Method and apparatus for the request brokering of standardized reports
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorBradley S. Tagg
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Abstract
A report catalog tool and a method for selecting and requesting a report from a catalog of standardized reports. The catalog tool comprises a distributable database having one or more documents, each said document representing a report, and attributes for said report indicating a location where logic resides for said report and a data source to be used for said report. The catalog tool further comprises means for allowing a user to order and configure a requested report, means for formatting said order as a transaction on a target system at said location and using said data source, and means for running said transaction to generate said requested report and to return said requested report to said user.
Claims19
A report catalog tool, comprising:
- a distributable database having one or more documents, each said document representing
- a report;
- attributes for said report indicating a location where logic resides for said report and a data source to be used for said report;
- means for presenting a user with a catalog of available reports;
- means for enabling the user to request one of the reports from the catalog;
- means for allowing the user to configure the requested report;
- means for formatting said order as a transaction on a target system at said location and using said data source;
- and
- means for running said transaction to generate said requested report and to return said requested report to said user.
A method for selecting and requesting a report from a catalog of standardized reports, comprising the steps of:
- providing a distributable database having one or more documents, each of said documents representing a report;
- providing attributes for each of said reports indicating a location where logic resides for said report and a data source to be used for said report;
- presenting a user with a catalog of available reports;
- the user requesting one of the reports from the catalog;
- the user configuring the requested report;
- formatting said order as a transaction on a target system at said location and using said data source;
- and
- running said transaction to generate said requested report and to return said requested report to said user.
A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for selecting and requesting a report from a catalog of standardized reports, said method steps comprising:
- providing a distributable database having one or more documents, each of said documents representing a report;
- providing attributes for each of said reports indicating a location where logic resides for said report and a data source to be used for said report;
- presenting a user with a catalog of available reports;
- the user requesting one of the reports from the catalog;
- the user configuring the requested report;
- formatting said order as a transaction on a target system at said location and using said data source;
- and
- running said transaction to generate said requested report and to return said requested report to said user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.