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Desirable Overall System Capabilities

Each module should provide the following capabilities:

• Will be designed to work with Microsoft BackOffice

• Will be designed to provide for the DATA WAREHOUSE concept including loading historical data from the current system; automated archival of on-going maintenance; and retrieval capabilities of all historical and archived data

• Integration with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and upgradeable to SQL 2000

• Should maximize online, real-time user maintained tables for system control and decision-making. Codes will be easily definable and selected by point and click technology.

• Common modules should support electronic funds transfer by integration with the SQL Server 7.0 database

• Fields on all screens should be automatically formatted (e.g. dates should have slashes, social security number should have dashes, etc)

• Whenever possible, data entry screens should utilize point and click lists or drop down lists for intuitive data entry

• End-user friendly ad-hoc queries and reporting features should include multiple field selection, sort, multi-level totals and numeric calculations. Output selection to choice of printers, files, screens

• Should provide complete on-line manuals and context sensitive help screens

• Multi-level administrator defined security