EC Gateway is an enterprise-wide message management software, designed specifically to support inter- and intra-company electronic messages. It offers an intuitive, easy-to-use graphical interface that leads you through the process for setting up your system configuration. The EC Gateway has three main functions: process management, communications, and scheduling. In addition, the product also includes reporting, a trading partner interface, a single ODBC-compliant log database, and archive/restore functionality.
When used with ECRTP, the runtime data transformation engine, EC Gateway provides a seamless, fully automated system that can send or receive EDI messages and transform (map) them into or from any application-specific data format. Using asynchronous or FTP communication protocols, ODBC integration provides the ability to directly send data to or receive data from any ODBC-compliant database.
EC Gateway’s intelligent routing facility enables organizations to use the product as network management and/or message routing software, significantly improving the throughput of message processing.
EC Gateway provides a wide variety of automated tools, including:
A host or client communications functionality that provides for both asynchronous and FTP communications. The asynchronous communications facility provides support for direct communications with trading partners, value-added networks (VANs) and tools for custom script development. The Internet FTP function also supports automated script recording, which ensures correct script creation.
A process module that is the heart of the EC Gateway application. All actions to be performed by EC Gateway are defined as processes, using a graphical user interface and easy point-and-click mouse commands. Processes can be invoked directly by the Scheduler. EC Gateway also allows you to integrate your processes directly into your application.
A Scheduler program that is a feature-rich, automated job scheduling component that allows development of processes executing event- or time-driven jobs.
A Trading Partner module that provides a full array of administration services that allow you to add, modify, or delete trading partners, as well as define which maps are linked to those trading partners through trade agreements.
A uniform log which keeps a record of system activities: translation, communications, and processes.
