Scalable transformation and configuration of EDI interchanges

• US 20070203926A1
• Filed: 02/24/2006
• Published: 08/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Gaurav, Suraj, Machiraju, Surendra
• Granted Patent: US 7,703,099 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing

Abstract

Transforming one or more of a collection of electronic data interchange (EDI) transactions. A type of EDI transactions is identified to be transformed from a source format to a destination format. The collection of the EDI transactions is received according to the source format. A particular one or more of the collection of the EDI transactions is identified corresponding to the identified type of EDI transactions. A transformation map is defined to transform the identified particular one or more of the transactions from the source format to the destination format. The identified particular one or more transactions is transformed according to the defined transformation map.

Claims

1. A method for transforming one or more of a collection of electronic data interchange (EDI) transactions, said method comprising:

identifying a type of EDI transactions to be transformed from a source format to a destination format;

receiving the collection of the EDI transactions according to the source format;

identifying a particular one or more of the collection of the EDI transactions corresponding to the identified type of EDI transactions;

defining a transformation map to transform the identified particular one or more of the transactions from the source format to the destination format; and

transforming the identified particular one or more transactions according to the defined transformation map.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the EDI transactions via a user interface (UI), and wherein identifying comprising identifying the type of EDI transactions via the UI.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the transformed particular one or more transactions with the remaining untransformed transactions of the collection of EDI transactions as one EDI message to a destination device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein transforming comprises modifying one or more delimiters delimiting the collection of the EDI transactions.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically modifying segment counts in response to transforming.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein defining comprises defining one or more re-usable configuration units in the transformation map for transforming the particular one or more transactions.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more computer-readable media have computer-executable instructions for performing the method of claim 1.

8. A system for transforming one or more of a collection of electronic data interchange (EDI) transactions, said system comprising:

a processor for executing computer-executable instructions for;

identifying a type of EDI transactions to be transformed from a source format to a destination format;

receiving the collection of the EDI transactions according to the source format;

identifying a particular one or more of the collection of the EDI transactions corresponding to the identified type of EDI transactions;

defining a transformation map to transform the identified particular one or more of the transactions from the source format to the destination format; and

transforming the identified particular one or more transactions according to the defined transformation map.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising a user interface (UI) for providing the EDI transactions to a user, and wherein the processor is configured to receive an instruction from the user via the UI for identifying the type of EDI transactions.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising an interface for transmitting the transformed particular one or more transactions with the remaining untransformed transactions of the collection of EDI transactions as one EDI message to a destination device.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to modify one or more delimiters delimiting the collection of the EDI transactions.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to automatically modify segment counts in response to transforming the identified particular one or more transactions.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to define one or more re-usable configuration units in the transformation map for transforming the particular one or more transactions.

14. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable components for modifying one or more of a collection of electronic data interchange (EDI) transactions, said computer-executable components comprising:

a memory component for storing the collection of EDI transactions;

a transaction component for identifying a type of EDI transactions to be modified from a source format to a destination format;

an interface component for receiving the collection of the EDI transactions according to the source format;

a selector component for identifying a particular one or more of the collection of the EDI transactions corresponding to the identified type of EDI transactions;

a map component for defining a map to modify the identified particular one or more of the transactions from the source format to the destination format; and

a modifier component for modifying the identified particular one or more transactions according to the defined map.

15. The computer-readable media of claim 14, further comprising a user interface (UI) for providing the EDI transactions to a user, and wherein the transaction component receives an instruction from the user via the UI for identifying the type of EDI transactions.

16. The computer-readable media of claim 14, wherein the interface component transmits the modified particular one or more transactions with the remaining unmodified transactions of the collection of EDI transactions as one EDI message to a destination device.

17. The computer-readable media of claim 14, wherein the modifier component modifies one or more delimiters delimiting the collection of the EDI transactions.

18. The computer-readable media of claim 17, wherein the modifier component further automatically modifies segment counts in response to modifying the identified particular one or more of the transactions.

19. The computer-readable media of claim 14, wherein the map component defines one or more re-usable configuration units in the map, and wherein the modifier component modifies the particular one or more transactions as a function of the one or more defined re-useable configuration units.