G-Invoicing System Integration Bill Schmidt Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Intragovernmental Transaction (IGT) Day Thursday, April 7, 2016

L EAD ∙ T RANSFORM ∙ D ELIVER Page 2 G-Invoicing System Integration Why is System Integration important? How do the data standards apply? When does data flow into and out of G-Invoicing? System Integration The process of bringing together the component subsystems into one system and ensuring that the subsystems function together as a system. Wikipedia

L EAD ∙ T RANSFORM ∙ D ELIVER Page 3 On-Line Entry vs. System Integration The demo showed how to manually transact IGT buy/sell via user interface But 85% of IPAC buy/sell transactions are reported in “bulk” –Transaction volumes necessitate system-to- system integration –Assumption: Bulk data originates from an Agency’s ERP system or their SSP For example, the DoD will enter GT&Cs manually, then exchange order/receipt/invoice data between partners through integration with G-Invoicing

L EAD ∙ T RANSFORM ∙ D ELIVER Page 4 Conceptual Model

L EAD ∙ T RANSFORM ∙ D ELIVER Page 5 Data Standards Treasury has defined Federal data standards for IGT buy/sell –This answers several questions for each data set (i.e., GT&C, Order, Invoice), including: a.Which data elements must be supported? b.What are the definitions of these standard data elements? c.Which of these data elements are required? d.What is the source of each data element?

L EAD ∙ T RANSFORM ∙ D ELIVER Page 6 Standards by Data Type Invoice Data Stds Order Data Stds

L EAD ∙ T RANSFORM ∙ D ELIVER Page 7 Next Steps for Standardization Other questions to answer before system interfaces may be built: 1.When will these data flow in/out of G-Invoicing? Extension to/from agency procurement process 2.What is the content and possible format(s) for each interface? Requirements for each data exchange 3.How will these data flow in/out of G-Invoicing? System integration technologies –Connectivity options –Batch files versus transactional flow

L EAD ∙ T RANSFORM ∙ D ELIVER Page 8 G-Invoicing As-Is Data Flows

L EAD ∙ T RANSFORM ∙ D ELIVER Page 9 G-Invoicing Integration Options Today Integration techniques for IPP-IGT today and G-Invoicing 1.0 later in 2016 –XML file-based transmissions –System-to-system integration IBM-Sterling – Connect:Direct –Manual file drop and pick-up Axway – Secure Transport – notifications (outbound only) Future Integration Technologies: TBD

L EAD ∙ T RANSFORM ∙ D ELIVER Page 10 Potential G-Invoicing Flows (in Future)