JPH1027158A - Computer system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To evade the concentration of processes on a host computer and efficiently and speedily perform the processes by equipping a terminal machine with an input data editing control program which detect whether or not there is an error in input data and edits the input data into specific format. SOLUTION: A work station 11 as the terminal machine has an input data editing control part 12, an input data processing control part 13, an output data editing control part 14, and an output data processing control part 15 inside. Then those control parts are actualized by a program in the work station 11 and a check on the input data, its editing and processing, and the processing of process result data are all done in the work station 11. Consequently, the load of the processes on the host computer 10 is lightened and even if there is an error in the input data, the frequency of data transmission and reception through a communication line, etc., is reduced to enable efficient and speedy processing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a computer system, and more particularly to a data editing process in a computer system in which a host computer and a plurality of terminals are connected by a communication line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional computer system, data is input from a terminal such as a workstation, and this data is transmitted to a host computer to perform predetermined processing.
A system for returning a processing result to a terminal is known. That is, the input data is subjected to editing processing such as data correctness check, digit alignment, addition or removal of codes, data conversion, etc., based on management information in the host computer. Here, if there is an error in the input data, a message of the error content is transmitted to the terminal and displayed, or the input condition in the screen is held in the terminal, and the error content is transmitted to the terminal. To display the error location directly on the screen.

[0003] When the processing result of an online program in a host computer is transmitted to a terminal and displayed on a display, a code is added, removed, and / or added to data of the processing result in the host computer. Performs transmission editing processing including inversion, zero suppression, decimal point alignment, right justification, left justification, etc., edits data in a format suitable for the terminal, transmits it to the terminal, and sends it to the terminal display. Is displayed.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional computer system, the data input from each workstation is edited by the host computer, so that the processing load is concentrated on one host computer. was there.

Since the editing process is performed by the host computer, when an error is detected in the input data, a message to that effect is sent from the host computer to the terminal, and then the corrected data is transmitted to the terminal. Since the data is transmitted via the communication line many times, for example, transmitted to the host computer, the communication line is wasted, and the system itself requires a long processing time. .

In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a computer system which enables efficient and quick processing by eliminating waste of communication lines and avoiding concentration of processing on a host computer. Aim.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a computer system according to the present invention comprises a host computer storing a predetermined main program and a plurality of terminals connected by a communication line. In a computer system in which a host computer performs processing in accordance with a main program based on input data, the terminal detects whether there is an error in the input data and edits the input data into a predetermined format. It is characterized by having.

In the computer system of the present invention, the above-mentioned terminal includes not only a workstation and the like, but also a terminal such as a cash dispenser used for depositing and withdrawing money at a bank and the like. As the main program, one or more arbitrary numbers are stored in the host computer.

It is preferable that the terminal has a management information file to be referred to for detecting the presence or absence of an error in the input data. In this case, the processing by the editing processing unit is performed quickly. The management information file includes a field for input data, whether or not data in the field is omitted, a data size, a data attribute, and addition, removal, and / or addition of a code.
Alternatively, it is preferable to use a table format including data related to at least one of the inversion processing in comparison with the data.

Preferably, the terminal further comprises an output data editing control program for editing the processing result data sent from the host computer into a predetermined format. In this case, the output data editing control program adds and / or converts a sign, suppresses zero to the processing result data,
It is preferable to include at least one of decimal point alignment, right justification, and left justification.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be further described based on embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The computer system according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of workstations 11 capable of screen display and keyboard input;
It comprises a single host computer 10 that operates with the online program 101 and controls the workstation station.

The workstation 11 includes an input data editing control unit 12 for checking input data input from an operator or a user, and an input data processing unit for processing the checked input data into data that can be transmitted via a communication line. A control unit 13, an output data editing control unit 14 for performing an editing process on the processing result data sent from the host computer 10, and an output data for processing the edited processing result data into data suitable for display on a terminal device It includes a processing control unit 15 and a screen display control unit 16 that uses the processed input data and output data as screen display data.
These control units are all realized by a program in the workstation, and can be activated independently of the main program.

In the workstation 11, a screen object storage file 17 having screen information for inputting by a workstation operator or user as a file for each function and for each screen, data contents to be held by the input data, A data field information management file 18 having a table for specifying data attributes and the like for each input item, a data processing required for transmitting the input data to the host computer, and a processing result data received from the workstation. And a processing information management file 19 having information for data processing necessary for processing into the data in the table.

2 to 4 exemplify the contents of the screen object storage file 17, the field information management file 18, and the processing information management file 19, respectively. The screen object storage file 17 includes a field information management name indicating a function (work) name, names of input screens required during the work, for example, screen names such as a password input screen and an amount input screen, and the like. An input screen file (screen object file) composed of a screen display showing the display contents of the display at that time is stored for each input screen. When the user specifies, for example, a work name and input items, the screen content of the input screen file is displayed on the display for each input item, and the display prompts the user to input data. The input data is separately stored in a memory in the workstation as input data.

The field information management file 18 includes a field number indicating an input item, omission information for specifying whether or not to omit data input, field position information for specifying a display position on a screen, and the number of digits of input numbers. , And information specified in advance for items input by the user, such as attributes of input data, for example, field attribute information that specifies attributes such as alphanumeric characters and Japanese. The processing information management file 19 describes processing information for processing input data for each field number. This information includes, for example, processing information for adding an online program name and a screen object name to transmission data, processing information for unifying the number of digits of input data to a predetermined number of digits, and work information corresponding to a work name. Processing information such as adding a sign such as plus / minus before the number is included.

