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A Sample SystemA Sample System

by nBoundary Software Inc.

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Fictitious Company:Fictitious Company:

NewTech Services Inc.NewTech Services Inc.

• Cleaning services company

• Formed from merger of three businesses

• Divisions:– Residential Services (“house cleaners”)– Disaster Clean-up– Commercial Maintenance

The NeedThe Need

NewTech Services Revenue Breakdown vs D&B Industry Standards

Month/Year

Division Revenue% of Total Industry %

Residential Services $$ % %Disaster Clean-Up $$ % %Commercial Maintenance $$ % %

________ _______Total $$$ 100%

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The SystemThe System

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Dis Com ResD&B

D&B

D&B

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D&B

D&B

Dis Com ResD&B

D&B

D&B

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Four Collections…

Six Interface Objects

Custom SQL DBCOM

Data Transport name is object name.

Three database structures

…therefore four collection objects

Six paths

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Collection name is “Report”

Collection name is

“Residentl”

Object name is “COM”

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Dis Com ResD&B

D&B

D&B

D&B

D&B

D&B

Month/Year

Division $$ % of Total D&B %

Residential Services $$ % %

Disaster Cleanup $$ % %

Commercial Maintenance

$$ % %

Total: $$$ 100%

Desired result for “Report”:

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Dis Com ResD&B

D&B

D&B

D&B

D&B

D&B

Month/Year

Division $$ % of Total D&B %

Residential Services $$ % %

Disaster Cleanup $$ % %

Commercial Maintenance

$$ % %

Total: $$$ 100%

<COMBINATION>

<RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES>

<DISASTER_CLEANUP><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</DISASTER_CLEANUP>

<COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE>

<TOTAL> NNNN.NN </TOTAL>

</COMBINATION>

<COMBINATION>

<RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES>

<DISASTER_CLEANUP><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</DISASTER_CLEANUP>

<COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE>

<TOTAL> NNNN.NN </TOTAL>

</COMBINATION>

Agent formats data from the XML message for presentation as HTML.

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Dis Com ResD&B

D&B

D&B

D&B

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D&B

<COMBINATION>

<RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES>

<DISASTER_CLEANUP><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</DISASTER_CLEANUP>

<COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE>

<TOTAL> NNNN.NN </TOTAL>

</COMBINATION>

<COMBINATION>

<RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES>

<DISASTER_CLEANUP><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</DISASTER_CLEANUP>

<COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE>

<TOTAL> NNNN.NN </TOTAL>

</COMBINATION>

Month/Year

Division $$ % of Total D&B %

Residential Services $$ % %

Disaster Cleanup $$ % %

Commercial Maintenance

$$ % %

Total: $$$ 100%

Agent calculates total revenues and percentages of the total

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Dis Com ResD&B

D&B

D&B

D&B

D&B

D&B

Agent combines three XML messages(Standard Agent)

<COMBINATION>

<RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES>

<DISASTER_CLEANUP><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</DISASTER_CLEANUP>

<COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE>

<TOTAL> NNNN.NN </TOTAL>

</COMBINATION>

<COMBINATION>

<RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES>

<DISASTER_CLEANUP><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</DISASTER_CLEANUP>

<COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE>

<TOTAL> NNNN.NN </TOTAL>

</COMBINATION>

Data Transport sets path,

manages flow of messages

Month/Year

Division $$ % of Total D&B %

Residential Services $$ % %

Disaster Cleanup $$ % %

Commercial Maintenance

$$ % %

Total: $$$ 100%

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Dis Com ResD&B

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<COMBINATION>

<RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES>

<DISASTER_CLEANUP><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</DISASTER_CLEANUP>

<COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE>

<TOTAL> NNNN.NN </TOTAL>

</COMBINATION>

<COMBINATION>

<RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES>

<DISASTER_CLEANUP><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</DISASTER_CLEANUP>

<COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE>

<TOTAL> NNNN.NN </TOTAL>

</COMBINATION>

Agent combines two XML messages(Standard Agent)

Data Transport manages flow of messages

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Dis Com ResD&B

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D&B

<RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES><MONTH_TOTAL> $$$$$.CC </MONTH_TOTAL></RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES>

<RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES><MONTH_TOTAL> $$$$$.CC </MONTH_TOTAL></RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES>

