Supporting ETL processing in BPEL-based processes

US9542656B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Marion Behnen · Austin, US
• Qi Jin · San Jose, US
• Yannick Saillet · Stuttgart, DE
• Sriram Srinivasan · Sammamish, US
• Muthukumar Thirunavukkarasu · Mountain View, US
• Hoi-Jun Yoo · Bupyeong-gu, KR

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 13, 2006
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2017
• Expiry date: Oct 27, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/103
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for integrating and data activities in a process flow. A data transformation activity is invoked through local or remote invocation. The data transformation activity is part of a process flow defined in a standard business process execution language format and is invoked from within the process flow. A system for executing a process flow including one or more control activities and one or more data transformation activities is also described. The system includes a process control engine for executing activities included in the process flow, a data transformation subsystem for storing domain specific definitions of data transformation processes of data in one or more databases, and a control data repository for storing domain specific activity information related to the process flow.