INTEGRATION Product Evaluator’s Guide Pervasive Data Integration Platform Release 9.0 December 2009 Ta b l e o f Co n T e n T s Pu r P o s e o f Th i s Gu i d e . 4 Pe r v a s i v e : a Co m P r e h e n s i v e da T a in T e G r a T i o n Pl a T f o r m . 4 ad a pt e r s – da T a a n d app l i C a T i o n s . 6 Pe r v a s i v e da T a in T e G r a T i o n a n d so l u T i o n de l i v e r y mo d e s . 7 IT AND EN te RPR I S E APPL I CA ti ON DE V E LOPM E N T ..................................... 7 EMB E DD E D DA T A IN te GRA ti ON FOR ON-PR E M I S E APPL I CA ti ONS OR SAA S SOLU ti ONS ............ 7 SE RV I C E S DE L I V E R E D BY SYS te MS IN te GRA T ORS AND SOLU ti ON PROV I D E RS .................. 8 Pe r v a s i v e da T a in T e G r a T i o n Pl a T f o r m – Pr o d u ct s . 9 Pe r v a s i v e da T a in T e G r a T o r ™ . 9 SCALABL E ETL AND RE AL -TI M E DA T A IN te GRA ti ON ................................... 9 PE RVAS I V E DA T A IN te GRA T OR — APPL I CA ti ON IN te GRA ti ON ............................ 10 PE RVAS I V E DA T A IN te GRA T OR — IN te GRA ti NG B2B GA te WAYS .......................... 11 PE RVAS I V E DA T A IN te GRA T OR — EX te ND I NG T H E EN te RPR I S E SE RV I C E S BUS (ESB) ............ 11 Pe r v a s i v e da T a Pr o f i l e r ™ . 12 Pe r v a s i v e da T a in T e G r a T i o n Pl a T f o r m . 13 DE S I GN TOOLS OV E RV ie W .................................................. 14 Pr o c e s s De s i g n e r . 14 Pr o c e s s De s i g n e r – Me s s a g e co mp o n e n t Fr a M e w o r k . 14 Pe r v a s i v e Ma P De s i g n e r . 15 OT H E R PE RVAS I V E DE S I GN TOOLS ............................................. 16 ex P r e s s i o n Bu i l D e r s . 16 Me t a D a t a De s i g n e r s . 17 Pe r v a s i v e st r u c t u r e D sc h e M a De s i g n e r . 17 Pe r v a s i v e Do c u M e n t sc h e M a De s i g n e r . 18 Pe r v a s i v e ex t r a c t sc h e M a De s i g n e r . 19 JO I N I NG MUL ti PL E FI L E S AS A SI NGL E SOURC E .................................... 20 Pe r v a s i v e Jo i n De s i g n e r . 20 MANAG E M E N T OF DE S I GN OB je C T S ............................................ 21 oP e n Me t a D a t a re P o s i t o r y . 21 US E R IN te RFAC E S — ACC E SS T O T H E DE S I GN RE POS it ORY ............................ 22 re P o s i t o r y ex P l o r e r . 22 re P o s i t o r y Ma n a g e r . 22 Product Evaluator’s Guide 2 Pe r v a s i v e in T e G r a T i o n en G i n e s – Pr o d u ct i o n a n d Te s T en v i r o n m e n T s . 23 ENG I N E MANAG E M E N T – PE RVAS I V E IN te GRA ti ON MANAG E R ™ .......................... 24 IN te GRA ti ON SE RV I C E S .................................................... 25 ADAP te RS ............................................................. 26 Ge tt i n G sT a r T e d Tu T o r i a l s — Pe r v a s i v e da T a in T e G r a T i o n de s i G n To o l s . 27 BAS I C PE RVAS I V E MAP DE S I GN E R TU T OR I AL ...................................... 27 ov e r v i e w o F Ma P De s i g n e r us e r in t e r F a c e . 27 MAP DE S I GN E R TU T OR I AL — CR E A ti ON OF A BAS I C TRANSFORMA ti ON MAP ................. 28 BAS I C PE RVAS I V E PROC E SS DE S I GN E R TU T OR I AL ................................... 31 ov e r v i e w o F Pr o c e s s De s i g n e r us e r in t e r F a c e . 31 BAS I CS : MAP DE S I GN E R , PROC E SS DE S I GN E R AND EX T RAC T SCH E MA DE S I GN E R .............. 36 ad d i T i o n a l sa m P l e s . 37 Tr a i n i n G a n d se r v i C e s opt i o n s . 38 su pp o r T f o r Qu e s T i o n s Wh i l e re v i e W i n G T h e Pr o d u ct s . 38 CON T AC T INFORMA ti ON ...................................................... 39 Product Evaluator’s Guide 3 Pu r P o s e o f T h i s Gu i d e For first-time evaluators of the Pervasive Data Integration Platform • Provide baseline introduction of data integration concepts • Brief orientation for different types of solution development and delivery modes • Introduction to the design and production platforms • Getting Started with the Evaluation – Overview and Syllabus for tutorials for the two most-used design tools: Map Designer and Process Designer Pe r v a s i v e : a Co m P r e h e n s i v e da T a in T e G r a T i o n Pl a T f o r m Every enterprise, no matter the size, has information management needs: compliance requirements (SOX, HIPAA), achieving high level views of the business (BI, MDM), consolidating data segregated in application silos (mergers and acquisitions). And often those needs call for a data integration solution or component. Data integration projects offer the potential to unify business data and enhance the value of information stored in a variety of sources: relational databases, EDI, flat files, and XML documents. To remain competitive, companies must seamlessly connect with customers, suppliers, and internal business units – frequently these groups store and use data in different formats. A comprehensive Data Integration Platform delivers a wide range of tools and data services to address the ever-changing variety of application data and integration projects. To be effective for basic as well as complex integration projects, a comprehensive data integration platform must also provide flexibility and agility for multiple solution deployment modes. Because of vendor innovation and “big picture” understanding by customers, data integration is becoming a necessary aspect of IT solutions. Internally, companies must solve many business problems with IT systems that will require a data integration solution or component. Likewise, externally-focused application and services vendors also need agile embedded data integration solutions to ensure adoption of their products and enable their customers to make the best use of the applications Another aspect of a data integration platform is choosing the method used to provide the data integration solution. The choice often comes down to hand-coding or using data integration software (the classic “build versus buy” proposition). Productivity gains are a big reason that many companies use data integration software. In addition to saving time, the data integration software platform provides common, repeatable functions and features that support data integration projects, so that companies don’t have to “reinvent the wheel” every time they do a new project.