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The johnson space center management information systems (jscmis): an interface for organizational databases
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Bishop, Peter C. Erickson, Lloyd |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | The Management Information and Decision Support Environment (MIDSE) is a research activity to build and test a prototype of a generic human interface on the Johnson Space Center (JSC) Information Network (CIN). The existing interfaces were developed specifically to support operations rather than the type of data which management could use. The diversity of the many interfaces and their relative difficulty discouraged occasional users from attempting to use them for their purposes. The MIDSE activity approached this problem by designing and building an interface to one JSC data base - the personnel statistics tables of the NASA Personnel and Payroll System (NPPS). The interface was designed against the following requirements: generic (use with any relational NOMAD data base); easy to learn (intuitive operations for new users); easy to use (efficient operations for experienced users); self-documenting (help facility which informs users about the data base structure as well as the operation of the interface); and low maintenance (easy configuration to new applications). A prototype interface entitled the JSC Management Information Systems (JSCMIS) was produced. It resides on CIN/PROFS and is available to JSC management who request it. The interface has passed management review and is ready for early use. Three kinds of data are now available: personnel statistics, personnel register, and plan/actual cost. |
| File Size | 2189425 |
| Page Count | 62 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19910004049 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t04z06d11 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-02-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Documentation And Information Science Management Information Systems Data Retrieval Information Retrieval Data Base Management Systems Information Management Personnel Data Bases Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
