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 to reporting, a trading partner interface, a single ODBC-compliant log database, and archive/restore functionality are provided.
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, the ODBC integration can 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 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 that keeps a record of system activities—translation, communications, and processes.
