1. R7 Development Tools Denise Luther
Senior Consultant, Technical Services

2. You might be interested in R7 and Integrator/Enterprise Integrator if:
You would like to (or have to-SOX) improve the security of your system
You would like to integrate multiple systems on multiple platforms into a single user interface
You want a more proactive system- tell me what I need to know!
Your users like Microsoft Desktop applications, and you would like to integrate with them
You would like to use the web to communicate with customers, partners, and employees
You need the ability to enhance your system as your business needs change-and maintain an upgrade path

3. Auto Content Security-What Rows
Special attribute classes are assigned
On-the-fly security subsets based on values assigned to a user
Global across all objects
User can be setup to view all warehouse data but only allowed to maintain data in certain warehouses

4. Example: Item Warehouse
We want to restrict this user to warehouse 1 only.

5. Using a security subset
The subset is still (all records) i.e., all the records this user is authorized to. They can still subset from here.
Only warehouse 1 records appear in the list

6. Deployment Profiles Object/field assumes everything authorized
Deployment Profile assumes nothing authorized UI
What the user chooses to see
Deployment
Profile
What is presented to the user
Object security
What user is authorized to
Database
All objects and attributes

8. Deployment Profiles Object list Content Navigation Maintenance Fields

9. Security for: Powerlink

10. …and Security for: Netlink

11. …and Security for: System-Link

12. Enhanced Security for XA
Security Modeling and Planning
Advanced Analysis and testing
Routine Auditing and reporting

13. Alerts – Integrator Subscriptions
Via , phone or system message
Can also run a program
PO P for $11, needs approval
ERP

14. Define the event
Choose the object
Define the type of maintenance

15. Define the event Like a subset Some new features Before After
Difference
%Difference
Like a subset
Some new features
Before
After
Difference
% Difference

16. Flexible notification
Notify users
or Cell phone
Notify a program
RPG, XML
Notify users
or cell phone
‘Notify’ a program
RPG, XML

17. Notify via
Substitute from vendor object as To address

18. Notify via cell phone

19. Data Sources Other Platforms Files from another iseries
Files in another XA environment

20. Data Sources - Drivers
You must acquire drivers from the database provider Place them in /MAPICS/driverlib IFS directory where MAPICS is installed They will work for all environments Drivers are no-charge and can be downloaded from the web

21. Data Sources - Drivers iSeries – already installed
Access – already installed
SQL Server – SQL Server Driver for JDBC
Oracle – need 9i driver
PostgreSQL – need driver for JDBC3 Platform

22. Data Sources – SQL Drivers

23. Data Sources
[dsh]:[port]
Database
Database owner
[user ID]
[Password]

24. Data Sources

25. Display SQL Server Views, subsets, sorts Full navigation
Navigation history
Workbenches
Code files
Graph cards
Compound cards
Attachments
Column functions

26. Navigate to SQL Server table

27. Navigate to SQL Server table
Navigate from iSeries objects to external objects
Native menus automatically reflect new choices
Consistent UI across platforms
Acts like one system to the user

28. See outside data from within an object
Show data in context
Cards can be external data sources
Drill-down capability across platforms

29. 5-1. Reduce Development Costs and Schedules
User Exit Code Generation
No downloads
More control
More Exits
Consistency
Exported with object
Enterprise Integrator extends these advantages to your custom objects (no more triggers)
Generate program
Compile program
Display Compile listing

30. User Exit Source

31. Deliver Easy-to-use Applications
Mass Program Actions
Downloadable sample code and instructions are provided
Pass parameters including dynamic token
Program will process all selected records or records within the current subset
Use when standard mass change will not handle your requirements

32. Improved management for environments
Import/Export individual objects
Use subsets or selected records to limit export

33. Improved management for environments
Integrator Projects and object maintenance history
Create Projects to track development activity
Each change is logged to a project
View history of project changes

34. Object transactions Better way to do Program actions Requires EI
Transactions Card in Integrator
Parameters defined as attributes
Edits
Default generation
User Exits

35. Object Transactions

36. Object Transactions Attribute (Number of copies) is required entry
User Exit calls the print program

37. What is System-Link?
Program to program interface between XA and other systems.
Inquiry/Maintenance
Replacement for offline load
XML
Other ERP systems
Other platforms
Part of Power Architecture
CSM, PM, OBPM, EPDM, MM…
CO’s, PO’s, MO’s, Engineering…

38. Why use System-Link Any object available in Power-Link can be loaded
Only certain files are available for offline load
System-Link has a standard interface
Every application is a different flavor of offline load
Secondary objects can be loaded
Extra fields defined by user
Non-XA Primary objects can be loaded
Add, Change and Delete are supported
Power-Link edits are enforced
Including user defined edits

39. Why use System-Link System-Link handles: Database files and fields
Logical fields
Business rules
Editing
Security
You also get Release Transparency
No worries about release upgrades

40. System-Link References
System-Link User Guide – Release 7.7
Download from Infor website
Documentation
Product Manuals
Miscellaneous
SYSL
System-Link Installation Instructions R7
Configuring WAS 5.0 Express on W2K for
System-Link R7 (SH14777) Servlet information

41. Managing System-Link Use Link Manager to manage System-Link processes
By environment
By machine
Distribute server load across resources

