defined by ordering a plurality of nodes in association with the application information, and the attribute information of the node A second storage unit that is stored in association with each node, and a node that is currently updatable when receiving a request to be a constituent node of the node group from a node that is not included in the node group, and the node that made the request If the requesting node has the attribute information having the same phase as the node specified in the node group in advance, the requesting node is changed to a currently updatable node. And a control unit for reconfiguring the node group.

  According to one embodiment of the present invention, the computer includes a first storage unit that stores application information and a node group in which a plurality of nodes related to the application information are ordered, and attribute information of the nodes is stored. When receiving an update request for the application information from a second storage unit stored in association with the node, and a node not included in the node group, a currently updatable node and a node that made the update request Referencing the attribute information, if the node that has made the update request has the attribute information in the same phase as the node that is currently updatable, the currently updatable node is changed to the node that has made the update request, and There is provided a program that functions as an information management device that includes a control unit configured to update application information.

  According to one embodiment of the present invention, the computer includes a first storage unit that stores application information and a node group in which a plurality of nodes related to the application information are ordered, and attribute information of the nodes is stored. A second storage unit that is stored in association with the node, and a node that is defined in advance in the node group when a request is received from a node that is not included in the node group to be a constituent node of the node group And when the requesting node has the attribute information of the same phase as the node defined in the node group in advance, the currently updatable node is There is provided a program that functions as an information management device including a control unit that changes to a requested node.

  According to one embodiment of the present invention, a more convenient information management apparatus and program can be provided.

  According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide an information management apparatus and a program that do not need to be individually rereported for all transactions. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide an information management apparatus and program that do not require re-application for a new workflow.

  According to one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide an information management apparatus and program capable of managing a report required workflow in a batch with a normal application.

  According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide an information management apparatus and a program corresponding to an update request by a node other than a workflow node originally defined.

  According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide an information management apparatus and program that can cope with an urgent proxy approval act in the absence of an approver and reduce the delay of the workflow until the approval is completed. .

It is a block diagram of the information management apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a data block diagram of the workflow table 200 which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a data block diagram in the update authority information storage part 53 which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the information management method which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram of the screen information of the user terminal 20a according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic diagram of the screen information of the user terminal 20b according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic diagram of the screen information of the user terminal 20b according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a data block diagram of the workflow table 201 which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the information management apparatus 110 which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a data block diagram in the attribute information storage part 159 which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the information management method which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the node group which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the node group which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the information management method which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, an information management apparatus and a program according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The following embodiments are examples of the embodiments of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

(First embodiment)
The information management apparatus and program according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an information management apparatus according to the present embodiment.

  As a premise, when the applicant requests approval (approval) from the approver for a certain application in the workflow system, a certain deadline is set for the application contents while giving approval to the applicant's application. May impose reporting obligations corresponding to the contents of the application. In this specification, such a reporting obligation is referred to as “report required”.

  However, in general, a workflow is simply circulation / decision on the network in the first place, and if the workflow is approved in the prior art, the flow disappears. Therefore, there is a problem in the workflow system that it is impossible to set a fixed report deadline and impose a duty to report the contents of the application. It is inconvenient to make a report on all transactions individually, because it cannot be collectively managed in the workflow. Furthermore, it is inconvenient for the applicant to make an application for “reporting a case that requires reporting” again in the workflow.

  Here, Patent Document 1 discloses a WF input information storage unit that stores information necessary for input into a workflow, in order to prevent an increase in cost due to creation of an application program specialized for each work of each workflow, and an application AP information storage means for storing the data inherently possessed, and item attribute map definition information storage means for associating and supplementing the WF input information with the AP information are prepared. And based on these information, the invention of performing an automatic project entry using a general-purpose project automatic input device that automatically submits a project to a workflow system for any business. Disclose. However, in Patent Document 1, it is only possible to automatically enter a case without creating a case input portion for each business. When reporting again, there is no change in having to set up a re-reporting workflow, which is troublesome.

