EDI Complete Enterprise is both a multi-processor and a distributed-processing application. The Enterprise engine can run an unlimited number of EDI processes on any Windows server or workstation platform running Windows NT or above (excluding Windows ME). While a primary multi-processor server is generally sufficient for even the highest volume installations, the workstations themselves can act as processing agents, causing a tremendous jump in mapping throughput.
The EDI Complete Enterprise Dashboard offers a “birds-eye” view of all current processing on all machines. Each client process can be individually configured to prioritize certain mapping tasks.
The EDI Complete Enterprise Workstation interface has the same architecture as EDI Complete Server. EDI Complete Server data maps work unmodified in EDI Complete Enterprise and vice-versa.
EDI Complete Enterprise administration is done via the Enterprise Dashboard interface which is accessible by pointing your web browser at any machine running the EDI Complete Enterprise services. The ability of managing the entire Enterprise environment from any machine not only makes things easy, as you don’t have to remember which machine to connect to, but also illustrates the democratic nature of machines within the Enterprise environment. Since all machines are equal, Enterprise is able to survive the loss of all machines up to the very last machine.
The Enterprise Dashboard allows real-time monitoring of Enterprise Computer Nodes in an EDI Complete Enterprise Cluster. Below is just some of the Enterprise Computer Node level information that can be monitored through the web dashboard:
- CPU Utilization of EDI processing as well as other processes on the node
- Number of transactions processed
- Transaction throughput (TPM)
- Percentage completion of work units
- Estimated time of completion of work units
- Exact processing state of node
- Used and free disk space
- Used and free memory
Each node may be configured to reflect the specific requirements of that machine. Some of the available options are as follows:
- Provide a display alias for the node
- Customize the number of concurrent processing threads permissible for the node
- Add, or remove nodes from the Enterprise Cluster
- Start, stop or restart the Enterprise services on a node
- Viewing, downloading, or clearing log files for a node
- Open a remote desktop session to a node
A Enterprise Computer Node is a graphical representation of a physical computer resource. What this means is that a single physical computer may belong to multiple EDI Complete Clusters. This allows a single computer to process data from multiple data sources, such as a test and production environment.
An Enterprise Plan is a logical grouping of EDI tasks that can be distributed among Enterprise Computer Nodes joined to the Enterprise Cluster. Enterprise Plans consist of a chain of tasks with branching logic based on success or failure. Enterprise Plans can be scheduled via a powerful scheduling interface. These schedules support advanced features like repeating, starting and ending dates, and the ability to disable the schedule temporarily. Enterprise Plans may also be started or stopped manually. These Enterprise Plans can be monitored in real-time, displaying many valuable pieces of information:
- Number Transactions processed
- Transaction throughput across cluster (TPM)
- Percentage complete total
- Percentage complete by node breakdown (as pie chart)
- Estimated time of completion
- CPU utilization of each node