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• Allowing organisation business analysts and
knowledgeable and power end users to
directly and securely define or modify the
application logic to suit local business
functions, has virtually unlimited potential
to offer increased efficiency due to rapid
concept turnaround into concrete solutions,
and reducing the high cost of using
dependent vendor resources.
• When combined with the ability to merge
multiple meta-data EIS applications, and
their common functions progressively
mapped to a single structure facilitating
rapid data and application integration,
without coding. (Davis, 2005)
• All Variant Logic is also preserved during
automated meta-data application updates
that may be provided by the originating
vendor or developer. Any logical conflicts
that may arise during the update can be
precisely identified to minimise any re-
definition changes that may be required to
the user meta-data customisations to avoid
wholesale re-engineering efforts.
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