JP6774098B2 - Information processing equipment, template management methods, and programs - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, a template management method, and a program.

In recent years, templates having multiple items used for daily reports, etc. are created as digital data, and users such as employees enter information into the items included in the templates as appropriate using an information processing device and submit it to their affiliation. Is being done.

As an example of such a template, Patent Document 1 discloses that a new template is created by adding / deleting the items of the template defined in advance or changing the item names.

By adding / removing template items, different versions of the template will be created each time and used by the user. This creates the need for template version control. Patent Document 2 discloses a version control device that manages the version of the data so that various data are always used in the latest version in the terminal device.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2011-044181 JP-A-2009-252207

On the other hand, in the past, the information entered in the items included in the old version template was not used when creating the new version template. Also, the user could not see the old version of the template directly from the new version of the template.

In this way, in the past, the items and their input information used in the old version template could not be used in the new version template.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and is an information processing device capable of using items included in an old version and information entered in these items in a template of a new version. The purpose is to provide a template management method and a program.

In order to solve the above problems, the information processing apparatus, the template management method, and the program of the present invention employ the following means.

The information processing device according to the first aspect of the present invention is an information processing device that manages a plurality of different versions of the template created by adding or deleting items from the original template, and is a new version of the template. A storage means for storing past items that are not included in the template and are items included in the template of the old version together with input information for the past items, and the past items and the input information of the new version of the above. A template management means for managing the history of the template by associating with the template is provided.

The template management method according to the second aspect of the present invention is a new template management method by an information processing apparatus that manages a plurality of different versions of the template created by adding or deleting items from the original template. The first step of storing the past item, which is an item not included in the template of the version but included in the template of the old version, in the storage means together with the input information for the past item, the past item, and the past item It has a second step of associating the input information with a new version of the template.

In the program according to the third aspect of the present invention, a computer having an information processing apparatus that manages a plurality of different versions of the template created by adding or deleting items from the original template is used as a new version of the template. Is not included, and a storage means for storing the past item, which is an item included in the old version of the template, together with the input information for the past item, and the past item and the input information in the new version of the template. By associating with, it functions as a template management means for managing the history of the template.

According to the present invention, there is an effect that the items included in the old version and the information entered in the items can be used in the template of the new version.

It is a block diagram of the template management system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure of the template management apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram about the store master management which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the template set which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the template created by the template management function which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the template management function which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the template creation process which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

The information processing apparatus, the template management method, and one embodiment of the program according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[1. Template management system configuration]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an example of the template management system 1 according to the present embodiment.

The template management system 1 includes a template management device 10 which is an information processing device, and one or more electronic terminal devices 12. The template management device 10 and the electronic terminal device 12 transmit and receive various information such as templates, which are digital data, via the communication line 14. The template includes a plurality of items for which information is input, and the user inputs characters, numerical values, figures, etc. as input information for this item to create various reports and the like.

The template according to this embodiment is, for example, a business report, an attendance report, and retail store information submitted by employees including full-time employees, temporary employees, part-time workers, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "staff") to their affiliation. It is used for store masters, etc. to describe. The report is submitted by the staff, who is the user, to the affiliation as necessary, and may be a daily report, a monthly report, or a weekly report. Further, the template is not limited to the report, and may be, for example, an inspection record for the mechanical device.

The template management device 10 manages a template by creating a template or receiving a template into which information is input from the electronic terminal device 12. More specifically, the template management device 10 creates a template according to a purpose based on a user operation, and further creates a template having a different version by adding or deleting items from the original template. Then, the template management device 10 manages a plurality of templates having different versions. The management referred to here means, for example, storing a template in which information is input or storing templates having different versions as a group.

The electronic terminal device 12 is, for example, a mobile phone terminal such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, or the like. In the electronic terminal device 12, the staff inputs information to the template created by the template management device 10, and sends the information as a report to the template management device 10.

The communication line 14 is a wide area communication line provided by an electric power company, a premises communication network such as a LAN (Local Area Network), or the like, and may be either a wired line or a wireless line.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the template management device 10 according to the present embodiment.

The template management device 10 according to the present embodiment includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 20 that controls the operation of the entire template management device 10, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 22 in which various programs and various data are stored in advance, and a CPU 20. It is equipped with a RAM (Random Access Memory) 24 used as a work area or the like when executing a program, and an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 26 as a storage means for storing various programs and various data. The storage means is not limited to the HDD 26, and may be another storage medium such as a semiconductor memory such as a flash memory.

The HDD 26 stores a template, a report which is a template into which information is input, an item group including a plurality of different items into which information is input, and the like. The template management device 10 creates a template including items selected from the item group, as will be described in detail later.

