Connecting an Application
EnterpriseTenFold SOA lets you define connections to other applications and data sources without programming. EnterpriseTenFold SOA contains a family of functionality called TenFoldConnect with transactions you use to define connections to other applications and 3rd-party applications.
| Transaction | Description |
| Power Import |
TenFold-powered applications can import data from files using industry-standard formats such as XML, EBCDIC, UTF-16, delimited, or any other custom file format. When defining an import, you identify the transaction (running on a server computer) through which PowerImport posts the data it parses and converts from the import.
You can run an import from transaction buttons, in TenFold Language functions, or use TenFold Scheduler to import a file as soon as it arrives in your file system. |
| Power Export |
TenFold-powered applications can export applications data to files using industry-standard formats like XML, EBCDIC, UTF-16, delimited, or any other custom file format. When defining an export, you identify the transaction (running on a server computer) through which PowerExport reads the data that it parses, converts, and exports.
You can run an export from a transaction button, a TenFold Language function, a menu entry, or in a batch process on a defined schedule. |
| Message Connect |
TenFold-powered applications can exchange messages with other applications using industry-standard transport protocols like IBM MQSeries or TCP/IP and message formats like XML, SOAP, and other message formats.
To test a message that you have defined, click [Test] and use the TestMessageConnect transaction to verify that your message works properly. You can send and receive messages from transaction buttons, in TenFold Language functions, or in a batch process on a defined schedule. |
| Map Databases |
Use MapDatabases to map table descriptions to actual RDBMS tables in an existing database (schema), click [ShowMe] to view table data, and interactively change mappings.
After you map table descriptions to RDBMS tables, your TenFold-powered application automatically reads and writes table data from and to the RDBMS tables and databases (schemas) that you specified. |
| Use WebService |
Use UseWebService to define and modify a web-service call in minutes, click [Test] to call the service and see results, and then interactively change its design. To build a web-service call, simply name it and provide its external name (the name that the web service uses), and its Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI) server name. In a few keystrokes, you have a fully tested, callable web-service interface!
After you define your web-service call, you can use TenFold Language to call the web service or attach the web service by name to a transaction button. |
| Publish WebService |
Use PublishWebService to define and modify in minutes a web service that other applications can call, click [Test] to call it and verify results, and then interactively change its design. To define a web service, simply name it and provide its Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) server name, transaction name, and automatic transaction behavior. In a few keystrokes, you have created a web service by exposing part of your TenFold-powered application that other applications can call!
After you build and test your web service, you can click [Register] to register your web service with its UDDI server. |
| Mobile Providers | Use MobileProviders to define mobile network providers. PowerAlert uses this data to send text messages to your applications end-users. |