Patent Document ID: 9619537
Application ID: 14253035

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: causing an engine to receive a single-source universe database comprising a plurality of details; causing the engine to analyze the single-source universe database to create a XML configuration file identifying a detail to be changed; causing the engine to register a new multi-source connection with a repository; and causing the engine to reference the XML configuration file to create a multi-source universe database including the multi-source connection and a changed detail by re-generating a business layer including a new object definition compatible with the multi-source universe database, the business layer further comprising a file formed by adding a generated derived table query including a join updated with a new column name and a new table name, to a re-generated data foundation.

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Claim 3:
3. A method as in claim 1 wherein a connection of the single-source universe database is analyzed to identify vendor and version information.