JPH0644271A - Device for generating intelligent slip - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically obtain a slip by filling out only essential items by a user without filling out all fields. CONSTITUTION:A slip field analyzing means 11 analyzes the kind of an unfilled split and analyzes dependency relation by using a field dependency table 15 wherein the dependency relation between slips and entry items are described. An essential field input process means 12 requests the user to fill out the essential fields of the slip obtained by the slip field analyzing means 11. A field value replenishing means 13 estimates and replenishes field values which are not filled out according to the field dependency relation and data stored in a data base 16.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Industrial applications]

[0001] The present invention relates to an intelligent voucher creating apparatus which can automatically create a voucher by filling in some required fields without the user having to fill in all the fields in creating the voucher. .

[Prior art]

An automatic voucher creating apparatus in a conventional example creates a voucher by defining an attribute called an issuer item in an arbitrary field when designing a voucher, as described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 64-38870. Sometimes, the data corresponding to that item is read from a file and automatically entered.

Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 64-7167 discloses that
A device that changes the form of a form to enable display operation of necessary items during input processing to the form, or Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-2
Japanese Patent No. 4779 discloses that a record including a plurality of key codes is designated by at least one key for data aggregation or deletion, and only a record including the key code is edited. .

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, predetermined data such as the creator and the creation date and time are automatically filled in the fields of the slip according to the program of the computer. Data that changes the order content, quantity, and delivery location are not automatically entered in the slip fields.

The present invention is for solving the above problems, and provides an intelligent voucher creating apparatus capable of inferring and filling in other fields related to the essential field from the essential field. The purpose is to

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the intelligent voucher creating apparatus of the present invention is a type of voucher form having mandatory fields that the user must enter and non-essential fields that the user does not have to enter. And the slip field analysis means (11) for analyzing the dependence relationship by the field dependence table (15) in which the dependence relationship between the fields of the slip is described, and the slip field analysis means (11). Required field input processing means (12) for performing input processing for the required fields of the slip, and the required field input processing means (1)
Field value replenishing means for retrieving a non-required field value from the database (16) based on the requisite field input value input by (2) and the field dependency table (15), and replenishing this to the non-required field ( 1
3) and.

[Work]

When the user designates a desired slip, the slip field analysis means analyzes the type of the electronically created slip form, and the fields of the slip are required fields and non-essential fields (called non-essential fields). ) And identify. Mandatory fields are items that must be entered by the user, and non-essential fields are items that can be automatically replenished by the device based on the information in the required fields without the user inputting them. Further, the slip field analysis means calls the field dependence table to check what kind of dependence each non-essential field has on which essential field. Then, the essential field input processing means performs input processing on the essential fields identified by the slip field analyzing means. The input process may, for example, display the required field to the user, prompt the user to enter a value for it, and when the user enters a required value in the required field based on the query, the entry is taken as the required field value. This is the process of registering with. The field value replenishing means searches the database based on the input value of the mandatory field input by the mandatory field input processing means and the dependency obtained by the field analyzing means for each non-essential field, and reads the data. , Automatically replenish as non-essential field data. It can be said that the dependency of each non-essential field on the mandatory field stored in the field dependence table represents a method of searching the database for the data of the non-essential field based on the data of the mandatory field. For example, in the field dependence table illustrated in FIG. 3 to be described later, the non-essential field "ordered-to party" indicates that it should be searched out from the class "parts" in the database based on the data of the "field name" of the mandatory field. ing. Therefore, the field value replenishing means can obtain the necessary data from the database based on this dependency. As described above, according to the present invention, by inputting only a required field that is a partial field of a slip, other non-essential fields can search for data based on the dependency relation to the required field and automatically supplement the data. Therefore, it is possible to improve the efficiency and simplification of slip creation.

