Patent ID: 8886590
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for a data warehouse comprising operating a computer system to perform steps of: the data warehouse receiving transaction data from a plurality of application systems comprising an organization and storing the transaction data in the data warehouse; the data warehouse analyzing transaction data stored in the data warehouse to create one or more business plans in the data warehouse; the data warehouse generating new data in the data warehouse from one or more business plans; the data warehouse instantiating new master data and one or more master data identifiers from the new data and storing the new master data in the data warehouse, including the data warehouse: the data warehouse using the master data to facilitate business planning activity in the data warehouse; the data warehouse maintaining the master data in the data warehouse, including the data warehouse: the data warehouse sending the master data to an application system, including sending the master data to the master data management process, wherein the master data management process sends the master data received from the data warehouse to the application system; and the data warehouse importing updated master data from the master data management process, wherein the updated master data conforms with compliance rules set forth in the master data management process, wherein one of the one or more master data identifiers is revised, wherein the data warehouse references the master data using a surrogate master data identifier associated with the master data.