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Unisys Corporation New — Unisys — Technical Presentation (November 2013)
47 slides from Unisys Corporation New's technical presentation, Nov 19, 2013
Slide 1: AB Suite 4.0 External Webinar
AB Suite 4.0 External Webinar Maarten Schneider, Marketing Manager Jim Nichols, Consulting Engineer 19 November 2013 [email protected]
Slide 2: Agenda
Agenda • AB Suite Introduction • AB Suite 4.0 High Level Product Update • Client Tools and ePortal for Modern User Interfaces • Technical Update • Migration Services and Pilot Project Services • Call to Action © 2013 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. 2
Slide 3: AB Suite Introduction
AB Suite Introduction
Slide 4: Agile Business Suite
Agile Business Suite Unisys application development technology for large scale, business critical applications • Platform independent model • Combines model driven and object oriented concepts to bring developers closer to the business • Developers less concerned with underlying hardware and softwar
Slide 5: Agile Business Suite Product Overview
Agile Business Suite Product Overview A Complete Development Environment for the Real-time Enterprise Solution Solution Solution Solution Definition Generation Testing Deployment Test Agile Business Automation Agile Business Suite Development Tool Suite Runtime – Global Management .NET – DB Administ
Slide 6: Product Update
AB Suite Product Update
Slide 7: Releases
AB Suite Releases: • AB Suite 1.2, released: September 2006 – Visual Studio 2005 – End phase 1 support: June first 2013 – First user on MCP: Post & Co in May 2007: more than 6 years • AB Suite 2.0, released: December 2008 – Visual Studio 2008 – End phase 1 support: June first 2014 • AB Suite 3.0, re
Slide 8: Next Release - Agile Business Suite 4.0
Next Release - Agile Business Suite 4.0 • Visual Studio 2012 and Team Foundation Server 2012 – For full software qualification matrix, please see support website • First step in way forward for EAE on OS 2200 – Persistent external class to RDMS databases (read-only) • Developer productivity features
Slide 9: Integration with Team Foundation Server
AB Suite 4.0 Feature Content Integration with Team Foundation Server • It’s optional but offers: – Source Control – Testing – Project Management – … • TFS included with MSDN • Many Benefits: – Better process support – Better team work support © 2013 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. 9
Slide 10: Client Tools and ePortal for Modern User Interfaces
Client Tools and ePortal for Modern User Interfaces
Slide 11: Client Tools and External Interfaces
Client Tools and External Interfaces EAE/AB Suite Developer EAE/ AB Suite Runtime Builder ClearPath Windows .NET Implementation GUI Clients Forms Based on Designed Forms Presentation Client for Desktops Generated .NET Assemblies & Presentation Client Java Beans for Browsers Ispec Models WinForms Ope
Slide 12: ClearPath ePortal End User Interface Modernization
ClearPath ePortal End User Interface Modernization A single implementation • Modernizes user interfaces • Services multiple devices • Integrates applications Without MCP application changes! Web Browser Open Development using Visual Studio Enablement ClearPath Applications Mobile Device Integration
Slide 13: Technical Update
Technical Update
Slide 14: System Modeler Enhancements
System Modeler Enhancements
Slide 15: System Modeler enhancements
System Modeler enhancements • Visual Studio 2012 Integration • AB Suite Productivity • AB Suite Modeling • AB Suite Change Analysis © 2013 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. 15
Slide 16: Visual Studio 2012 New Look
Visual Studio 2012 New Look © 2013 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. 16
Slide 17: Visual Studio 2012 New Capabilities
Visual Studio 2012 New Capabilities • Search across the IDE – Specify a word or a phrase, and then choose an entry from the list to open the dialog box or window that’s associated with the item or command. For more information, see Quick Launch. • Search in tool windows – Filter the view by entering
Slide 18: Visual Studio 2012 New Windows
Visual Studio 2012 New Windows • Test Explorer © 2013 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. 18
Slide 19: Visual Studio 2012 ATT Integration
Visual Studio 2012 ATT Integration • New projects created from the File menu – Support for Visual C# and VB.Net Projects • Before recording the Test Settings file needs to be created and checked for “Active Load and Web Testing” • Playback is now from the new Test Explorer © 2013 Unisys Corporation.
