Terms and Acronyms(3.1)
- Jenni Wallin
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Below are the terms and acronyms used throughout the Agent An application that executes a specific task in a workflow. There are three types of agents: collection, processing and forwarding agents. Analysis Programming Language A structured programming language, used by the Analysis and Aggregation agents to analyze or manipulate UDR fields. Asynchronous agent An asynchronous agent enables the workflow to process multiple UDRs simultaneously by using a queue for each output route. Batch A file, containing external data records, that can only be collected by offline workflows. Offline workflows are also referred to as batch workflows. Begin Batch Indicates the start of a data batch to be fed into a workflow. All collection agents emit Begin Batch messages at the beginning of a data batch. Cancel Batch A message to cancel the current batch, initiated by any agent configured to do so. Collection Agent An agent that collects and inserts data into workflows, including file based and UDR based collectors. Configuration Configurations in Data Batch The data transferred through a Workflow between a Begin Batch and End Batch message. In file based mediation, a data batch often contains a complete file. A new concept in End Batch Indicates the end of a data batch fed into a Workflow. Execution Context Execution Contexts are responsible for executing workflows. Forwarding Agent An agent that distributes data from workflows. Meta Information Model MIM - Some agents in a workflow need information from the workflow or other agents in order to operate. For example, an agent that produces a file might need the source file name and the number of processed UDRs to be used in the outgoing file name. MIM resource An identifier for a specific resource, published by the Workflow or an agent. MIM resources are static during the workflow execution. MIM value The current value of a MIM resource. MIM resources can be assigned their values either statically, or when receiving Begin Batch or End Batch messages. A segment of Command Line Platform Desktop A core part of Processing Agent An agent that processes data in a workflow. In a workflow, a processing agent can either have one incoming and one outgoing data stream, or just one incoming data stream. Profile A global configuration that is used by the agents. Some agents require a profile to finalize the configuration of the agent. Related UDRs Partial UDRs that originate from the same long-duration data exchange between two devices. Session An information record that Synchronous Agent A synchronous agent finishes processing of each UDR before it retrieves the next UDR in the queue. System A Ultra Ultra Format Definition Language UFDL - An enriched programming language used to describe the physical structure of incoming and outgoing (external) data, internal (working) formats, as well as decoding and encoding rules. Usage Detail Record UDR - the Workflow A A workflow is included in a workflow configuration. You define a Workflow in the workflow configuration, further described in the Desktop User's Guide. A Workflow configuration consists of: APL Analysis Programming Language CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check DB Database EC Execution Context ECD Execution Context Deployment FTP File Transfer Protocol GTP GPRS Tunneling Protocol GUI Graphical User Interface HA High Availability HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol IP Internet Protocol IPDR Internet Protocol Data Record JAR Java Archive JMX Java Management Extensions JVM Java Virtual Machine MIM Meta Information Model OS Operating System RCP Remote Communication Protocol SCP Secure Copy Protocol SFTP SSH File Transfer Protocol SQL Structured Query Language TCP Transmission Control Protocol UDR Usage Detail Record UFDL Ultra Format Definition Language XML Extensible Markup Language documentation.
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Term Definition include all the objects that you find in the Configuration Browser, for example, workflow configurations, agent profiles, workflow groups, Ultra formats, or alarm detectors.
EC Deployment 10 to hold a single EC with all its resources and workflows as one complete package that will execute, scale and balance on its own.
uses the Meta Information Model to enable this.
MZ_HOME The installation directory. Pico Configuration A set of attributes that defines a pico instance. Pico Instance that is also a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Pico Instances can be of the different types:
Platform that is responsible for providing services to other pico instances.
samples at any time during execution of a workflow. This record enables a recovery of the exact status of the workflow, when a failover occurs. In
, a session is considered to be closed either when a timeout occurs or when a predefined closing criteria (an APL
if condition) is met. A session remains active until it is removed with the sessionRemove() function. system, refers to a Platform and any number of Execution Contexts.
format management system.
translation of what otherwise is known as CDR, Call Detail Record.
workflow is an executable object that is represented by a Workflow Table row in a Workflow configuration, an Execution Manager row, and a Workflow Monitor view.
Workflow Configuration Workflow Group A group of workflows that are configured as a single entity and share criteria for scheduling and execution. Acronyms
Acronym Definition JNI Java Native Interface LCM Life Cycle Management REST Representational State Transfer