Denise Luther Senior IT Consultant Extend your Enterprise with System-Link

Denise Luther Professional Experience 30+ Years in Information Technology 5 Years XA Experience Software Design and Development MAPICS Expertise Enterprise Integrator Trainer Technical Strategies for working with XA Recent Customer Success Saia-Burgess – Implemented custom supplier web portal using Enterprise Integrator and System-Link My technical background in the iSeries/XA environment allows me to help IT professionals implement new technologies for continued business success.

Agenda What is System-Link Methods to connect Managing System-Link Simulator LPI Web portal Web services

What is System-Link Bridge between XA and other systems –Inquiry –Maintenance XML – Standard interface –Other ERP systems –Other platforms Part of Power Architecture –CSM, PM, OBPM, EPDM, MM… –CO’s, PO’s, MO’s, Engineering…

Universal Off-Line Load Build websites for customers, vendors and partners that links directly to the XA database Web Services – industry standard way to run programs over the web Why use System-Link

System-Link handles: Database files and fields (objects, attributes) Logical fields Business rules Editing User Exits Security You also get Release Transparency No worries about release upgrades Why use System-Link

System-Link Simulator –Use for testing/troubleshooting Directly to System-Link via LPI –Call an RPG program with parameters To web server via XML –Web pages – Java/HTML Web Services –Anything Microsoft-enabled –Requires Enterprise Integrator IBM’s WebSphere MQ –Global enterprises –Requires IBM products Methods to Connect

RPG can call LPI, Web Server, MQI, MQ LPI HTML can call Web Server Java can call Web Server and MQ JMS

System-Link User Guide – Release 7.7 –Download from Infor support website - Documentation - Product Manuals - Miscellaneous - SYSL System-Link Installation Instructions R7 System-Link References

Use Link Manager to manage System-Link processes By environment By machine Distribute server load across resources Managing System-Link

System-Link processes must be started Autostart System-Link –Options at environment level Managing System-Link

Link Manager –Green circle means started –Right click to start/stop/restart/Move –Run System-Link on auxilliary machine Managing System-Link

Logs provide troubleshooting information

URL points to your host server System-Link Simulator

Navigation/System-Link request Not required to create System-Link requests but it makes the job easy Display PO’s for vendor 100 – Restricted List, navigate from Vendor object or subset System-Link Simulator

System-Link Request

2-17 Paste from clipboard System-Link Request

2-18 Variables System-Link Request

2-19 Check the response System-Link Response

2-20 System-Link Response

2-21 Request has errors – Check the response System-Link Response - Error

System-Link Request

Requesting System-Link from Card File System-Link Request

2-25 WRKODBCJOB command will allow you to manage System-Link jobs. System-Link Sessions

2-26 IP address of auxiliary server will be System-Link sessions View job log (Option 10) for troubleshooting Errors from associated Integrator user exits will be in QSYSOPR message queue System-Link Sessions

2-27 RPG program you call from anywhere –PSVPSR1R in AMALIBx Parameters for the XML to send and receive –Send an inquiry Receive the results –Send an update Receive confirmation Local Program Interface

2-28 ParmDescriptionUseSizeType P#XREQXML RequestI65,535A P#XRSPXML ResponseO65,535A P#MRQRMore records? *YES if more records to return O8A P#ERFDInternal Errors *YES if response contains errors O8A P#MSIDExternal Errors PSX0122 – System-Link not started PSX0130 – Response > 65K O7A LPI Parmeters

2-29 Available as a download –SH14873 Illustrate one way of using System-Link with your RPG programs –Send a request - Send XML request to LPI –Parse the response - Receive and parse XML response from LPI Create a report of PO’s for a vendor Only change required – Supply data for login substitutions LPI Sample

2-30 Sample parsing program USRLPI1R is written generically –Can be used for just about any object (use it for yours) –V5R4 New XML functions for parsing %XML, XML-INTO, %HANDLER, XML-SAX Sample print program calls the parser field-by-field –You can use this technique in your programs –There are other techniques Writing your programs

2-31 < Response_sessionHandle='1a5f739:fc75bbe92b:_7aef‘_workHan <QueryListResponse_name='queryList_PurchaseOrderGeneral‘_r<DomainEntity_domainClass='com.mapics.pm.PurchaseOrder'<Key><Property_path='order'><Value><![CDATA[P000349]]></Value></Property></Key><Property_path_='order'><Value><![CDATA[P000349]]></Value></Property><Property_path='vendor'><Value><![CDATA[100]]></Value></Property><Property_path='vendorName'><Value><![CDATA[Hi_Tech_Corp]]></Value></Property><Property_path='orderStatus'><Value><![CDATA[20]]></Value> Starts a new record Field values

2-32 Don’t ask for too many records at once. –You set the limit with MaxReturned LPI tells you if there are more. ‘FetchNext’ is the way to get more. –Our sample programs shows you how. –Create loop that processes until P#MRQR = *NO Fetch Next

2-33 HTTP Post interfaces with System-Link servlet Login information used to construct Login tag System-Link request to retrieve P.O. lines Auto content security determines what rows to return Deployment profile provides “firewall” Supplier Portal – Web application

Style sheet used to present the XML data 2-34 Supplier Portal – Web application

Upload shipping documents to host server Create PowerLink attachment via System-Link request Supplier Portal – Web application

Events on the web page are used to construct a System- Link request to create records in a custom transaction file. Transactions can be viewed in Power Link Custom transaction file is a business object with Integrator user exits. User exits are used to perform work on the host (update flags, dates, perform edits, default data generation) Integrator user exits execute if object is being maintained via PowerLink, System-Link or NetLink Ability to update Purchase orders directly 2-36 Power Link transactions

2-37 Power Link transactions

2-38 Custom objects can be used with System-Link (EI) Custom objects

2-39 Web Services Use RPG, HTML, Java, PHP, MS Office, anything that can communicate with a web server

2-40 Web Services Create a deployment profile Include the object(s) you want Specify the attributes Specify the actions Generate the web service (URL) WSDL – Web services description language Identifies information required for Request Type of Response that will be received

2-41 Web Services Web service provider WSDL information Tools for analyzing WSDL WDSc's Web Services Explorer SQLData System's Generic SOAP Client WebserviceX.NET's WSDL Analyzer

2-42 Web Services – Price Book MS Excel Worksheet containing pricing data A button on the worksheet sends data to an XA Pricebook XA edits the data Accepts some Rejects some Error messages are returned

2-43 Web Services – Price Book On the server… Enterprise Integrator System-Link On the client… Microsoft Office Microsoft Office XP Web Services Toolkit 2.0

PriceBookExample.xls provided –Enable macros, if necessary –Change price book, etc. to match your environment Search for web services –Tools => Macros => Visual Basic Editor => Web Service References –Enter the URL from the deployment profile Add two services –PriceBookBasePriceSvc –SystemOperations Import sample code (File => Import File) –ExamplesCode.bas –MAPICSLogonPrompt.frm Web Services – Price Book

Host edits, subscriptions…everything works Web Services – Price Book

Thank You! Technical Information Denise.Luther Sales Information Ben McCormick