JPS63178327A - Automatic software formation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable an end user to develop software efficiently by automatically forming a program for executing required work at the time of inputting specifications describing only the requests of work. CONSTITUTION:When the end user inputs work requesting information such as the names of files/documents, layout information, data structure information, and calculating method information from a specification input part 1 through a user terminal equipment, an output processing order determining part 6 determines the output processing order of respective output files/documents. When the array of data to be used by the data specification structure information is not coincident, a job step array forming part 8 adds necessary sorting processing to the output processing order information on the basis of the output processing order information, forms intermediate file information and a job step array and successively accumulates the formed results respectively in an intermediate file information accumulating part 10 and a job step array information accumulating part 9. A job step processing forming part 11 forms programs included in respective job steps and accumulates the formed programs in a formed source program accumulating part 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an automatic software generation method, and particularly to an automatic software generation method that can efficiently develop software for batch processing operations in the business field.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, when developing bulk business software, the first step is to determine the business requirements for the software to be developed, the second step is to create a job flow for the target software (14) based on the determined business requirements, and A third step was required to create each job step in the job flow.This required a third step to create each job step in the job flow.Therefore, the person in charge of work on the first step, or the end user, and the second and third steps Do the work about,
Will the work be carried out in cooperation with information processing engineers?

Alternatively, there was a need for personnel who had both business IXJ knowledge and information processing technology.

Furthermore, most of the tools that support these software development steps support only the third step, that is, the creation of programs for individual jib steps in a job flow. Therefore, knowledge of information processing technology was still necessary.

In addition, some tools that support the second step support the creation of a job flow by inputting the business requirements, but this is a method that uses knowledge of information processing to automatically generate a warped job flow. This is a method of manually adjusting the desired size.

Furthermore, knowledge of information processing was also required to create programs for each individual job step in the J3B job created.

Note 1. Related devices of this type include, for example, development support software that automatically generates system flows.
No. 0, pages 121 to 136''.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the above conventional technology, in order to develop software, not only the requirements of the target business are designed, but also machine processing technology such as dividing each job step related to realization and dividing each divided job
Requires knowledge of implementation methods such as step program design and manufacturing. For this reason, software development was difficult for end users alone.

In addition, end needs will design the target business and information processing I
! l! Even when personnel design and manufacture implementation methods, business requirements such as data calculation methods must be input into program design, so there is a risk that software that does not match the end user's business requirements will be developed. was there.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve these problems and provide an automatic software generation method that allows software to be developed based solely on business requests made by end users.

[Means for deciding the issue]

In order to achieve the above object, the automatic software generation method of the present invention provides an automatic software generation system that automatically generates programs for batch processing data such as invoices.・Layout information such as the name of the form, input/output cuff file, data item name, position, number of digits, type, etc. included in the form.

Sort order information of data included in input/output cuff files, forms, etc.
Data structures such as control break information indicating timing for outputting total items or page breaks, and
It consists of calculation method information for obtaining each data item such as output files and forms, and includes a means for inputting business information necessary for the above batch processing, and a calculation method based on the input business request information by the input means. The step of determining the generation order of files, forms, etc. according to the data input/output relationship stipulated in the legal information, and the step of determining the data between the files, forms, etc. generated according to the generation order and the files referenced at the time of generation. If the sort order is different, it is decided to perform a sorting process to rearrange the referenced files/records in the same order as the data of the output file/form, etc., before generating the file/form, etc., and further, By making the data structure of the intermediate file that holds the sort results the same as the reference file 5, and making the data structure of the intermediate file the same as the output file, form, etc., the job step sequence of the software to be created and the intermediate file are a means for generating information, and a means for generating business request information inputted by the input means, control information of a job step program generated by the generation means, layout information of input/output cuff files, forms, etc. A step of determining the nest structure as many times as the number of data layers according to the data structure information.

Then, insert the program code generated from the calculation method of data items such as output files and forms into the corresponding place in the program code generated from the program control traversal information determined in that step, and also change the input/output cuff file layout. The present invention is characterized in that it includes means for generating a program for each step by combining program codes of data definition portions generated from information to generate a program.