Further, the template management device 10 is composed of a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and is an electronic terminal via an operation input unit 28 that receives input of various operations, a monitor 30 such as a liquid crystal display device, and a communication line 14 that display various images. It is provided with an external interface 32 that is connected to another information processing device such as the device 12 and transmits / receives various data to / from the other information processing device.

The CPU 20, ROM 22, RAM 24, HDD 26, operation input unit 28, monitor 30, and external interface 32 are electrically connected to each other via a system bus 34. Therefore, the CPU 20 accesses the ROM 22, RAM 24, and HDD 26, grasps the operation state of the operation input unit 28, displays an image on the monitor 30, and displays various data with other information processing devices via the external interface 32. It is possible to send and receive each.

[2. Template management function]
In the following description, the template according to this embodiment will be used as a store master as an example. The store master is used, for example, as a database for staff dispatched to the store to record information unique to the store. The information unique to the store is, for example, the location and contact information of the store, the staff in charge of the sales floor, the number of customers, the products handled, the number of promotional products of the products, the inventory status of the products, and the like. In addition, the staff dispatched to the store is, for example, a person dispatched from a dispatching company, but is not limited to this, and may be dispatched from another affiliated store, or from a company other than the dispatching company. You may be dispatched. In addition to this, the template may be used as a database, for example, by inputting survey results of stores, companies, etc. to be surveyed by a survey company.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram relating to store master management according to the present embodiment. The store master management described below is an example and is not limited to this. Further, in the store master management according to the present embodiment, as an example, the target industry is the retail business, but the industry is not limited to the retail business as long as the store master management according to the present embodiment can be applied. It may be applied to other industries such as a restaurant business, a condominium sales business, and a rounder business.

The template 40 (40-1 to 40-N, N are integers, and 1 to N at the end correspond to version numbers) is managed by the template management device 10 for each template set 41. That is, the plurality of templates 40 having different versions are grouped and stored in the template set 41. This facilitates the management of the template 40.

When creating the store master 42, the staff accesses the template management device 10 from the electronic terminal device 12 and reads out the template 40 (store master template) of the version corresponding to the channel of the dispatch destination from the template set 41. In the example of FIG. 3, the staff dispatched to the channel AA camera uses version 2 template 40-2 or version 3 template 40-3, and the staff dispatched to the channel BB electricity is the version. Template 40-N of N is used. The staff updates the store master history 43 by inputting information to the template 40 read from the template management device 10 using the electronic terminal device 12. Further, the staff (update staff) who creates the store master history 43 for each store does not have to be the same person, and different people may update the store master history 43 and store it in the store master 42.

The store master history 43 in which the information is input is transmitted from the electronic terminal device 12 to the template management device 10. When the template management device 10 receives the store master history 43, the template management device 10 stores the store master history 43 in association with the store in a predetermined area of the HDD 26 which is regarded as the store master 42. That is, the store master 42 is provided for each store to which the staff is dispatched. The store master history 43 is stored in the store master 42 in chronological order.

In this way, the store master 42 is updated by storing the new store master history 43, and various information for each store is saved as a history.

The store master history 43 stored in the store master 42 is read out by the template management device 10 or the electronic terminal device 12 as necessary and can be viewed on the monitor.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the template set 41.

The template set 41 stores a plurality of templates 40 having different versions, and an item group 51 including a plurality of different items 50 into which information is input. The item 50 included in the template 40 is selected from the item group 51 stored in the template set 41.

[3. Template history management]
The history management of the template 40 by the template management function will be described.

The template management device 10 according to the present embodiment is not included in the new version of the template 40, and the past items which are the items included in the old version of the template 40 are input information to the past items (hereinafter, "" It is stored together with "past item input information"), and the history of the template 40 is managed by associating the past item and the past item input information with the new version of the template 40.

The past item and the past item input information are stored in the HDD 26 of the template management device 10 by being added to the new version of the template 40 as the past item data while maintaining the correspondence relationship. That is, the past item and the past item input information are associated with the template 40 by being included in the past item data.

Further, as described above, the template management device 10 selects an item from the item group 51 stored in the HDD 26, and creates the template 40 by adding or deleting the selected item. The item is selected by the creator of the template 40 (hereinafter referred to as “template creator”) as an example, but the item is not limited to this, and the template management device 10 selects an item from the item group 51 based on a predetermined condition. You may choose.

Then, the template management function according to the present embodiment can read the past item together with the past item input information from the past item data, and can create a new template 40 including the past item with the read past item input information as the initial value. is there.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a template 40 created by the template management function. The schematic diagram shown in FIG. 5 is an example and is not limited thereto.

