Amtrix

The AMTrix System is an Enterprise application integration software system that acts as a middleware and enables applications to exchange data instandardized message formats, regardless of physical distance and hardware platforms.

In order to enable this application messaging, AMTrix performs several vital functions:
♦ Message conversion: This is usually done between an in-house format (forexample, flat file or database) and an external, more standardized format (forexample, EDIFACT or X12), although AMTrix can convert between any twomessage formats. Message conversion is done by programs or 'maps' which are written in the Message Builder Language (MBL). Maps are programs that map data fields in the input message (source) to data fields in the output message (destination) with or without manipulation of the data that is being mapped. Maps in AMTrix can be created using AMTrix's Datamapper which provides a user-friendly GUI that 'links' the source and destination data fields.

♦ Application connectors: These are a complete solution packages for the efficientimplementation and integration of specific Applications into an enterpriseinfrastructure. The first application connector for SAP R/3 and fully certified ascompliant was launched in October 1997. It acts as the interface with SAP R/3systems, using either IDoc or ALE. This makes AMTrix a powerful support duringSAP implementations, as it provides a unified method for integrating all non-SAPenvironments.

♦ Intelligent processing of messages: In addition to conversion between differentmessage formats, AMTrix can validate data and make decisions based on thecontents of a message.

♦ Message logging: AMTrix monitors the system and creates message logs so thatusers can see what is going on at present and what has happened in the past—enabling the retransmission of messages and retrieval of message information forreport generation.
AMTrix also has two other type of logs:
Document Log - It maintains a log of all the documents that were processed through the AMTrix system in the past 10 days (including the actual documents)
Transfer Log - Maintains a log of all transfers that happened via the AMTrix system. Including details of the "Trading Partners" involved in the transfer, the time of transfer and the associated documents corresponding to each transfer.

♦ Message transportation: In order to be able to reach applications located on otherhardware platforms and/or retrieve data to construct messages, AMTrix features anumber of different communication protocols and interfaces, for example, X.400,
FTP, EMAIL, OFTP, WWW, and asynchronous.

The AMTrix System is constructed in a modular fashion, with message processing andcommunication modules connecting to a central message distribution engine (the AMTrixRouter). The entire system is monitored and configured from a network client (theAMTrix Monitor).

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AMTrix Monitor is the GUI client for theAMTrix System, to operate, configure, and maintain the AMTrix System on the server(or servers), manage trading partner information, and define and modify various systemparameters, for example, those affecting Event Logging.

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