Abstract: A method for processing personnel change requests (PCRs), the method including: identifying a wizard configured for a particular PCR of the PCRs, the PCR having multiple steps; invoking the wizard for guiding a user through first ones of the steps, the first ones of the steps prompting the user for a first set of data associated with the PCR; storing the first set of data in a temporary storage device; invoking the wizard for guiding another user through second ones of the steps, the second ones of the steps prompting the another user for a second set of data associated with the PCR; storing the second set of data in the temporary storage device; monitoring a status of the PCR; and transferring the first and second sets of data from the temporary storage device to a database in response to detecting a particular status of the PCR.

Abstract: A method for processing changes to a database, the method including: receiving a request to alter data stored in the database, the request including data being entered in one or more steps wherein each of the steps displays one or more data fields associated with the step; generating a plurality of records based on the received request, wherein the records reflect a particular grouping of the data fields configured to abstract a data model used by the database; temporarily storing the plurality of records in a table; determining whether the request should be processed to alter the data stored in the database; and in response to the determination, modifying the data stored in the database in accordance with the plurality of records stored in the table.