Patent ID: 8214407

Claim:
A method for mapping data from a data source to a data destination, comprising the steps: providing a plurality of mapping components for performing defined functions to map the data from the source to the destination; using a computer server, implementing said mapping components, to perform the steps of: i) reading data from the source, ii) processing the read data according to a set of rules, and iii) loading the processed data into the destination; wherein each of the components operates independently of the other of the components; wherein the date destination is a database, and said step using the computer server includes the step of using the computer server, implementing said plurality of mapping components, to perform the steps of: mapping fixed length fields in the data source to a pofield in the database; and determining start positions that the fields map to in the database by referring to Hash Table Objects which contain the mapping of pofield objects in a DBA action class that is used to manage database activity.