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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2008
Macam S. Dattathreya, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
William Philip Shaouy, Atlanta, GA (US);
Russell Thomas White, Jr., Conklin, NY (US);
Macam S. Dattathreya, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
William Philip Shaouy, Atlanta, GA (US);
Russell Thomas White, Jr., Conklin, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and associated method for verifying an attribute in records for a procurement application. The procurement application employs a database having a company profile record, a user profile record, and a requisition object record, among which share a company_code attribute as a target attribute that is desired to be valid. The company profile record has a validity attribute, and the requisition object record has a validity flag, to indicate validities of the value for the target attribute in respective record. A company profile configuration module configures the company profile record. A user profile verification module prohibits a user without a valid user profile from accessing the procurement application. A user profile cleanup program removes invalid user profile records from the database. A requisition object verification module checks out valid values for the company_code attribute from the company profile records and blocks modification to invalid requisition objects.