  According to Patent Document 2, as one embodiment, “the input contents of the travel instruction document cannot be changed without the approval of the travel instruction authority 15. In order to prevent unauthorized editing, the editing authority is changed from the above-described machine to the server 1. In this case, if there is any incompleteness in the input contents of the travel instruction, it will be denied in the approval processing program. Therefore, the business traveler 11 is requested to reapply. " However, Patent Document 2 requires a re-application and is troublesome.

[Information management device]
An information management apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The information management apparatus 10 includes a communication control unit 30, a control unit 40, and a storage unit 50. The information management apparatus 10 is connected to the user terminals 20a, 20b, and 20c via the network 27 and can communicate with each other. As the network 27, a known network connection method such as the Internet using a connection method regardless of wired radio, a local area network using Ethernet (registered trademark), or the like can be used.

  The control unit 40 includes an approval route information control unit 45 and an application information control unit 47. In FIG. 1, in addition to this, a flag information control unit 41 and an update authority control unit 43 are described, but this is not an essential configuration. What is described as “˜control unit” means each function that is read by the CPU and executed by the CPU.

  The storage unit 50 includes an approval route information storage unit 55 and an application information storage unit 57. In FIG. 1, a flag information storage unit 51 and an update authority information storage unit 53 are described in addition to this, but this is not an essential configuration.

  Application information input from the information input area on the screen of the user terminal 20a is transmitted to the application information storage unit 57 via the network 27 to the communication control unit of the information management apparatus 10 and stored by the CPU (not shown). Further, the approval route information associated with the input information is stored in the approval route information storage unit 55 by the CPU (not shown).

  Here, the application information is electronic information of a document for which the applicant requests approval. The application information includes the applicant's employee number, the application type meaning the type of application, and the application content that is text data entered by the applicant, but is not limited to this. For example, a receipt attached at the time of application, Files such as contracts may be included.

  The approval route information means the order of a plurality of authorizers corresponding to each application information. The application route information may be determined manually for each application information, or may be determined by determining the approval authority from information read from a database such as an employee list and update authority information. In this way, the approval route information that is the order of a plurality of authorizers is stored in the approval route information storage unit 55 in association with the application information.

  Here, if the section that is the applicant applies, the section manager who is the finalist examines and approves, and then the structure that the department manager who is the next-ranking finalist reviews and approves is the tree structure, Section managers and department managers can be viewed as individual elements of the tree structure. Therefore, each employee such as a section member, a section manager, or a section manager can be called a “node”. Information in which the order of a plurality of nodes is defined can also be referred to as a “node group”.

  The flag information is added by the flag information control unit so as to be able to determine whether or not the above-described report required duty is present. In the present embodiment, 0 is assigned to a workflow that is not required to be reported, and 1 is assigned to the workflow that is required to be reported. The flag information control unit determines whether there is a report-required duty from the above code, and if there is a report-required duty, the user terminal connected through the network that the report-required duty exists. 20 screens can be displayed. The update authority information will be described later.

[User terminal]
The user terminal 20 is a client terminal for a user to input and output, and an information processing terminal having an application or Web environment for using a workflow for a personal computer, a workstation, or the like, a communication function, and an arithmetic function Examples thereof include an apparatus. In addition, a browser is provided as a display control function for displaying a screen provided by the information management device 10, and includes a CPU, a memory, and a communication control unit that performs communication control between the information management device 10 and the like. Furthermore, an operation input device such as a keyboard and a display device such as a display can be provided.

  On the screen of the user terminal, an input field for inputting application information and the like is developed by an application for using a workflow or a Web environment. The applicant can enter a predetermined item in the input field using the operation input device. For example, you can enter “440440” as the employee number, “Transportation expense” as the approval type, “Transportation fee is 100,000 yen. Thank you”, and “April 10” as the deadline. .

[Information structure]
The configuration of the workflow information will be described with reference to FIGS.

[Workflow table]
FIG. 2 shows the workflow table 200. The workflow table 200 includes a currently updatable node (“current” in the table), a status status (“situation” in the table), and a path of the superior (finalizer) regarding the application (“approval path information” in the table). , The name of the applicant ("Applicant" in the table), the content of the application information ("Application content" in the table), and information for determining whether the obligation to report is required ("Flag in the table""), In the case of a workflow generated by duplication, this is a table area for storing parent data (" parent "in the table) indicating what kind of workflow the parent is. In the flow ID 101, the currently updatable node is a department manager, and the department manager is waiting for approval. In the status column, data of “section manager 0” indicating that the section manager has already approved the approval is written. On the other hand, since the current updatable node of the flow ID 102 is a section manager and no one has approved yet, the situation is blank.

