Automatically Generating Data Transformations for Business Process Platforms
AssigneeBeyondCore, Inc.
InventorsArijit Sengupta, Brad A. Stronger
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Abstract
Business process providers implement client data processing processes for clients. The business process providers use certain formats (provider formats, defined by provider format fields). The clients use certain formats (client formats, defined by client format fields). A normative format is automatically defined and used as an intermediary between client and provider formats. Mappings between the normative format and the client and provider formats can be generated automatically.
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In a situation wherein at least one client provides documents for data processing by at least one business process provider, the business process providers process and/or store data from the documents in provider formats defined by provider format fields, and the clients receive the processed data in client formats defined by client format fields, a method for facilitating the data processing, the method comprising a computer system performing the steps of:
- automatically defining a normative format based on analysis of client format fields instantiated in a set of documents, the normative format defined by normative format fields;
- for each of at least two client formats:
- receiving a version of one or more documents in the client format;
- receiving a corresponding version of the document in the normative format or the provider format;
- comparing data in the corresponding versions of the same document;
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- based on the comparison, automatically mapping between client format fields and normative format fields;
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- using the normative format as an intermediary for mapping between the provider formats and the client formats.
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