FIGS. 5A and 5B illustrate the data contents of a transmission text sent from the workstation to the host computer and a processing result text transmitted from the host computer to the workstation, respectively. The transmission text sequentially includes an online program name and a screen object name, an instruction to omit necessary data for each field number, a data length, and data contents. In this example, the data length and data of the second field are omitted according to the content of the omission instruction. The processing result text sequentially includes a screen object name, an online program name, and processing result data.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing from data input at the workstation to transmission to the host computer. The processing in the computer system of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The workstation 11 reads the screen object corresponding to the process requested by the user from the screen object storage file 17. Screen display control unit 1
By the operation of 6, the contents are displayed on the display (step S1). The user is prompted by the displayed screen, inputs data in each field in the screen corresponding to the screen, and presses the transmission key when the input is completed (step S).
2).

When the transmission key is depressed, the input data editing control unit 12 operates to collate each field information data in the field information management file 18 with the input data, and determine whether or not the permitted characters, the number of digits, and the attributes are correct. In addition to making the determination, data processing such as addition, removal, and / or inversion of the sign is performed (step S3). If the input data is incorrect,
The input data editing control unit 12 adds error information to the screen in the input state, activates the screen display control unit 16, and causes the screen to be displayed again on the display in the workstation 11 (step S4). If there is no error in the input data, the input data processing information control unit 13 operates, and the input data is processed into a transmission text (FIG. 4A) based on the information in the processing information management file 19 (step S1). S5).

The input data processing control unit 13 checks whether there is an error in data processing (step S6), and if there is no error (step S7), transmits the created transmission text to the host computer 10 (step S7). Step S
8). This transmission text is sent to the online program 10
1 and necessary processing is performed.

When the processing by the online program 101 is completed, the processing result text is stored in the host computer 1.
0 is transmitted to the workstation 11 and the processing is performed again in the workstation. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing at this time.

When the processing of the online program is completed (step S11), the host computer 10 sends the processing result text (FIG. 4B) to the workstation 11
(Step S12). Upon receiving the processing result text, the workstation 11 activates the output data editing control unit 14. Output data editing control unit 1
4 refers to the screen object name at the head of the processing result text, and from the screen object storage file 17,
The corresponding screen object file is extracted (step S13).

The output data editing control unit 14 searches for and extracts field information data in the field information management file 18 by referring to the field information management name of the extracted screen object file (step S14).
Further, by referring to the processing information name in the extracted field information data, the processing information data in the processing information management file 19 is searched and extracted (step S15).

When the extraction of the processing information data is completed, the output data editing control unit 14 adds a code to the processing result data in the processing result text based on the extracted field information data and the processing information data. , Removal and / or
Alternatively, editing processing such as inversion, suppression of zeros, and decimal point alignment is performed (step S16). Next, the output data processing control unit 1
5 is activated, and the data that has been edited is processed using the field information data and the processing information data, such as right-justified and left-justified processing. This data is embedded in the field (step S17).

Editing of the processing result data (step S1)
6) and the process of embedding data in the fields (step S17) are repeated until all fields to be output are completed. When the embedding process of all output fields is completed, the screen object data is displayed on the display by the screen display control unit 16 (step S1).
8).

In the embodiment described above, the input data editing control unit 12, the input data processing control unit 13, the output data editing control unit 14, and the output data processing control unit 15 are provided in the workstation, so that the input data Since the checking, editing, processing of transmission data, and processing of processing result data can all be performed in the workstation 11, the processing load on the host computer 10 is reduced. Further, even if there is an error or the like in the input data, the number of times of data transmission / reception using a communication line or the like is reduced, the use of the communication line is reduced, and efficient and quick processing becomes possible.

As described above, the present invention has been described based on the preferred embodiments.
It is not limited only to the configuration of the above embodiment,
A computer system in which various modifications and changes have been made from the configuration of the above embodiment is also included in the scope of the present invention.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, the processing load conventionally concentrated on the host computer is distributed to each terminal, and unnecessary use of the communication line is also eliminated. The present invention has a remarkable effect that enables efficient operation of a computer system.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a computer system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view illustrating the contents of an object storage file in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating the contents of a field information management file of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view illustrating the contents of a processing information management file in FIG. 1;

5A and 5B are schematic diagrams illustrating the contents of a transmission text and a processing result text transmitted by the computer system of FIG. 1, respectively;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing processing of input data in the computer system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing of processing result data in the computer system of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 host computer 101 online program 11 workstation 12 input data editing control unit 13 input data processing control unit 14 output data editing control unit 15 output data processing control unit 16 screen display control unit 17 screen object storage file 18 field information management file 19 processing Information management file

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A computer system in which a host computer storing a predetermined main program and a plurality of terminals are connected by a communication line, and the host computer performs processing according to the main program based on input data input from the terminals. 5. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal includes an input data editing control program for detecting presence or absence of an error in the input data and editing the input data into a predetermined format. 2. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal includes a management information file that is referred to detect whether there is an error in the input data. 3. The management information file includes a field of input data, and whether or not data in the field is omitted.
Data size, data attributes, addition of sign,
3. A table format including data related to at least one of the removal and / or inversion processing in a table format.
A computer system according to claim 1. 4. The computer according to claim 1, wherein said terminal further comprises an output data editing control program for editing the processing result data sent from the host computer into a predetermined format.
The computer system according to any one of the above. 5. The output data editing control program according to claim 1,
A code is added, removed, and / or
Or performing at least one of inversion, zero suppression, decimal place alignment, right justification, and left justification.
A computer system according to claim 1.