Slide 20: Productivity: Synchronization to Class View from Painter
AB Suite Productivity Synchronization to Class View from Painter • Locate painted attributes quickly • Toggle between model and presentation properties © 2013 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. 20
Slide 21: Productivity: Extended Design Properties in Painter
AB Suite Productivity Extended Design Properties in Painter • Reveals more of the attribute properties • Assists in rapid UI development • New items: – Direction – Length – Decimals – Primitive – Inherits – Constraint (references) © 2013 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. 21
Slide 22: Productivity: Add New Item External Class Wizard
AB Suite Productivity Add New Item External Class Wizard • Creates classes based on external schemas • Changes synchronize with schema © 2013 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. 22
Slide 23: Productivity: New Inherits Element Picker
AB Suite Productivity • New Inherits Element Picker – Provides search capability – Lists available dictionaries – Synchronized with current inherits © 2013 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. 23
Slide 24: Productivity: New Generate As Editor (MCP)
AB Suite Productivity • New Generate As Editor (MCP) – Full list of names – Conflict detection – Missing reports © 2013 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. 24
Slide 25: Modeling: External Data Source Access
AB Suite Modeling External Data Source Access • Interfaced using our external class – With persistent attributes – With profiles mapping to indexes © 2013 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. 25
Slide 26: Modeling: New Sample Model
AB Suite Modeling • New Sample Model – OO enhanced • Classes • Variables – Clear Categorization • Dictionaries • Folders – White paper on concepts • New Sample ATT script – Configure and Run • New How To on using Sample © 2013 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. 26
Slide 27: Modeling: New Model Migration Utility
AB Suite Modeling • New Model Migration Utility – Now required for all releases (HP, IC) • Once migrated cannot be opened with earlier release • Prevents incomplete upgrades causing accidental rebuilds – Migration steps 1. Purge SQL change analysis for consistency 2. Update SQL stored procedures (wh
Slide 28: Runtime Enhancements Windows
Runtime Enhancements Windows
Slide 29: Runtime Interfaces Today
AB Suite Runtime Interfaces Today • Currently there are many existing tools and interfaces for the Runtime administrator to use. Examples: – Administration Tool (GUI) – Admin.exe (Command Line) – Standalone utilities (DPM) – Segment and Runtime component interfaces (COM) – Registry settings – XML co
Slide 30: 4.0 Runtime Admin Interface Goals
AB Suite 4.0 Runtime Admin Interface Goals Unify all AB Provide a rich Provide a Reduce the Suite Runtime and well command line need to for Windows documented interface for understand administrative API for scripting underlying tasks under programmatic administrative technology one interface integra
Slide 31: Scope of Command Line Interfaces in AB Suite 4.0
Scope of Command Line Interfaces in AB Suite 4.0 Initial scope covers a few core areas, with plans to complete coverage soon • Configuration – Log Files (ConfigureLog.exe) – Protocol Adapter settings (ConfigureAdapter.exe) • Deployment – Runtime Transfer (DeployPackage.exe) – Deployment Package Mana
Slide 32: Scope of Runtime Admin API in AB Suite 4.0
Scope of Runtime Admin API in AB Suite 4.0 Initial scope covers a few core areas, with plans to complete coverage soon • Configuration (IConfigureRuntime ) – Log Files – Protocol Adapter settings • Deployment (IDeployPackage) – Runtime Transfer – Deployment Package Manager (Cloning) • System Adminis
Slide 33: Runtime Enhancements MCP
Runtime Enhancements MCP
Slide 34: Extended Limits/Features
Extended Limits/Features • Support for MCP 55.1 DMSII increased limits – Alpha (String) size of 65,535 bytes (from 4,095 bytes) – Dataset (Table) size of 393,210 bytes (from 24,570 bytes) – Allowedcore/Residentlimit - support max value of 549,755,813,887 words (from 999,999,999 words) – Overlaygoal
Slide 35: External Class Enhancements
External Class Enhancements
Slide 36: External Classes Overview
External Classes Overview • Presently External Classes are used to define routines that are external to the AB Suite application. This includes coroutines, as well as: • Libraries • Dll’s • Executables . • The functionality of External Classes has now been extended to support Persistent External Cla
Slide 37: External Classes Overview
External Classes Overview • The AB Suite 4.0 release provides, from a deployed AB Suite Windows application, read only access, via the standard LDL+ verbs/commands, to EAE OS2200 RDMS database tables • So, having defined an Persistent External Class, I can use – Determine – ForEach to read the Persi
Slide 38: External Classes Overview
External Classes Overview • Persistent External Classes may be defined manually in the Model by the user or via a wizard that locates and imports the EAE OS2200 RDMS schema definition (effective EAE IC 3300), in full or selectively, into the Model This wizard also supports importing OLTP View files
Slide 39: Persistent External Classes - Summary
Persistent External Classes - Summary • From a deployed AB Suite 4.0 Windows application a user can now access data from a previously deployed EAE OS2200 RDMS database • For this release we do not recommend using this feature for retrieving large volumes of records for situations like data mining •
Slide 40: EAE to AB Suite Migration Services
EAE to AB Suite Migration Services
Slide 41: Getting to AB Suite 4.0
Getting to AB Suite 4.0 EAE 3.3 AB Suite 1.2 Export/Import AB Suite 4.0 3.0 AB Suite 2.0 AB Suite 3.0 © 2013 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. 41
Slide 42: Migration Assessment Workshop
AB Suite Migration Assessment Workshop • A migration project shouldn’t be a “journey of discovery” • The Assessment Workshop is a paid service engagement – Conducted onsite with one or two Unisys technical consultants – 3 to 5 days in duration – Customer completes migration checklist then Unisys pre
Slide 43: United Fire Group Case Study
United Fire Group Case Study Profile: United Fire Group • Publicly traded, multibillion-dollar property, casualty, and life insurance carrier • Supplies property and casualty insurance in 43 states – plus the District of Columbia – and life insurance in 36 states • 65-year history and track record S
Slide 44: AB Suite Training
AB Suite Training • A full range of training courses • New courses continue to be added • Instructor-led and self-study options • Customized training available AB Suite Course Catalog • Contains course descriptions • Shows course sequences © 2013 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. 44
Slide 45: Call to Action
Call to Action
Slide 46: Call to Action
Call to Action: • Please, as an EAE user: plan your migration to 4.0 • Please, as an AB Suite user: plan your update to 4.0 • For your migration, update, or new projects, please: ask Unisys for education and services and share your plans • Please, use our [email protected] email box AB Suite – stra
Slide 47: Thank you!
Thank you! © 2013 Unisys Corporation. All rights reserved. 47