Enterprise Integrator Enterprise Integrator

CISTECH R7.8 SERIESCISTECH R7.8 SERIES

Denise LutherDenise LutherSenior Consultant, Technical Senior Consultant, Technical ServicesServices

Denise.Luther@cistech.netDenise.Luther@cistech.net

New Integrator features for release 7.8

Attributes• Rounding Method for suppressing decimals

7.7 Truncate

7.8 Truncate Drop

Half Adjust 5 or higher

Round Up 1 or higher

Opposite of truncate

Attributes

• Rounding Method

Attributes

• Default Presentation Scheme7.7 Embedded in definition editor

7.8 Set at the attribute level

No need to set in each definition

containing the attribute

Attributes• Default Presentation Scheme

Standard Schemes

Boolean – Blank, if false

Numeric – Red if negative

User Switch Attachment – Icon representationfor user switch used as attachment counter

Object specific – Item revision: Zero UCD Red

Attributes

• Default presentation width

7.7 Defaults to length of the field

7.8 Override field length to save real estate for the view

Attributes

• More Attribute classes– Controls Attribute behavior

• List based on– Alpha

– Numeric

– Length

• Telephone number – Launches VoIP dialer

• More auto content security, Standard Integrator

Exporting objects• Business objects with user exits

7.7 User exit code must be moved to target environment manually

If EXTnnn is reassigned, User exit code must be changed manually

7.8 User exit code is automatically moved to target environment Source and object are auto renamed if EXTnnn is reassigned User code within user exit will be synched to the

new EXTnnn

Special Values

• “Current System” and “Current Language” now supported as parameters for user programs

and URL actions

Re-Synchronize Integrator database

7.7 Multiple manual steps

7.8 Re-sync Integrator database in a

single step

Deployment Profiles

All objects and attributes

What user is authorized to

What is presented to the user

What the user chooses to see

• Object/field assumes everything authorized

• Deployment Profile assumes nothing authorized

Object security

Deployment Profile

UI

Database

Deployment Profiles

Deployment Profiles• Object list• Object list• Content

• Object list• Content• Navigation

• Object list• Content• Navigation• Maintenance

• Object list• Content• Navigation• Maintenance• Fields

Security for: Powerlink

…and Security for: Netlink

…and Security for: System-Link

Alerts – Integrator Subscriptions

• Via e-mail, cell phone text or system message

• Can also run a program

ERPERP

PO P012345 for $11,283.19 needs approval

Data Sources•Other Platforms•Files on another iseries•Files in another XA environment•Install Drivers in IFS

Data Sources•Create the Data Source – server location, login •Build objects the normal way

Display SQL Server• Views, subsets,

sorts

• Full navigation

• Navigation history

• Workbenches

• Code files

• Graph cards

• Compound cards

• Attachments

• Column functions

Transaction Broker - User Exits• Extend XA business objects

• Create custom applications in Power-Link

• Update existing or 3rd party applications

• Common interface for user

• Customize with RPG• Integrator generates

• You customize

• Edits, defaults, security

• Users can perform host processes• Email, lists, on the fly analysis information

Generate Generate programprogram

Compile Compile programprogramDisplay Compile listingDisplay Compile listing

Enterprise Integrator User Exits• Want to do embedded SQL in user exits?

• Change the Call Program type (may need to add to the card)

Object Transactions

• Processes outside normal business object flow– Requires EI– Transactions Card in Integrator– Parameters defined as attributes

• Edits

• Default generation

• Booleans, discrete domains, date fields

– User Exits– Relationships– Toolbar button to execute

• Application: Inventory Transfer– Select item location record – Run transaction from Toolbar

• Prompt asks for To Location– Use Search to find a valid location– Use referential check edit class– Edit buffer user exit validates – Process buffer creates TRDATA transfers

Object Transactions

Logical Transactions• Subset of Standard Transaction

– Create, Change, Copy, Delete, Mass

• Allows for one click update or prompt user

• Use template to supply data

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