APRiL: A DSL for Payroll Reporting

Xiaorui Zhang, Yun Lin, Øystein Haugen

2009

Abstract

The highly diverse payroll reporting structures within and between organizations pose challenges to enterprise information system vendors. Producing the database scripts for customized configuration of payroll reporting has been traditionally a costly manual process. We show how this process can be automated and made less error-prone and more user-friendly by introducing a combination of Model-Driven Development (MDD) and a Domain Specific Language (DSL). This paper addresses the development of Agresso Payroll Reporting Language (APRiL), a DSL to describe payroll structures and hierarchies. The language is supported by tailored tools created with open source technologies on Eclipse. We look at the potential implications of our approach on the development of payroll reporting system, along with its advantages and challenges. We also explore possible improvements and application of our approach in other areas of enterprise information systems.

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in Harvard Style

Zhang X., Lin Y. and Haugen Ø. (2009). APRiL: A DSL for Payroll Reporting . In Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Future Trends of Model-Driven Development - Volume 1: FTMDD, (ICEIS 2009) ISBN 978-989-8111-95-1, pages 23-32. DOI: 10.5220/0002197500230032


in Bibtex Style

@conference{ftmdd09,
author={Xiaorui Zhang and Yun Lin and Øystein Haugen},
title={APRiL: A DSL for Payroll Reporting },
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Future Trends of Model-Driven Development - Volume 1: FTMDD, (ICEIS 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={23-32},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002197500230032},
isbn={978-989-8111-95-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Future Trends of Model-Driven Development - Volume 1: FTMDD, (ICEIS 2009)
TI - APRiL: A DSL for Payroll Reporting
SN - 978-989-8111-95-1
AU - Zhang X.
AU - Lin Y.
AU - Haugen Ø.
PY - 2009
SP - 23
EP - 32
DO - 10.5220/0002197500230032