Of the store master history 43 shown in FIG. 5, the store master history 43-1 and the store master history 43-2 are the ones in which information is input to the oldest template 40-1. Therefore, although the item 50 included in the store master history 43-1 and the store master history 43-2 is the same, the store master history 43-2 is an update of the store master history 43-1. The input input information 50i is partially different.

The store master history 43-3 is information entered in the template 40-2 of version 2, which is the next version. Template 40-2 is created by adding or deleting items from the store master history 43-2. That is, the template 40-2 is created by deleting "item 1" and "item 2" from the store master history 43-2 and selecting and adding "item 21" from the item group 51. Therefore, the template 40-2 also inherits the input information 50i of "item c1" and "item c2". Therefore, the input information of "item c1" and "item c2" in the store master history 43-3 (template 40-2) is "item c1" and "item c1" and "item c1" of the store master history 43-2 unless rewritten by the staff. It is the same as the input information of "c2".

Then, "item 1" and "item 2", which are not included in the template 40-2 due to the deletion but are included in the template 40-1, are past as the past item 52 together with the input information (past item input information 52i). It is added to the item data 54. The created template 40-2 is stored in the template set 41 with the past item data 54 updated by the addition of the past item 52 and the past item input information 52i.

The past item 52 and the past item input information 52i added to the past item data 54 include the version of the template 40 in which the past item 52 was included, the date when the past item input information 52i was input to the template 40, and the like. It is added to the past item data 54 along with the relevant information.

The store master history 43-4 is the information entered in the template 40-3 of the version 3. Template 40-3 is created by adding or deleting items from the store master history 43-3. That is, in the template 40-3, "item c1", "item c2" and "item 21" are deleted from the store master history 43-3, and "item 31" and "item 32" are selected from the item group 51. It is created by being added.

Although not included in the template 40-3 due to deletion, the "item 21", "item c1" and "item c2" included in the template 40-2 are input information (past item input information 52i) as the past item 52. ) Is added to the past item data 54. The created template 40-3 is stored in the template set 41 with the past item data 54 updated by the addition of the past item 52 and the past item input information 52i.

The store master history 43-5 is information entered in the template 40-4 of version 4. Template 40-4 is created by adding items from the store master history 43-4. That is, in the template 40-4, "item 31" and "item 32" are deleted from the store master history 43-4, and "item 41", "item 42", "item c1" and "item c2" are added. It is created by.

The added "item 41" and "item 42" are selected from the item group 51. On the other hand, "item c1" and "item c2" are read from the past item data 54 added to the template 40-3 together with the past item input information 52i and added. Therefore, the past item input information 52i of "item c1" and "item c2" in the store master history 43-3 is input to "item c1" and "item c2" of the template 40-4.

Although not included in the template 40-4 due to the deletion, the "item 31" and the "item 32" included in the template 40-3 are the past item data together with the input information (past item input information 52i) as the past item 52. Added to 54. On the other hand, the "item c1" and the "item c2" read from the past item data 54 and added to the template 40-4 are deleted from the past item data 54 together with the past input information 52i. The template 40-4 is stored in the template set 41 with the past item data 54 updated by adding and deleting the past item 52 and the past item input information 52i.

As described in detail with reference to FIG. 5, the new version of the template 40 includes items that are not included in the new version of the template 40, and past items 52 and past items that were included in the old version of the template 40. The past item data 54 indicating the input information 52i is added.

When the version of the template 40 is updated, the contents of the past item data 54 are updated and inherited as the history of the template 40. Therefore, when there are a plurality of old version templates 40, all the past items 52 and past item input information 52i that are not included in the new version template 40 are added to the new version template 40 as past item data 54. ..

As described above, the new version template 40 inherits the past item 52 and the past item input information 52i included in the old version template 40 as a history. Then, the template management function according to the present embodiment can read the past item 52 and the past item input information 52i inherited by the template 40 (store master history 43) and add them to the newly created template 40. Further, when the past item input information 52i is added to the new template 40 together with the past item 52, the past item input information 52i is set as the initial value of the item 50. When the past item 52 is added to the new template 40, the corresponding past item input information 52i does not have to be the initial value. When the past item 52 is added to the new template 40, the template creator may input an arbitrary value instead of the past item input information 52i.

