External Interface Facility

Enabling open systems information flow is the key open systems enabler for your business applications, the glovia.com - External Interface Facility (EIF) provides a powerful tool-set for data mapping and transferring information between glovia.com and other systems.

External Interface Facility At-A-Glance

Data Exchange Design

• Input/output table definitions
• Map data from input to output tables
• Split input records into multiple output tables
• Combine multiple input records into a single output table
• Logic statements for data selection or conversion
• "Looping" logic for EDI

Manage Table Types

• Sequential
• Relational database systems
• C-ISAM
• BTRIEVE

Table Attributes

• Logical and physical name
• Path and table extension
• Descriptions

Utilities and Installation Options

• Export or import EIF functions, tables and specifications
• Execute operating system-level commands from EIF
• Add new EIF variables to glovia.com data dictionary
• Use standard glovia.com table definitions for EIF external table formats
• Change security and production status through EIF

Column Attributes

• Column type definitions including external data variables, segments and record control variables
• Data formats for alpha, numeric, date, time and user-defined
• Definition of data storage by column type
• Define groups of data columns by segment for EDI

Generate Exchange Programs and Tables

• Create PRO-IV functions and tables
• Logic debugging aids
• EIF Data Dictionary
• Define variables for use in multiple tables
• Define data attributes
• Search function for variables
• Create customized help text

Inquiries and Reports

• External Tables
• External Segments
• External Data Dictionary
• EIF Functions
• EIF Function Dictionary
• EIF Table and Function Cross
• Reference
• EIF Variable and Table Cross
• Reference