  In this specification, “update” means that the information stored in the storage unit changes. For example, as one aspect of the update, modification of application information, approval of application information, rejection of application information, conditional approval of application information, conditional rejection of application information, and the like are included.

  The current updatable node means a node that can update the application contents at that time. For example, if the section manager has already approved the approval, and the next-ranking author is the department manager, the currently updatable node is the department manager.

The workflow author specified by the flow ID 101 is the manager, the department manager, or the president. Therefore, the section manager, the department manager, and the president are stored as the approval route information. The name of the applicant is A stored in the applicant column, and the content of the application information is “I will order a new case from Company X”. Since 0 is stored in the flag, it is understood that the workflow is not required to be reported. In addition, since there is no memory in the parent column, it can be understood that there is no parent workflow, it is not generated by duplication, and the like. In the present embodiment, the flag is binary data indicating whether or not there is a reportable item. However, the flag is not necessarily limited to the binary number. The deadline of the workflow is stored in the deadline column. In principle, the workflow deadline means the deadline for processing the workflow. The workflow processing time limit is a time limit for obtaining approval of all the approvers who are scheduled for the workflow. On the other hand, if the workflow is required to be reported, the workflow deadline means the reporting deadline.

[Update authority information storage section Update authority information]
The data configuration in the update authority information storage unit 53 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration in the update authority information storage unit illustrated in FIG. 1. The update authority information includes, but is not limited to, a user ID, name, employee number, title, updatable document level, and the like. The updatable document level is a numerical value of a document level (document level) at which an authorizer can settle application information. The document level can be expressed in five levels, for example, 5 for a document with high confidentiality and 1 for information with low confidentiality, and is a numerical representation of the confidential level of the document.

[Flow of operation]
FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a decision making procedure in the present embodiment. FIGS. 5 to 7 are schematic diagrams of screen information of the user terminal 20a and the user terminal 20b. By looking at the screen information in order of the figure numbers, the method of using the workflow can be understood. 8 to 9 explain how the contents of the workflow table 200 described earlier in the present embodiment are changed.

  First, FIG. 5 shows an input field displayed on the screen of the user terminal 20a. The input field includes an area for inputting the applicant's employee number, an area for selecting an approval type, and an area for inputting application contents. The applicant uses an operation input device connected to the user terminal 20a, inputs an employee number, selects an approval type, and inputs the application content in an input field developed on the screen of the user terminal 20a.

  Here, the flow ID 101 is taken as an example. The applicant is A, and the content is "I will order a new case from Company X."

  The application content input by the applicant is transmitted to the communication control unit of the information management apparatus 10 through the network 27, and after the control unit 40 processes the data, it is written in the application information storage unit 57 of the storage unit 50.

  The application information stored in the storage unit 50 is displayed in the display area of the user terminal 20b in response to a request from the user terminal 20b used by the next ranked node.

  The control unit 40 confirms the update authority by the next-ranked node in the workflow table 200 according to the workflow, and when it is recognized that the authority exists, the update authority is recognized.

  The flowchart of FIG. 4 is a flowchart when a user (superior) who is authorized to update makes a decision. The flowchart starts with the approval approval screen (FIG. 7) being displayed.

  The superior determines whether or not to confirm and approve the application content of the displayed application type shown in FIG. If the approval button is not pressed and the reject button is pressed (S101; NO), the rejection is made (S108). When the report required approval button is pressed (S101; YES, S102; YES), the application information and approval route information of the workflow that has been turned around are copied, and the flag information control unit 41 adds a flag to the copied workflow. (S103). Then, since the report is required, the copied workflow is returned to the applicant A (S104). When the simple approval button is pressed (S101; YES, S102; NO), the workflow table 200 confirms whether there is a next authorizer. If not (S105; NO), the workflow is approved and confirmed as a whole. If there is a next authorizer (S105; YES), the next authorizer is routed.

