Centralized Data Repository

Information from various sources is integrated into a centralized data repository. The repository captures not only report related business data, but data needed to support reporting options, data values for parameters associated with business rules, data for defining user logins and associated roles, data defining role-based access privileges, and any other data needed to drive the interactive reporting application.

The repository is extensible, using meta data to categorize information and incorporate category-specific attributes. Categories and attributes allow the basic information to be easily extended by creating new groupings, relationships or data values needed to support analysis and business processes without requiring software development.