IVY
Xpert.ivy for ca PLEx In today’s ever-changing environment, the development of user interfaces for business applications has become a real challenge. Customers expect very high flexibility which not only means quick adaptability but also independence of location and platform. At the same time, they are not willing to do away with the convenience of a familiar Windows interface. Xpert.ivy for CA PLEX assists you in the graphical creation of event-oriented Rich Internet Application (RIA) user interfaces for your CA PLEX applications. These RIA user interfaces meet all the above requirements. Many software companies equip their applications with a traditional fat client as well as a web interface restricted in terms of functionality in order to provide end users with an application interface that is easy to use and, at the same time, to enable location-independent access to their software. Even though this double implementation entails high costs for software providers and customers alike, it is a mere stopgap solution for end users. Xpert.ivy for CA PLEX allows you to combine the benefits of both technology approaches in a single implementation.
Xpert.ivy for CA PLEX develops applications based on a four-layer model while encompassing the principles of service and process orientation. DATABASE LAYER As before, databases are addressed with the help of CA PLEX application components. CA PLEX APPLICATION LAYER Xpert.ivy for CA PLEX supports the generation of web services directly from an existing CA PLEX model. BUSINESS PROCESS LAYER Xpert.ivy for CA PLEX features a process engine which orchestrates the functional application components’ web services. A graphical process model is used in this context. RIA USER INTERFACE LAYER The RIA user interface component of Xpert. ivy for CA PLEX provides users with data and information in an event-oriented and locationindependent manner. A visual editor and an input wizard are used for the graphical creation
RICH INTERNET APPLICATION USER INTERFACE BUSINESS PROCESSES
CA PLEX APPLICATION
WEBSERVICE GENERATOR
DATABASES
of panels, the definition of events and data binding. COMPONENT REUSE Xpert.ivy for CA PLEX is based on component architecture. It ensures that all created GUI elements can be reused, which considerably reduces development times and costs.
ABOUT SORECOgroup
BENEFITS
Founded in 1988, SORECOgroup successfully develops, distributes and implements operational software solutions for human resources management, financial accounting, financial controlling and document management. CA PLEX has been used for server-side development since 1997. Today, around 2 000 customers from all kinds of different industries use the ERP solutions from SORECOgroup. This longstanding expertise forms the basis of the group’s Processes and Application Development division which, since 2001, has been focusing on process management and the development of service-oriented software solutions.
ZERO INSTALLATION Application interfaces created with the help of Xpert.ivy for CA PLEX render distribution of software superfluous since the entire GUI logic is processed on the server side. The only prerequisite for client-side display is a Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
Standard
Advanced
RIA GUI
yes
yes
Visual Editor
yes
yes
WebService Generator
yes
yes
LDAP Anbindung
yes
yes
Caching
no
yes
HTML GUI
no
yes
CMS
no
yes
STATE-OF-THE-ART LOOK & FEEL Xpert.ivy for CA PLEX enables you to create graphical user interfaces for your applications that can easily match state-of-the-art fat clients in terms of visual impression and usability. TIME TO MARKET Due to Xpert.ivy’s graphical approach, you can develop user interfaces for your applications in record time, with no need to do any programming. Modifications to existing panels as well as general modifications for new releases or individual modifications for specific customers are just as simple and costeffective.
PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY Since it uses Java as a base technology and applies a Half Object Protocol (HOP), Xpert. ivy for CA PLEX is an exceptionally stable and high-performance solution. With HOP, only the difference in the graphical display needs to be transferred from the server to the client workstations. PROCESS ORIENTATION INCLUDED The integrated process engine in Xpert.ivy for CA PLEX prepares your business software for a process-oriented future and adds more functionality.
SWITZERLAND Soreco AG Ringstrasse 7 CH-8603 Schwerzenbach Tel. +41 44 806 25 25 www.soreco.ch TI Informatique Codi Techno-Pôle Sierre 1 CH-3960 Sierre Tél : +41 27 452 20 20 www.ti-informatique.com GERMANY Soreco International Ltd. Heidenkampsweg 45 D-20097 Hamburg Tel. +49 40 80 90 45 493 AUSTRIA Soreco International Ltd. Schottenring 16 A-1010 Vienna Tel. +43 1 537 12 4831 FRANCE Azur Technology, Siège Technoparc 3 allée du Moulin Berger F-69130 Ecully (Lyon) Tél : +33 4 72 52 30 00 www.azurtechnology.com