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GESTALT Customized
Integrated Information System (GESTALT CIIS)
The Gestalt Customized Integrated Information System (CIIS) as the name
implies is a customized and integrated information system that would
systematically process the information of a company or an organization.
The functions of a Gestalt CIIS or any reliable information system in
general are: (1) to allow the users to capture pertinent data, (2) store and
organize the captured data in a database, (3) printout forms using the captured
data, (4) generate reports using captured data and if necessary (5) pass captured
data to another system for further processing.
A company or an organization is normally driven by business processes
that produce data or use data to perform its day to day functions. In the Gestalt CIIS, a business process is
equivalent to a module that either captures data or uses data. A module can be one of these four types: (1)
data entry, (2) a form, (3) a report or (4) an interface with other system. The module or business process is used as a
basis for scoping and costing the development and implementation of the
information system.
The customization of the information system is to make it flexible to
conform to the business processes of the organization. Two levels of customization are done. The first level is on the business process
flow. This level defines how the information
is processed and how data are passed from one user to the next user. The second level is on the presentation of
the module itself. The customization
defines what information is presented on the screen and where the fields are to
be displayed. How the field are to be
displayed such as putting emphasis by the use of different colors or font types
is part of the customization.
We put a lot of emphasis on the ‘integrated’ feature within and beyond
the information system to ensure that data are entered into the system only
once and can be used by different users for different purposes. This ‘integrated’ feature will likewise help
preserve the integrity of data captured inside the database.
The following are the additional features of the Gestalt CIIS:
- Multiple
users can access simultaneously any module in the system.
- The
security administrator can define only who can access only which module and how
data will be presented, processed and/or secured.
- All
transactions have timestamp and the name of the user who processed the record.
- All data
changes have audit trail.
- All data
have drill-down capability to view the details.
- The system
has the provision to archive historical data.
- An online
help facility discusses in details the function of each module and describes
thoroughly the module and the valid values of each and every field.
- Transactions
have provisions to be posted real-time, highly recommended.
- Data can
easily be exported to any external data format.
- Database
of client’s Gestalt CIIS project history for version control.
The following are the technical features of the Gestalt CIIS:
- The
Gestalt CIIS is developed under the Powerbuilder software development
environment. The user interfaces are
Windows based thus easy for users to adapt.
- The Gestalt
CIIS can run on any selected database such as MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle, Sybase, MS
Access, etc. The MS SQL and MySQL
versions are readily implement-able.
- The
Gestalt CIIS database can be accessed via web-based applications. Gestalt can also develop the web-based
applications if requested.
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