Management and reporting system and process for use with multiple disparate data bases

摘要

An information and reporting system is used in conjunction with a plurality of incompatible legacy system databases. The legacy system applications and databases continue to operate in a normal manner. The information and reporting system operates as an overlay to each of the existing legacy systems. Each local system includes a unique entity transfer that reads specified files from a legacy system database. The data within the legacy system database is mapped into a group of predefined XML documents which are transmitted to an XML service. The XML service provides a quality control examination and forwards the XML documents to a set of domain entity controllers. The controllers receive the XML documents and selectively extract data from these documents and store the data on a common format database, which is standardized for use in all of the local systems. A user accesses the system through a communication medium and is provided with a user interface which allows the user to select any one of a group of entities, reports and file management. Each of the entities is associated with one or more modules which provides specific processing to produce information and reports. The modules can access the common format database for extracting the required information to produce the results corresponding to the module functionality. Previously produced reports can be accessed from a file repository. The system allows users to access any legacy system and process management and information modules independent of the type of local legacy database system.