Data Provision Apparatus for Automatic Site Data Transformation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current data management systems face challenges in efficiently integrating site data from multiple sources with different table layouts and specifications, leading to increased management costs due to equipment changes and the need for frequent modifications in service applications.
Innovation Solution
A data provision apparatus and method that stores explanatory information and transformation rules for site data, allowing for automatic transformation of site data into the required specifications for services, reducing the need for administrators to be aware of equipment changes and minimizing application modifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If site data from multiple site systems with different table layouts and specifications are integrated, then data integration capability is improved, but management cost increases due to frequent equipment changes and service application modifications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a data provision apparatus as an intermediary component between site systems and service applications. This apparatus includes a storage unit that stores explanatory information and transformation rules, and a site data transformation execution unit that automatically transforms site data according to these rules. The intermediary handles the complexity of data specification differences and transformations, isolating service applications from direct exposure to site system changes, thereby improving data integration capability while preventing management cost increases.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-storing explanatory information and transformation rules in the storage unit before data integration operations. The transformation rules define how to convert site data from various specifications into unified formats required by services. When site data arrives, the execution unit automatically applies these pre-defined rules without requiring real-time analysis or manual intervention, enabling efficient adaptation to different site systems while maintaining stable service applications.
2Adaptability or versatility
If service applications are modified to accommodate equipment changes at site systems, then data specification compatibility is improved, but productivity decreases due to frequent application maintenance
Solution Approach 1:
The data provision apparatus serves as a mediator that absorbs the impact of equipment changes. When site systems undergo equipment changes resulting in different data specifications, the transformation execution unit automatically applies stored transformation rules to adapt the data. Service applications remain unchanged because they interact with the standardized output from the apparatus, not directly with raw site data. This isolation mechanism maintains productivity while achieving specification compatibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements parameter changes by dynamically transforming data specifications through the execution unit. Instead of modifying service applications to accommodate different site data formats, the system changes the parameters (formats, structures, specifications) of the site data itself through automatic transformation. The storage unit contains multiple transformation rules that can handle various specification differences, allowing the system to adapt to equipment changes by changing data parameters rather than application code.
Data Source
AI summary
A data provision apparatus for providing site data to a service apparatus stores explanatory information for the site data including a specification of the site data, explanatory information of the service including the site data and a specification of the site data required by the service, and a rule for transforming the site data into that required by the service using the site data, the explanatory information of the site data, the explanatory information of the service, and the transformation rule being registered in advance; and refers to the explanatory information of the site data, the explanatory information of the service, and the transformation rule in response to a transfer request of the data from the service apparatus. All pieces of the site data used by the service are transformed into data of the specification required by the service and are transferred to the service apparatus.