Front-end validation of data files requiring processing by multiple computing systems

A computer-implemented method for front-end validation of a data file requiring processing by a plurality of downstream computing systems, the method executed by a computing device processor and comprising:

• in response to receiving the data file:
• a) identifying, by at least one front-end computing platform, (i) two or more of the plurality of downstream computing systems that will process the data file, and (ii) one or more file format attributes of the data file, and
• (b) scanning, by the at least one front-end computing platform, the data file to identify data entries in predetermined mandatory data fields required for performing processing by the two or more of the plurality of downstream computing systems;
• accessing, by the at least one front-end computing platform, a centralized data file validation requirements database to retrieve data file validation requirements for the two or more of the plurality of downstream computing systems;
• validating, by the at least one front-end computing platform, that
• (i) the one or more file format attributes of the data file being compliant with the retrieved data file validation requirements of the two or more of the plurality of downstream computing systems by performing pattern matching of the one or more file format attributes to the retrieved data file validation requirements, and
• (ii) a syntax and format of the data entries in the predetermined mandatory data fields are compliant with the data file validation requirements of the two or more of the plurality of downstream computing systems by verifying that common file format attributes associated with the two or more of the plurality of downstream computing systems match the syntax and format of the data entries;
• and
• in response to the validating, authorizing, by the at least one front-end computing platform, the data file for processing by the two or more of the plurality of downstream computing systems.

A computer program product including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the computer-readable medium comprising:

• a first set of codes for causing a computer of at least one front-end computing platform to, in response to receiving a data file:
• a) identify (i) two or more of tho a plurality of downstream computing systems that will process the data file, and (ii) one or more file format attributes of the data file, and
• (b) scan the data file to identify data entries in predetermined mandatory data fields required performing processing by the two or more of the plurality of downstream computing systems;
• a second set of codes for causing the computer to access a centralized data file validation requirements database to retrieve file validation requirements for the two or more of the plurality of downstream computing systems;
• a third set of codes for causing the computer to validate that
• (i) the one or more file format attributes of the data file are compliant with the retrieved data file validation requirements of the two or more of the plurality of downstream computing systems by performing pattern matching of the one or more file format attributes to the retrieved data file validation requirements, and
• (ii) a syntax and format of the data entries in the predetermined mandatory data fields are compliant with the data file validation requirements of the two or more of the plurality of downstream computing systems by verifying that common file format attributes associated with the two or more of the plurality of downstream computing systems match the syntax and format of the data entries;
• and
• a fourth set of codes for causing the computer to, in response to the validating, authorize the data file for processing by the two or more of the plurality of downstream computing systems.