Technical Documentation

• Database Structure - iHRIS makes use of multiple tables in a relational database (MySQL) to store its data in. This article describes several of the tables used by iHRIS, in particular the user table and the tables used for audited form data changes.

• Module Structure -- This tutorial describes the iHRIS Module Structure. An iHRIS module is a collection of various types of "code" by the features that they provide to the system.
  • Modules Lists
  • File Search Paths -- The file search utility lets you easily categorize different files and make them available to iHRIS. It also allows you to copy a file from the core iHRIS Suite into your site customization to make changes there, without having to modify the core iHRIS software.
  • Configuration (Magic) Data -- Magic Data is a mechanism intended to handle dynamic site-level configuration data. It is the basis of much of the functionality provided by the IntraHealth Informatics Core Engine (I2CE), including how pages are served and how custom reports are made.
    • Magic Data Storage Mechanisms -- Magic data provides a central mechanism for configuring iHRIS. This magic data is stored in a database table. Due to frequent access of the data, a caching mechanism is needed to keep the database load down. For this reason, several magic data storage mechanisms