42. Managing System-Link System-Link processes must be started
Autostart System-Link
Options at environment level

43. Methods to connect System-Link Simulator
Use for testing/troubleshooting
To web server via XML
Web pages – Java/HTML
Directly to System-Link via LPI
RPG/CL programs
Web Services
Anything Microsoft-enabled
Requires Enterprise Integrator
IBM’s WebSphere MQ
Global enterprises
Requires IBM products

44. System-Link Simulator
URL points to your host server

45. Using System-Link Simulator
Display PO’s for vendor 100 – Restricted List, navigate from Vendor object
Navigation/System-Link request
Not required to create System-Link requests but it makes the job easy

46. System-Link REQUEST

47. Request and Response

48. Paste from clipboard

49. Check the response

51. System-Link Update

52. Requesting System-Link from Card File

53. Copying a Create System-Link Command

54. System-Link sessions
WRKODBCJOB command will allow you to manage System-Link jobs.

55. System-Link sessions
IP address of auxiliary server will be System-Link sessions
View job log (Option 10) for troubleshooting
Errors from associated Integrator user exits will be in QSYSOPR message queue

56. Local Program Interface
RPG program you call from anywhere
PSVPSR1R in AMALIBx
Parameters for the XML to send and receive
Inquiry – Request rows (view) or details (cards)
– Receive the results
Maintenance – Create records, Update an attribute
– Receive confirmation
Send is the Request - Receive is the Response

57. LPI Sample
Illustrate one way of using System-Link with your RPG programs
Send a request
Parse the response
Available as a download
SH14873
Create a report of PO’s for a vendor
Use RPG to…
Send XML request to LPI
Receive and parse XML response from LPI

58. Writing your own programs
Sample parsing program is written generically
Can be used for just about any object (use it for yours)
V5R4 New XML functions for parsing
%XML, XML-INTO, %HANDLER, XML-SAX
Sample print program calls the parser field-by-field
You can use this technique in your programs
There are other techniques

59. Supplier Portal - Web application
Login information used to construct Login tag
System-Link request to retrieve order lines

60. System-Link request returns rows

61. Transactions
User actions on the web page are used to construct a System-Link request to create records in a custom transaction file.
Custom transaction file is a business object with Integrator user exits.
User exits are used to perform work on the host (update flags, dates, secondary business object)
Integrator user exits execute if object is being maintained via PowerLink, System-Link or NetLink.

62. System-Link Create Attachment
Web portal can set attachments for document management

63. Custom Forecast Object
Custom objects can be used with System-Link

64. System-Link replaces Off-Line Load
Create the System-Link requests from an interface file
Separates the XML logic from the load function
XML logic can be adjusted without changing load program(s)
Can be used to track XML requests
Who, what, when created the request?
When was the request processed?
Were there any errors?
Errors can easily be fixed in the file
Changing XML would be problematic
Group requests
Process various types of objects together
Processing can take place in batch mode as unattached job
Sequence objects are processed in is important

65. Sample System-Link Interface File
File name SYSLNKCD Customer Order Line Item - Interface
Format name . . SYSLNKCDR0 Key Sequential
Field Field Text Type Length
AENB Company number S 2,0
DCCD Internal header type A 1
CVNB Quote/order number A 7
KTNB User entered sequence no A 7
ACQT Order qty In order U/M P 10,3
AITX Item number A 15
CQCD U/M A 2
A3CD Warehouse A 3
SYST System-link Status A 1
TKEN Token used to uniquely identify record A 15
ACDA Action Code A 1
NWCD Group ID A 10
CRDT Create date P 7,0
CRTM Create time P 6,0
CRUS Created by user A 10
CRPG Create program A 10
CHDT Change date P 7,0
CHTM Change time P 6,0

66. XML Error Messages Errors are returned in XML format in the Response
Error needs to be parsed out
Can be found by scanning for:
< Message type=“error”><Text><![CDATA[
Multiple messages can occur for one request
In V5R4 native RPG commands aid XML parsing
%XML, XML-INTO, %HANDLER, XML-SAX
How are errors managed?
How are they presented, organized, resolved?
Watch for external errors
These do not show up in response

67. Message or e-mail could be sent to user
Groups with Errors
In this model requests are grouped by group ID
Message or could be sent to user

68. Errors in the Group
On overview is used to show multiple record types

69. System-Link Transaction Detail
Error(s) returned from System-Link
Error messages are formatted as text
Linked to transaction by token

70. System-Link Transaction Detail
XML that was passed to System-Link
See if what you thought you sent is what was sent
Not meant for user

71. System-Link Transaction Detail
Fields passed to System-Link
Errors can be fixed here
Error transactions can be processed again

72. System-Link Transaction Detail
Who initiated this transaction
When was it initiated
What program created the transaction
When was the transaction processed

73. Web Services Example MS Excel Worksheet containing pricing data
A button on the worksheet sends data to an XA Pricebook
XA edits the data
Accepts some
Rejects some
Error messages are returned

74. Prerequisites On the server… Enterprise Integrator System-Link
On the client…
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office XP Web Services Toolkit 2.0

75. Generate Web service Catalog
Deployment Profile
Generate Web service Catalog

76. Steps in Excel Search for web services
Tools => Macros => Visual Basic Editor => Web Service References
Enter the URL from the deployment profile
Add two services
PriceBookBasePriceSvc
SystemOperations
Import sample code (File => Import File)
ExamplesCode.bas
MAPICSLogonPrompt.frm

77. Price Book version before

80. Host edits, subscriptions…everything works
Price book version after
Host edits, subscriptions…everything works

81. Additional questions or comments?
Thank you!!