[Effect]

In the present invention, the information on the business software to be created that is input into the computer system does not include the execution order of job steps or the means for realizing it by computer, such as program structure, and is limited to only the business requirements. Therefore, even end users can input it.

Further, since the job step sequence, uniform intermediate file li, and individual job step programs can be automatically generated using only the input information, it is possible to automatically generate software based only on business requests.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional configuration diagram of an automatic software generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The automatic software generation system of this embodiment includes a terminal device, a specification input section 1. Input/output specification storage unit 2゜Layout specification storage unit 3. Data structure specification storage unit 4, generation formula specification storage unit 5. Output processing order determining unit 6゜Output processing order information storage unit 7
．． Job step sequence creation section 8. Jigo step sequence information storage section 9. Intermediate file/file information storage unit 10. It includes a job step process generation section 11 and a generated source program storage section 12.

1: t-ff1 input unit 1 inputs specification information of a task to be created from a terminal device.

Input/output specification storage section 2. Layout specification storage unit 3゜Daily structure specification storage unit 4. The generation formula specification storage unit 5 stores the specification information input from the specification input unit 1.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the contents of the input/output specification storage section in one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, among the specification information input by the specification input unit 1, the input/output specification storage unit 2 accumulates information on the name of the target business, the name of the input/output cafe, and the type of input/output. .

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the name of the target business is payroll processing, and the files used are the payment clear file, personnel salary square, tough aisle, and cash payment file.

This pay statement file and the person $#a4 master file are used only for input, and the cash pay file is used for input/output. Further, it is indicated that the outputted form is one of the denomination tables.

FIG. 3 is an example of the form layout information of the denomination table in one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an example of the layout information of the cash payment file in one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 1, from among the specification information input by the specification input unit 1, the layout specification storage unit 3 stores layout information such as input/output cuff office of the target business, two-digit number of position of each item in the form, and attributes. do.

For example, as shown in Figure 3, the denomination table includes ***Denomination table*
The main title ** is displayed, and the department code and department name are displayed as header items.

In each denomination table, a title is displayed, indicating that one department code is a 3-digit numeric item, and the department name is a 20-digit kanji item. In addition, detailed items that each have multiple items include employee code, name, cash payment amount, and each denomination (
10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, 1,000 yen, etc.) are shown, and the title, number of digits, and attributes are shown for each item. This attribute includes an employee code represented by a 7-digit numerical item, a name represented by a 14-digit kanji character item, and the like. Furthermore, the total items include the total amount of cash paid and the total number of coins for each denomination, and although the table and title are only the departmental totals, the total amount of cash paid and the total number of digits for each denomination are The number of digits and attributes are shown for each. Note that the output position of each item on the form is also indicated by the arrangement as shown in FIG.

For example, as shown in Figure 6, each record in the cash payment file includes employee code, name 1 department code, department name,
It is composed of the payment amount, the payment date February 2016, and 11 data items, and the data item for January 2018 is shown to be a subordinate data item to the payment year, month, and month. Each item also shows attributes such as type and number of digits. For example, the number of digits of the employee code is 7, indicating that it is a numerical type. Note that similar layout information is also accumulated for the payment details file and the personnel salary file.

FIG. 5 is a denomination table in one embodiment of the present invention.

and a data structure opening to the cash disbursement file.

As shown in FIG. 1, from among the specification information input from the specification input unit 1, the data structure specification storage unit 4 calculates the number of people in the target business, the total order of data in the form, and the timing for page breaks. 7 For example, as shown in Figure 5(a), the data output to the form (denomination table) is output in ascending order of department code, and data within the same department is Then, the output will be in ascending order of the employee code.7 Also, when the department code of each output data changes, the department total data will be output, the page of the denomination table will be changed, and when the output is finished, The grand total will be output.