Therefore, by applying the template management function to the management of the store master 42, for example, the person in charge of the dispatching company, which is the dispatching source of the staff to the store, can accurately grasp the store information that changes daily. .. For example, when the person in charge of the above creates a new version of the template 40 according to the season as a template creator, when creating a new version of the template 40 corresponding to the summer, it is created corresponding to the summer of the previous year. The past item 52 included in the template 40 of the new version can be added, and a new version of the template 40 can be created with the corresponding past item input information 52i as the initial value. At this time, the template creator can simultaneously grasp the store information in the summer of the previous year, and can also create the template 40 accordingly. In addition, the item 50, which is used only for each seasonal event such as Christmas or Halloween, may be replaced between different versions of the template 40.

When the staff inputs information to the item 50 included in the template 40, the past item 52 and the past item input information 52i inherited by the template 40 are the monitor of the electronic terminal device 12 or the template management device which is the output means. It is not displayed (output) on the monitor 30 of 10. That is, the contents of the past item data 54 are not displayed on the monitor 30 when the information is input to the template 40. As a result, the staff cannot update or delete the past item input information 52i inherited by the template 40. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the past item input information inherited by the template 40 from being erroneously modified. Also, when the staff prints the template 40 or the store master history 43 from the printer, the past item 52 and the past item input information 52i are not output.

Further, in the template 40, since the past item 52 included in the old version of the template 40 is added as the past item data 54, the past item 52 is read from the past item data 54 and the item of the template 40 is replaced. You can switch the version from the new version of the template 40 to the old version of the template 40.

Further, the past item 52 and the past item input information 52i included in the past item data 54 can be extracted by searching in the same manner as the item 50 and the input information 50i included in the store master 42.

From the above, the template management function according to the present embodiment can use the past item 52 and the past item input information 52i included in the old version template 40 in the new version template 40.

[4. Functional block diagram related to the template management function]
FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram relating to the template management function according to the present embodiment. The CPU 20 includes an image display control unit 60 and a template management unit 62. Each function included in the CPU 20 is realized by a program stored in the HDD.

The image display control unit 60 outputs data indicating an image to be displayed on the monitor 30 to the monitor 30.

The template management unit 62 manages the history of the template 40. For this purpose, the template management unit 62 includes a template reading unit 64, a template creating unit 66, a past item data updating unit 68, a version switching unit 70, and a search unit 72.

The template reading unit 64 reads the old version template 40 or the store master history 43, which is the basis of the new version template 40, from the HDD 26. When a new template 40 is created, the template reading unit 64 reads, for example, the newly created template 40 to which no item 50 is added from the HDD 26.

The template creation unit 66 adds or deletes the item 50 to the read template 40 or the store master history 43 in order to create the template 40. The item 50 may be added by selecting from the item group 51, or the past item 52 may be read and added from the past item data 54 added to the read template 40 or the store master history 43. .. The template creation unit 66 enables the template management unit 62 to create a new template 40 including the past item 52 with the past item input information 52i as the initial value.

The past item data update unit 68 updates the contents of the past item data 54. Specifically, when the past item 52 included in the past item data 54 is added to the new template 40, the past item data update unit 68 adds the added past item 52 and the past item input information 52i to the past item. Delete from data 54. When the item 50 is deleted from the template 40 in the process of creating the new template 40, the past item data update unit 68 uses the item 50 and its input information 50i as the past item 52 and the past item input information 52i. It is added to the past item data 54.

The version switching unit 70 switches the version from the new version template to the old version template 40 by using the past item 52 associated with the new version template 40, and controls the image display of the switched version template 40. Displayed on the monitor 30 via the unit 60

The search unit 72 accepts the search conditions input by the user, extracts the template 40, the item 50 and the input information 50i, and the past item 52 and the past item input information 52i that match the search conditions, and displays the extracted contents as an image. It is displayed on the monitor 30 via the control unit 60.

[5. Template creation process]
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of the template creation process executed by the template management function executed by the CPU 20 included in the template management device 10. The template creation process is started when the template creator creates a new version of the template 40 using the template management device 10.

First, in step 100, the template reading unit 64 reads the old version of the template 40 or the store master history 43 from the HDD 26. More specifically, the old version of the template 40 is read from the template set 41 and the store master history 43 is read from the store master 42. The read old version template 40 or the store master history 43 is the source of the new version template 40 to be created.

In the next step 102, it is determined whether or not the template creator has selected the reference of the past item data 54 in order to create a new template 40, and in the case of an affirmative determination, the process proceeds to step 104, and a negative determination is made. If so, the process proceeds to step 110.

In step 104, the image display control unit 60 displays the contents of the past item data 54 added to the read old version template 40 or the store master history 43 on the monitor 30.

In the next step 106, the template creator accepts the addition operation of the past item 52, and the past item 52 and the past item input information 52i read from the past item data 54 are added to the template 40 being created by the template creation unit 66. ..

