Cross-system configuration checks

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a computer program that, when executed by a computing system comprising one or more processors, causes the computing system to:

• receive a configuration check request, the configuration check request including a first parameter specifying a first software application and a second parameter specifying a second software application, wherein the configuration check request is for determining data type mismatches between the first software application and the second software application;
• based upon the first parameter, retrieve a first data type of a first table field of a first table of the first software application, wherein the first table field stores a first numeric data element in the first software application and the first data type describes the first numeric data element;
• based upon the second parameter, retrieve a second data type of a second table field of a second table of a second software application, wherein the second table field stores a second numeric data element in the second software application and the second data type describes the second numeric data element, and wherein the first data type and second data type describe a same attribute of the first and second numeric data elements;
• compare the first data type with the second data type to determine a data type mismatch between the first software application and the second software application;
• store the mismatch in the non-transitory computer readable storage medium;
• generate a configuration check result including the mismatch;
• and
• based on the configuration check result, perform an arithmetic operation to convert the second data element from a first value to a second value so that the second data type of the second data element on the second software application matches the first data type of the first data element on the first software application.

A computer system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a software program, executable on said computer system, the software program configured to cause a database engine of a database to:
• receive a configuration check request, the configuration check request including a first parameter specifying a first software application and a second parameter specifying a second software application, wherein the configuration check request is for determining data type mismatches between the first software application and the second software application;
• based upon the first parameter, retrieve a first data type of a first table field of a first table of the first software application, wherein the first table field stores a first numeric data element in the first software application and the first data type describes the first numeric data element;
• based upon the second parameter, retrieve a second data type of a second table field of a second table of a second software application, wherein the second table field stores a second numeric data element in the second software application and the second data type describes the second numeric data element, and wherein the first data type and second data type describe a same attribute of the first and second numeric data elements;
• compare the first data type with the second data type to determine a data type mismatch between the first software application and the second software application;
• store the mismatch in the non-transitory computer readable storage medium;
• generate a configuration check result including the mismatch;
• and
• based on the configuration check result, perform an arithmetic operation to convert the second data element from a first value to a second value so that the second data type of the second data element on the second software application matches the first data type of the first data element on the first software application.