For example, regarding the data structure information for the cash payment file, each record of the cash payment file should be stored in ascending order of employee code, as shown in (h). In addition,
Similar data structure information is stored in the data structure specification storage unit 4 regarding the pay details file and the personnel@assignment master file.

FIG. 6 shows a generation formula information opening for a denomination table in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 shows a generation formula information opening for a cash payment file in an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, from among the specification information input by the specification input unit 1, the generation formula specification storage unit 5 generates a generation formula that indicates how to obtain each data item in the @ slip and file output in the target business. Multiply the information by M.

For example, as shown in Figure 6, the department data output on the form (denomination table) is composed of a department code and a department name.
It is shown that the department code is obtained from the department code in the cash payment file, and the department name is obtained from the department name in the cash payment file.

Regarding employee data, the number of 10,000 yen bills is the value obtained by dividing the output cash payment amount M by toooo, and the number of 5,000 yen bills is calculated from the output cash payment amount. It shows the value obtained by subtracting 10,000 times the number of 10,000 yen bills and dividing it by 5,000.
It consists of items such as 10,000 yen and 5,000 yen, and the cash payment amount is the total cash payment amount for employees in each department. It is shown that it is the sum of the numbers.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7, regarding the generation formula information for the cash payment file, each data item (employee code, name, etc.) included in the cash payment file.

The generation formula for each y (department, division code, department name, payment amount, payment date, month, month, etc.), that is, how to calculate the value, is shown.

For example, when calculating the value of the employee code item, indicate that it is calculated from the value of the employee code item in the payment statement file,
Indicates that the value of the name item is obtained from the value of the name item in the pay statement file. Further, the value of the payment amount item is determined by subtracting the value of the transfer amount item of the personnel salary file from the value of the payment amount item of the payment statement file.

The output processing @Ili order determining unit 6 outputs the input/output file form information indicated in the input/output specification information in the input/output specification storage unit 2, each output file in the generation formula specification storage unit 5, and the form generation formula. The order of output processing of each output file and form is determined based on the information.

Further, this determination is made based on each file indicated in the generation formula information in the generation formula specification storage unit 5 and information on the file used when creating the form item value.

FIG. 8 is a diagram of an output processing order determining unit in an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the output processing order information storage section 7 stores the output processing order information created by the output processing order determining section 6.

Regarding the accumulated information, as shown in FIG. 8, since the generation formula for the denomination table refers to the cash payment file, the processing for generating the denomination table is executed after the generation of the cash payment file. .

Based on the output order information stored in the output processing order information storage section 7, the daily output sequence creation section 8 uses the data structure specification information stored in the data structure specification storage section 4,
Sort processing is added to the output order information as necessary, and processing is performed to create a jigob step sequence and intermediate file information.

The job step sequence information thus created is stored in the job step sequence information storage unit 9, and the intermediate file information is stored in the intermediate file information storage unit 10.

FIG. 9 is a flow step information opening in one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, for the job step information accumulated in the job step information storage section 9, the employee code is Data is stored in ascending order of department codes, but in the denomination table, data is output in ascending order of department codes, and for employee data with the same department code, data is output in ascending order of employee codes. As shown in FIG. 9, a process for sorting the cash payment file in ascending order of department codes is inserted.

In addition, in the cash payment file generation process, the data order is the same for the input payment details file, file, personnel salary master file, and the output cash payment file, so it is necessary to insert the sort process. do not have.

The intermediate file information storage unit IO stores intermediate file specification information having the same layout specifications as the cash disbursement file and data structure specifications including the same sort order information as the denomination table.

The job step processing generation unit 11 performs processing to generate each job step in the job step sequence information storage unit 9.2 In other words, for the program included in each job step, the job step processing generation unit 11 has nest groove structures as many as the number of layers of input and output data. a first step of generating program control structure information;
The program code corresponding to each of the program control structure information generated in the step, the input/output file of the layout specification storage section 3, the form layout information, and the calculation formula information of the output file/form item of the generation formula specification M connection section 5. The second step of generating and combining them automatically generates software.