  In the present embodiment, the current updatable node that is the end of the node group can be updated to reject the confirmation of the application information by pressing the “report required” button. In the present embodiment, the report required is “approval with report required”, but may be configured as “reject report required”.

In the case of a report, the superior who has pushed the approval with the report must enter a message such as “Report the asset status and reputation of company X” from the input field on the screen as new information. Can do. The entered new information is stored in the application information storage unit 57 by the application information control unit 47. On the workflow table 200, it is stored in the application information column. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a column “new information” may be provided in the workflow table 200 and stored in this place.

  In addition, when reporting is required, it is possible to set a deadline for reporting requirements. The set time limit is stored in the application information storage unit 57 by the application information control unit 47. It is described in the column of the workflow table 200 (FIG. 8). In FIG. 8, the reporting deadline is December 14.

  When the application information and the approval route information are duplicated, the application information and the approval route information are duplicated while being associated. Then, the workflow is duplicated while maintaining the identity of the updatable node. Therefore, without requiring the applicant to apply for workflow creation again, the workflow with report required must be automatically maintained while maintaining the identity of the updatable node automatically by the approver's “Approval with report required” or “Reject report required”. Can be generated.

  According to one embodiment of the present invention, a more convenient information management apparatus and program can be provided.

  According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide an information management apparatus and a program that do not need to be individually rereported for all transactions. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide an information management apparatus and program that do not require re-application for a new workflow.

  According to one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide an information management apparatus and program capable of managing a report required workflow in a batch with a normal application.

(Second Embodiment)
An information management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The feature of this embodiment is that it allows approval and rejection by an updatable node that was not initially defined. There are roughly two patterns in the second embodiment. One is a pattern in which a certain node requests (update request) to make itself a node that can be updated. This will be described with reference to FIG. The other is a pattern in which a certain node requests to put itself in a node group (requests to grant approval authority). This will be described with reference to FIG.

  Since the 1st storage part 150 and control part 140 in a 2nd embodiment are the same as storage part 50 and control part 40 of a 1st embodiment, detailed explanation is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, in addition to the first storage unit 150, there may be an attribute information storage unit 159 that is a second storage unit in which attribute information of each node is stored. The attribute information includes, for example, a job title, but is not limited thereto, and may be information (attribute level) that can serve as an index of ability, such as a specialized field, years of service, and contribution to a company. As a calculation method of the capability index information, for example, it can be calculated by multiplying each relational score such as a job title score, a specialized field score, a service years score, a company contribution score, and the like by multiplying by a certain coefficient.

[Data structure in the attribute information storage unit]
The data configuration in the attribute information storage unit 159 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration in the attribute information storage unit 159 illustrated in FIG.

  The attribute information includes, for example, a user ID, name, job title, attribute level, and employee number as shown in the table of FIG. 10, but is not limited thereto.

  In the second embodiment of the present invention, reference is made to attribute information when there is an update request or a request for granting approval authority by a node that is not initially specified in order to enable approval by a node that is not initially specified. Then, when the attribute information is in the same phase, by changing the contents of the node group, an update to the application is permitted or a decision authority is given. Here, the case of being in the same phase includes the case of being in the same position. For example, in FIG. 10, the section manager B of the user ID 2 and the section manager Y of the user ID 5 are common in that the title is the section manager, so it can be said that they have the same phase attribute information.

  FIG. 11 shows a flowchart regarding the update request in the present embodiment. The flowchart in FIG. 11 starts with an update request from a node not included in the node group as a trigger. S201 is a step of determining whether the node is a constituent node of the node group. If it is a constituent node of the node group (S201; YES), the application is updated by the update request (S205). S202 is a step of determining whether or not the current updateable node is in the same phase. If it is not a constituent node of the node group (S201; NO) and is not in the same phase as the currently updatable node (S202; NO), an error occurs. If it is not a constituent node of the node group (S201; NO) and is in the same phase as the current updatable node (S202; YES), the node that requested the update becomes the current updatable node. Specifically, in FIG. 12, the currently updatable node is a section manager B, and the section group defines a section manager B and a section manager C. As shown in FIG. 10 and already described above, the section manager B and the section manager Y are in the same phase. Therefore, if the section manager Y makes an update request, this is a case where the node group is not a constituent node of the node group (S201; NO) and is in the same phase as the currently updatable node (S202; YES). The defined section manager B is changed to section manager Y and can be updated. FIG. 12 shows the node group before and after the change. It can be seen that the node group 280 called section manager B and department manager C has been changed to a node group 282 called section manager Y and department manager C.