【Example】

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the slip forming apparatus according to the present invention. The slip creating apparatus 10 of the present invention is
The slip field analysis unit 11, the required field input processing unit 12, the field value supplementing unit 13, the confirmation / correction unit 14, the field dependence table 15, and the directory 16 are included. Voucher field analysis means 11
Then, it is analyzed by reading the code attached to the slip form entered by the user that the type of the slip, for example, "order slip" 20 having the form as shown in FIG. Further, in the slip field analysis means 11, among the above-mentioned slip fields, the mandatory fields 22, 24 and 25 which must be input by the user,
A non-required field 21, which the user does not have to enter,
23, 26, 27 are distinguished and the non-essential fields 21,
Required fields 22, 2 for 23, 26, 27
Check the dependency relation with 4, 25. Required field 22,
24, 25 and non-essential fields 21, 23, 26, 27
The dependency relationship with and is described in the field dependency table 15 described later. The required field input processing means 12 inquires the user to fill in the required fields in the required fields 22, 24, 25 distinguished by the slip field analysis means 11. By this inquiry, the non-required fields 21, 23 filled by the user,
26 and 27 are replenished by the field value replenishing means 13. That is, the field value replenishing means 13 replenishes the non-essential fields dependent on the requisite fields 22, 24, 25 in order to replenish the field dependence table 15
The desired data is read from the directory 16 based on the dependency of In the present specification, the “directory” means an information management database.
In the confirmation / correction means 14, whether or not the items described in the slip are correct, or when it is desired to change the field value only this time, an input means (not shown) is used to enter a value different from the value in the directory 16. In this way, the slip is completed.

Next, specific order slips, field dependency tables, and directories will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 7. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an electronically created order slip, which is given as an example of the slip form 20. The order slip includes, for example, a supplier field 21, a product name field 22, a model number field 23, and a quantity field 2.
4, an orderer field 25, a delivery destination field 26, an extension field 27, and so on. And, of the above fields, mandatory field 2
2, 24 and 25 are marked (hatched in FIG. 2), and fields other than the mandatory fields 21, 23, 26 and 27 are not marked.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of an example of a field dependence table in a parts order slip. That is, field names and their dependency relationships are configured as a table, and data for replenishing non-essential fields can be retrieved from the directory 16 based on this field dependency table. In FIG. 3, the supplier field 21 (see FIG. 2), which is a non-essential field, is a mandatory field 22.
It means that the ordering party data can be searched from the directory 16 by the dependency relationship with the product name. That is, the "component (name = product name) / supplier" described as the dependency relationship of the supplier in the field dependency table 30 is "the value of the field of the supplier is that the name matches the product name in the component class of the directory. It is used as the value of the supplier field of the entry. " Similarly, the type field 23 (see FIG. 2), which is a non-essential field, has a dependency relationship with the product name, which is the essential field 22. The delivery destination field 26 (see FIG. 2), which is a non-essential field, has a dependency relationship with the orderer, which is the essential field 25. That is, from the dependency relationship of the delivery destination field "employee (name = orderer) / place", the delivery destination field contains the same data as the orderer field, which is a mandatory field of the slip, in the name field of the employee class in the directory. It means that the entry having is searched for and the value of the place field in the entry should be filled. Similarly, the extension field 27 (see FIG. 2), which is a non-essential field, has a dependency relationship with the orderer, which is the essential field 25.

FIG. 5 is a partial explanatory view of a part class in the directory. FIG. 5 exemplifies one entry of the part class, and this example relates to a 1/4 cartridge tape of the part classes in the database stored in the directory 16. Each entry of the part class of the directory 16 has fields such as name, model, price, or ordering party.

FIG. 6 is a partial explanatory view of employee classes in the directory. FIG. 6 shows an example of one entry of the employee class. In this example, the name of the employee class in the database of the directory 16 is an entry regarding Taro Yamada. Then, as entry data for Taro Yamada, as shown in FIG. 6, there are data fields such as affiliation, telephone number, and location.