Regarding the processing of the job step processing generation unit 11, for example, C0
Development of n0L program generation system O8・■, Kono and Soto 1, Hitachi Review Vol. 65, 7), July 1983, No. 53
The method is similar to the method described in "Page 58" and is generally known.

The generated source program storage unit 12 stores each source program generated by the job step processing generation unit 11.

FIG. 1O is a processing flowchart of the automatic software generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. With such a configuration, the automatic software generation system of this embodiment allows an end user to input the specification input unit 1 through a terminal device. From file/form name.

When business request information such as layout information, data structure information, and calculation method information is input (10L), the output processing order determining unit 6 determines the output processing order of each output file/form (102).

Next, based on the output processing order information, the job step sequence creation unit 8 performs sorting necessary for the output processing order information if the order of the data to be used does not match according to the data specification structure information (103). Add processing, create intermediate file information, and job step sequence (104, 10
5) Sequentially stored in the intermediate file information storage unit lO9 and the Jimibstaff sequence information storage unit 9.

Furthermore, the jigob step processing generation unit 11 generates program control structure information having a nested structure equal to the number of layers of input/output data from this information. Generates corresponding program codes from the input/output file/form layerer/information and the output file of the generation formula specification storage unit 5/calculation formula information of 48 vote items, combines them, and includes them in each jigob step. +07) to create a program that will
(108).

【Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, by inputting specifications that describe only business requirements, it is possible to automatically generate a program that executes a desired business, thereby allowing end users to efficiently develop software. is possible.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a functional configuration diagram of an automatic software generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of an input/output specification storage section according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a layout information side view of a cash disbursement file in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a side view of the data structure information for the denomination and cash payment file in one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a side view of generation formula information for a denomination in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a side view of generation information for a cash disbursement file in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is an output processing order information diagram in an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 9 is a job step information opening in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 10 is a diagram of an automatic software generation system in an embodiment of the present invention. It is a processing flowchart. 1: Specification input section, 2: Input/output specification storage section, 3: Layout specification storage section, 4: Data structure specification storage section, 5: Generation formula specification storage section, 6: Output processing order determination section, 7: Output processing order information Storage section, 8 Gob step string creation section, 9 Gob step string information storage section, 10: Intermediate file information storage section, 11 Gob step processing generation section, 12: Generated source program storage section. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 4 Figure 5 (a) Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an automatic software generation system that automatically generates software for batch processing data such as invoices, the names of files and forms that serve as input and output of the above automatic software generation system, and the files and forms that serve as input and output. etc., layout information such as data item name, position, number of digits, type, etc., information on the order of data contained in the input/output file/form, etc., controls indicating the timing to output total items or page breaks. A means for inputting business information necessary for the batch processing, which comprises a data structure such as break information, and calculation method information for obtaining each data item such as the file and form to be output, and the input means. a step of determining the generation order of the files, forms, etc., according to the data input/output relationship specified in the calculation method information, based on the input information of the business request;
If the data order of the file/form etc. that is generated according to the generation order and the file referenced at the time of generation is different, the referenced file/record is replaced with the output data of the file/form etc. It is decided to perform a sorting process to arrange the file in the same order as before generating the file/form, etc., and furthermore, the layout of the intermediate file that holds the sorting result is the same as that of the reference file, and the intermediate file Means for generating a job step sequence and intermediate file information of the software to be created by making the data structure of the file the same as the output file/form, etc., and the business request inputted by the input means. information, and the job step information and intermediate file information generated by the generation means,
A step of determining the control structure of the program of each job step as a nested structure equal to the number of data layers according to the layout information and data structure information of the input/output file/form, etc., and the program determined in this step. Insert the program code generated from the calculation method of the data item such as the file/form that will be the output into the corresponding place in the program code generated from the control structure information, and then generate it from the layout information of the file that will be the input/output. The system includes means for generating a program for each job step by combining the program code of the data definition part that has been created, and automatically generates a software program based only on the business request information input by the end user. An automatic software generation method characterized by generating.