Mapping assurance method and apparatus for integrating systems
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsGeorge Scott, Vasile Patrascu, Erin Schroepfer
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided to assure transformations between applications in an integration project. This assurance of transformations between applications includes mapping one or more related fields from a set of fields between the one or more source applications and the one or more target applications according to a set of integration objectives, checking a type compatibility for each of the one or more related fields mapped between the one or more source applications and the one or more target applications and indicating a mapping status according to the type compatibility between the source applications and the target applications.
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A method of assuring transformations between applications, comprising:
- mapping one or more related fields from a set of fields between the one or more source applications and the one or more target applications according to a set of integration objectives;
- checking a type compatibility for each of the one or more related fields mapped between the one or more source applications and the one or more target applications;
- and
- indicating a mapping status according to the type compatibility between the source applications and the target applications.
The method of claim I wherein the displaying further comprises discovering metadata for one or more source applications and one or more target applications in an integration project.
A system for assuring transformations between applications, comprising:
- a processor capable of executing instructions;
- a memory containing instructions when executed on the processor map one or more related fields from a set of fields between the one or more source applications and the one or more target applications according to a set of integration objectives, check a type compatibility for each of the one or more related fields mapped between the one or more source applications and the one or more target applications and indicate a mapping status according to the type compatibility between the source applications and the target applications.
A computer program product for assuring transformations between applications, tangibly stored on a computer-readable medium, comprising instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to:
- map one or more related fields from a set of fields between the one or more source applications and the one or more target applications according to a set of integration objectives;
- check a type compatibility for each of the one or more related fields mapped between the one or more source applications and the one or more target applications;
- and
- indicate a mapping status according to the type compatibility between the source applications and the target applications.
A method of providing status between a set of fields being mapped between applications, comprising:
- receiving a set of mappings between a source application and a target application;
- identify one or more required fields and one or more optional fields to be mapped between source application and target application;
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- indicating a mapping complete status according to a percentage of mappings made in the set of mappings compared with the required fields identified between a source application and a target application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.