In the next step 108, the past item data 54 is updated by the past item data updating unit 68 deleting the added past item 52 and the past item input information 52i from the past item data 54.

In the next step 110, in order to create a new template 40, it is determined whether or not the template creator has selected the reference of the item group 51, and in the case of an affirmative determination, the process proceeds to step 112, and in the case of a negative determination. Goes to step 116.

In step 112, the image display control unit 60 displays the contents of the item group 51 on the monitor 30.

In step 114, the template creator accepts the operation of adding the item 50, and the item 50 read from the item group 51 is added to the template 40 being created by the template creation unit 66. In this case, the initial value of the added item 50 is 0 (zero) or blank.

In the next step 116, it is determined whether or not the template creator has performed the deletion operation of the items included in the read template 40 or the store master history 43, and in the case of an affirmative determination, the process proceeds to step 118. On the other hand, in the case of a negative determination, the process proceeds to step 122.

In step 118, the item 50 selected by the template creator is deleted from the template 40 being created by the template creation unit 66.

In the next step 120, the past item data 54 is updated by the past item data updating unit 68 adding the deleted item 50 and its input information 50i to the past item data 54. If the item 50 deleted in step 118 is an item 50 selected from the item group 51 and added in step 114, no information has been input to the item 50, so the item 50 is added to the past item data 54. Not done.

In the next step 122, it is determined whether or not the template creator has performed the operation of completing the creation of the template 40. If the determination is affirmative, the template creation process is terminated, and the created new template 40 is used as the latest template 40. Is stored in the store master template set 41. On the other hand, in the case of a negative determination, the process returns to step 102 and the creation of the template 40 is continued.

As described above, the template management device 10 according to the present embodiment is not included in the new version of the template 40, and the past items which are the items included in the old version of the template 40 are replaced with the corresponding past items. The history of the template 40 is managed by storing it together with the input information 52i and associating the past item 52 and the past item input information 52i with the new version of the template 40. Therefore, the template management device 10 according to the present embodiment can use the items included in the old version and the information input in the items in the new version of the template 40.

[5. Other embodiments]
Although the present invention has been described above using each of the above embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments. Various changes or improvements can be made to each of the above embodiments without departing from the gist of the invention, and the modified or improved forms are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

For example, in each of the above embodiments, the template management device 10 manages the template 40, and the electronic terminal device 12 describes a mode in which information is input to the template 40, but the present invention is not limited thereto. .. For example, the template 40 may be managed and information may be input to the template 40 by a single information processing device, or the template 40 may be managed and the template 40 may be created by different information processing devices.

Further, the flow of the template creation process described in each of the above embodiments is also an example, and unnecessary steps can be deleted, new steps can be added, or the process order can be changed within a range not deviating from the gist of the present invention. You may.

1 Template management system 10 Template management device (information processing device)
12 Electronic terminal device (information processing device)
26 HDD (storage means)
30 monitor 40 template 50 items 50i input information 52 past items 52i past item input information 54 past item data (data)
62 Template management department (template management means)

Claims (8)

An information processing device that manages a plurality of templates of different versions created by adding or deleting items from the original template.
A storage means for storing past items, which are items not included in the new version of the template but included in the old version of the template, together with input information for the past items.
A template management means for managing the history of the template by associating the past item and the input information with the new version of the template.
Information processing device equipped with. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the template management means adds data indicating the past items and the input information to the new version of the template. The information processing according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the user inputs information to the item included in the template, the past item and the input information associated with the template are not output to the output means. apparatus. A template creation means for creating the template by selecting the item from a group of items including a plurality of different items into which information is input is provided.
The template creating means is claimed from claim 1 which can read the past item and the input information from the storage means and create a new template including the past item with the read input information as an initial value. Item 3. The information processing apparatus according to any one of items 3. The template management means uses the past item associated with the new version of the template to switch the version from the new version of the template to the old version of the template and display it on the monitor according to claim 1. Item 4. The information processing apparatus according to any one of Item 4. Information unique to the store can be entered in the above items.
The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the storage means stores the template in which information is input in association with the store. It is a template management method by an information processing device that manages a plurality of different versions of the template created by adding or deleting items from the original template.
The first step of storing the past items, which are items not included in the new version of the template but included in the old version of the template, in the storage means together with the input information for the past items.
The second step of associating the past item and the input information with the new version of the template, and
Template management method with. A computer having an information processing device that manages a plurality of different versions of the template created by adding or deleting items from the original template.
A storage means for storing past items, which are items not included in the new version of the template but included in the old version of the template, together with input information for the past items.
A template management means for managing the history of the template by associating the past item and the input information with the new version of the template.
A program to make it work.

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