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Business Objects and Services Features

Quickly respond to changing industry trends and needs with features like web services using built-in service adapters

This page provides a partial list of the many BOS features. If you don't see one you're looking for, let us know, it probably is available:

NOTICE: This feature list is still under construction, please check back again for more details...

  • Business Processes/Objects
    • Encapsulates all data and business processes associated with an entity in one easy to maintain, platform independent object
    • Provides an information access layer that hides the complexity of the underlying database structure
    • Centralizes information access for all presentation and service layers
    • Categorizes information to simplify and streamline access
    • Provides entity element information (type, size, label, etc) about the business object
    • Retrieves information using an unbounded matrix (or grid) of data
    • Generates and receives information in XML format using both attribute and/or element based XML formatting
    • Extend and use other business objects to create more complex business objects
  • Service Bus
    • Interface Facades to your System
      • Exposes functionality and hides complexity of underlying business processes
      • Ability to use different buses (facades) for different purposes or trading partners
    • Transaction monitoring, logging, and detail tracing
  • Presentation Bus
    • Provides interface to manage and use visual components of a system
    • Open or embed Browsers, Search and Selections, Details, Wizards, or any system windows from other applications
    • Embed Visual Controls into other applications
    • Windows, Web, Mobile and other presentation layer support
  • Service Adapters (Wrappers)
    • Provides mapping and transformation to adapt the BOS interface to other software
    • Fixed width and separated value (CSV, TSV, etc.) data format adapter
    • .NET Windows Adapter - includes support for MS Office: (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
    • .NET Web Service Adapter - SOAP, REST, XML, and more
    • COM and Active-X Adapters
  • Interface Console
    • Provides Operational Management, Security, and Authentication
    • Configures monitoring, tracing, and reporting of system transactions
    • Manages Interface and Transaction Alerts
  • Wizard Generation & Developer Experience
    • Generate Standard Business Objects using step by step wizards
    • Rapidly prototype by saving and using wizard execution configurations
  • LANSA, VLF, and RAMP Integration (Looking for the ultimate VLF/RAMP plug-in?)
    • Quickly connect VLF Filters, Instance Lists, and Command Handlers using VLF Adapter
    • Provide server-side selection for filters and instance lists
    • Great for ad-hoc reports direct to Excel or any tool that reads XML
    • Add interoperability with MS Office including MS Word, Excel, and Outlook
    • Load instance lists into MS Excel
    • Open command handler information in MS Word
    • Extend RAMP Modernization to get additional information
    • Provides quick migration to plums
    • Provide Web services
    • Implement LANSA WAMs or LANSA Integrator as Service Adapters

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