<COMBINATION>

<RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES>

<DISASTER_CLEANUP><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</DISASTER_CLEANUP>

<COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE>

<TOTAL> NNNN.NN </TOTAL>

</COMBINATION>

<COMBINATION>

<RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</RESIDENTIAL_SERVICES>

<DISASTER_CLEANUP><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</DISASTER_CLEANUP>

<COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE><AMOUNT> NNNN.NN </AMOUNT><PERCENT> NN.N </PERCENT><DBPERCENT> NN.N </DBPERCENT>

</COMMERCIAL_MAINTENANCE>

<TOTAL> NNNN.NN </TOTAL>

</COMBINATION>

Agent reformats retrieved data into desired form

Data Transport reads from

external SQL database, converts

to XML(Standard DT)

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Dis Com ResD&B

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President’s computer

Disaster Clean-up computer

Commercial Maintenance computer

Residential Services computer

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NInternet access

computer

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N N NPresident’s computer:

Prepare Agents:1. XSLT script to produce HTML2. VBScript to calculate totals and %3. “Combine” program is a standard ‘parallel’ Agent

President’s computer:

Prepare Agents:1. XSLT script to produce HTML2. VBScript to calculate totals and %3. “Combine” program is a standard ‘parallel’ Agent

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Residential Services computer: • Standard ODBC Data Transport to

access Residential Services data.

• XSLT Agent to change data name

Residential Services computer: • Standard ODBC Data Transport to

access Residential Services data.

• XSLT Agent to change data name

President’s computer:

Prepare Agents:1. XSLT script to produce HTML2. VBScript to calculate totals and %3. “Combine” program is a standard ‘parallel’ Agent

President’s computer:

Prepare Agents:1. XSLT script to produce HTML2. VBScript to calculate totals and %3. “Combine” program is a standard ‘parallel’ Agent

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Commercial Maintenance computer:

• VBScript Data Transport to access Commercial Maintenance data using COM

• XSLT Agent to change data name

Commercial Maintenance computer:

• VBScript Data Transport to access Commercial Maintenance data using COM

• XSLT Agent to change data name

Residential Services computer: • Standard ODBC Data Transport to

access Residential Services data.

• XSLT Agent to change data name

Residential Services computer: • Standard ODBC Data Transport to

access Residential Services data.

• XSLT Agent to change data name

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Disaster Clean-up computer:

• Custom VBScript Data Transport to access Disaster Clean-up

data• XSLT Agent to change data

name

Disaster Clean-up computer:

• Custom VBScript Data Transport to access Disaster Clean-up

data• XSLT Agent to change data

name

Commercial Maintenance computer:

• VBScript Data Transport to access Commercial Maintenance data using COM

• XSLT Agent to change data name

Commercial Maintenance computer:

• VBScript Data Transport to access Commercial Maintenance data using COM

• XSLT Agent to change data name

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Internet access computer:

•Custom web access Data Transport to access D&B web site(reused twice)

•Three VBScript Agents to ‘scrape’ data

Internet access computer:

•Custom web access Data Transport to access D&B web site(reused twice)

•Three VBScript Agents to ‘scrape’ data

Disaster Clean-up computer:

• Custom VBScript Data Transport to access Disaster Clean-up

data• XSLT Agent to change data

name

Disaster Clean-up computer:

• Custom VBScript Data Transport to access Disaster Clean-up

data• XSLT Agent to change data

name

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Internet access computer:

•Custom web access Data Transport to access D&B web site(reused twice)

•Three VBScript Agents to ‘scrape’ data

Internet access computer:

•Custom web access Data Transport to access D&B web site(reused twice)

•Three VBScript Agents to ‘scrape’ data

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Agent / Data Transport Lines of code

“Calc” Agent: VBScript 50

DT to access DB using COM: VBScript 70

DT to access proprietary DB: VBScript 150

“Scraper” Agent 1: VBScript 20

“Scraper” Agent 2: VBScript 20

“Scraper” Agent 3: VBScript 20

Report format Agent: XSL template 50

Change data name Agent 1: XSL template 19

Change data name Agent 2: XSL template 19

Change data name Agent 3: XSL template 19

DT to access D&B website 1: C++ 200

DT to access D&B website 2: C++ 1

DT to access D&B website 3: C++ 1

Agents to combine messages 0

ODBC DT to access SQL DB 1

Total code 640

Boilerplate (80%) 500

Total original code 140