  As a modified example of the attribute information of the same phase, it is determined that the attribute information of the same phase is included even when the attribute level of the requesting node that is a node requesting the exchange is the same as or higher than the attribute level of the requested node. You can also For example, the section manager B of the user ID 2 and the next manager W of the user ID 6 have an attribute level of 3 for the manager B and an attribute level of the manager W 4. Then, when the section manager B is a node that is currently updatable or a node included in a node group defined in advance, if the next length W requests replacement, it can be replaced (FIG. 13). In FIG. 13, it can be seen that the node group 280 called section manager B and department manager C is changed to a node group 284 called next length W and department manager C.

  On the other hand, if the next length W is a node that is currently updatable or a node included in a predetermined group of nodes, even if the section manager B requests the replacement, the attribute level 3 is smaller than the attribute level 4, and the replacement is performed. I can't.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart relating to a request for granting authorization in the present embodiment, which is another pattern of this embodiment, in which a certain node requests to put itself in a node group (requests to grant authorization). Shown in The flowchart of FIG. 14 is triggered by a request for granting approval authority from a node not included in the node group. S301 is a step of determining whether or not the node is a constituent node of the node group. If it is a node constituting the node group (S301; YES), the request for granting approval authority results in an error (S305). S302 is a step of determining whether or not the current updateable node is in the same phase. If the node is not a constituent node of the node group (S301: NO) and is not in the same phase as the current updatable node (S302: NO), an error occurs. If the node is not a constituent node of the node group (S301; NO) and is in the same phase as the currently updatable node (S302; YES), the node that has requested approval authority becomes the constituent node of the node group.

  According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a workflow control information management apparatus and program that are more convenient.

  In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a workflow control information management apparatus and program corresponding to an update request by a node other than the initially defined workflow node.

  In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a workflow control information management device and a program that can cope with an emergency proxy approval action in the absence of an approver and reduce the delay of the workflow until the approval is completed. One purpose is to do.

10: Information management device 20: User terminal 27: Network 30: Communication control unit 40: Control unit 41: Flag information control unit 43: Update authority control unit 45: Approval route information control unit 47: Application information control unit 50: Storage unit 51: Flag information storage unit 53: Update authority information storage unit 55: Approval route information storage unit 57: Application information storage unit 110: Information management device 140: Control unit 141: Flag information control unit 143: Update authority control unit 145: Approval Route information control unit 147: Application information control unit 149: Attribute information control unit 150: Storage unit 151: Flag information storage unit 153: Update authority information storage unit 155: Approval route information storage unit 157: Application information storage unit 159: Attribute information Storage unit 200, 201: Workflow table 280, 282, 284: Node group

Claims (2)

A storage unit that stores application information and a node group defined by ordering a plurality of updatable nodes in association with the application information;
When the update to the application information is confirmed from the currently updatable node among the nodes included in the node group, the application information can be updated by the node defined in the next rank in the node group A control unit for making a state,
When the update by the currently updatable node is an update that rejects the confirmation of the application information, the control unit copies the application information and the node group in association with each other, and associates the application information with the application information. An information management apparatus characterized in that new information can be input to the copied application information. Computer
A storage unit that stores application information and a node group defined by ordering a plurality of updatable nodes in association with the application information;
When the update to the application information is confirmed from the currently updatable node among the nodes included in the node group, the application information can be updated by the node defined in the next rank in the node group A control unit for making a state,
When the update by the node at the end of the node group is an update that rejects the confirmation of the application information, the control unit copies the node group and the application information in association with each other, and A program for functioning as an information management apparatus characterized in that new information to be associated can be input to the copied application information.

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