SYSTEM, METHOD AND SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR INCORPORATING DATA FROM UNINTEGRATED APPLICATIONS WITHIN A CENTRAL DATABASE

摘要

A system, method and software application for collecting and combining data from data producing entities is provided. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method is provide which includes the steps of: creating an extract template for requesting specific data in a desired standardized format from an unintegrated data-producing entity; (82) transmitting the extract template to the unintegrated data-producing entity (84); creating an extract of data from within the unintegrated data-producing entity in conformance with the desired, standardized format of the extract template (86); transmitting the extract of data from the unintegrated data-producing entity to a central database (88); storing the extract of data (90).