System and method for data reconciliation

US7289974B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Frank Godeby · Bethesda, US
• Wolfgang Hahn · Neutraubling, DE
• James Tasker · Ottawa, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 5, 2003
• Grant date: Oct 30, 2007
• Expiry date: Dec 16, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99936
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for data reconciliation. In one embodiment, information identifying data sources to be reconciled may be received. Data may be retrieved from a first data source based on a dynamic link identifying data in the first data source and data from a second data source may be retrieved based on a dynamic link identifying data in the second data source. A first portion of a reconciliation rule may be processed using the retrieved data from the first data source to generate a first result. A second portion of the reconciliation rule may be processed using the retrieved data from the second data source to generate a second result. The first result may be compared with the second result. If the first result matches the second result, it may be confirmed that data in the first data source is reconciled with the data in the second data source.