Next, with reference to FIG. 8, description will be made of the order form 20 of the order form shown in FIG. 2 to the production of the completed order form 70 shown in FIG. The user instructs, for example, an order slip for parts by an input means (not shown) (step 81). Voucher field analysis means 1
In 1, a slip form 20 having a blank field is input from a storage unit (not shown). The slip field analysis means 11 analyzes that the type of the blank slip form 20 is a parts order slip 20 'by reading the code attached to the slip form (step 82). Further, the order slip 20 'is preliminarily provided with data indicating that the required fields are required so that the required fields can be distinguished from the fields other than the required fields. FIG. 2 shows a slip drawn on the display, which includes a product name field 22 and a quantity field 2.
4, the orderer field 25 is a required field, and the required portions are marked with diagonal lines based on the data, and fields other than the required fields, such as the ordering party field 21, the model number field 23, the delivery destination field 26, The extension field 27 is not marked. The required fields 22, 24, 25 of the order slip 20 'are detected by the above data (step 83). further,
The slip field analysis means 11 calls the field dependence table 30 from the field dependence table 15, for example, as shown in FIG. (Step 84). The mandatory field input processing means 12 requests the user to fill in the mandatory fields of the order slip 20 'displayed by the class indicating means (not shown). According to the request from the required field input processing means 12, the user can enter the product name field 2 as shown in FIG.
For example, 2 is filled with "1/4 cartridge tape", "3" is entered in the quantity field 24, and "Taro Yamada" is entered in the orderer field 25 (step 85). The field value supplementing means 13 estimates the fields other than the mandatory fields from the parts class 50 and the employee class 60 of the directory 16 based on the dependency relationship of the mandatory fields obtained by the slip field analyzing means 11. For example, for the field 21 of the ordering party of the order slip, a table of parts classes between directories is searched based on the dependency relationship data “parts (name = product name) / ordering party” of the field dependence table 30 of FIG. The name is "1
/ 4 cartridge tape "entry (Fig. 5). Then, the content "FX Industry" of the field of the ordering party of the entry is obtained and written as data of the field of the ordering party of the order slip 20 '. For the model field 23, the entry with the name "1/4 cartridge tape" is extracted in the same manner as above based on the dependency data "part (name = product name) / model" of the field dependence table 30. The field of the model number is read and written in the field of the model number of the order slip. Similarly, the delivery destination field 26 and extension field 2 of the order slip
As for No. 7, the name is Taro Yamada from the employee class in the directory 16 based on "employee (name = orderer) / place" and "employee (name = orderer) / telephone number" of the field dependence table 30. 6 is searched, the fields of the place and the telephone number are read, and the fields of the delivery destination and the extension of the order slip are respectively written. In this way, the order slip 70 as shown in FIG. 7 is obtained (step 86). After that, the confirmation / correction means 14 displays the order slip 70 on a display means (not shown) to confirm whether the order slip is the correct order slip desired by the user, and this time only, for example, at the delivery destination. If it is desired to change the place, etc., the field value is corrected by an input means (not shown) (step 87). In this way, the user can create a completed order slip from the slip creating apparatus 10 without filling in all the fields of the slip (step 88). Although an example using a directory as the database has been shown,
Databases of other formats may be used.

【The invention's effect】

According to the present invention, the user does not need to fill in all the fields of the voucher, but only fills in some of the mandatory fields, and estimates the field values to be filled in the other non-mandatory fields automatically. Will be filled in
It has become possible to streamline and simplify voucher creation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of a slip creating apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of an electronically-made order voucher given as an example of the voucher form 20.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a field dependency table in a parts order slip.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of an order slip in which mandatory fields are described.

FIG. 5 is a partial explanatory diagram of a part class.

[FIG. 6] Partial explanatory view of employee classes.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a completed order slip.

FIG. 8 is an operation flowchart of the slip creation device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Voucher creation device 11 ... Voucher field analysis means 12 ... Essential field input processing means 13 ... Field value supplementing means 14 ... Confirmation / correction means 15 ... Field dependency table 16 ... ·directory

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Analyzing the type of a voucher form having mandatory fields that the user must fill and non-essential fields that the user does not have to fill, and
A slip field analysis means for analyzing the dependency relationship by a field dependence table in which the dependency relationship between the fields of the slip is described, and an indispensable field input processing means for performing an input process for the indispensable field of the slip analyzed by the slip field analysis means. And field value replenishing means for retrieving the non-required field value from the database based on the input value of the requisite field input by the requisite field input processing means and the field dependence table, and replenishing this to the non-required field. An intelligent voucher creating device, comprising: