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Monarch (software)

Monarch is a report mining tool used to extract and re-use data from computer-generated human-readable reports. With Monarch, users define models that describe the layout and extraction of data in the report. This allows end-users to efficiently re-purpose data from existing reports over which they have no control. The first version of Monarch was published in 1990 for MS-DOS. Monarch for Windows was released in 1994. The latest release is version 2025.1. Monarch was originally developed by Math Strategies for Personics Corporation, which was acquired by Datawatch Corporation in 1991. Datawatch Corporation was later acquired by Altair Engineering in 2018, which itself was acquired by Siemens in 2025. Over 500,000 copies of Monarch have been licensed, and the software is in use in over 40,000 organizations. Monarch allows users to re-use information from existing computer reports, such as text, PDF and HTML files. Monarch can also import data from OLE DB/ODBC data sources, spreadsheets and desktop databases. Users define models that describe the layout of data in the report file, and the software parses the data into a tabular format. The parsed data can be further enhanced with links to external data sources, filters, sorts, calculated fields and summaries. The data can be exported to a variety of formats, primarily spreadsheets.

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Monarch is a report mining tool used to extract and re-use data from computer-generated human-readable reports. With Monarch, users define models that describe the layout and extraction of data in the report. This allows end-users to efficiently re-purpose data from existing reports over which they have no control. The first version of Monarch was published in 1990 for MS-DOS. Monarch for Windows was released in 1994. The latest release is version 2025.1. Monarch was originally developed by Math Strategies for Personics Corporation, which was acquired by Datawatch Corporation in 1991. Datawatch Corporation was later acquired by Altair Engineering in 2018, which itself was acquired by Siemens in 2025. Over 500,000 copies of Monarch have been licensed, and the software is in use in over 40,000 organizations. Monarch allows users to re-use information from existing computer reports, such as text, PDF and HTML files. Monarch can also import data from OLE DB/ODBC data sources, spreadsheets and desktop databases. Users define models that describe the layout of data in the report file, and the software parses the data into a tabular format. The parsed data can be further enhanced with links to external data sources, filters, sorts, calculated fields and summaries. The data can be exported to a variety of formats, primarily spreadsheets.

Key claims

  1. publication date: 1990 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 1994 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "1990". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "1994". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378730289

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.