From this form you can:

• Create or modify the interface of data exchanges,
• Launching an interface run,
• View the exchange history.

General information

• Interface: Identifier of the interface in the application.
• Name: Name of the interface.
• General Management: Direction of the interface,
  • Enter: for importing data from an external system to CARL Source,
  • Withdrawal: for exporting data from CARL Source to an external system.
• Standard: A standard interface cannot be changed. You can create your own interfaces and change them by copying standard interfaces.
• Data format: Indicates the format of the file to be generated or imported (the extension is defined in the external system).
• Standard: To be selected from the defined exchange standards. Format choice "Separator (CSV)" or "Fixed size.
  
  The applicable version must be specified in the standard.

Integration points

This list contains the integration objects participating in the interface and any associated processing.

• Integration object: Identifier of the interface in the application.
• Name: Name of the integration object.
• Primary business object: That of the integration object; for information purposes.
• Filter (export only): Filter to be applied to exported objects. Only public filters of the corresponding function are offered.
• Differential (export only): Export only data modified since the last export.
• Collections (import only): Indicates the management mode for sets of elements included in the main object:
  • Updated: The elements are updated, if they exist; otherwise they are added.
  • Replacement: Same principle, but the elements of the collection present in the database and not present in the import file are deleted. See Examples of exchange files.
• Job class: Name of the class implemented for a specific need in the processing of this interface object.

External systems

This list contains the external systems on which the interface must run.

• External system: Identifier of the external system.
• Name: Name of the external system.
• Last run: Last run date of the interface on this system.
• Run results: Indicates whether the job was executed properly: Normal, error, or warning.
• No. processed: Number of occurrences (or lines) processed.
• Active: Uncheck if the interface must no longer run on this external system.

Advanced settings

• Transformation class: Name of the job class possibly developed to respond to a specific need.
• XSL transformation: The complete path of an XSL file to be used to make changes to incoming or outgoing XML files.

Formats

This section specifies the date formats used for a data import.

CARL Source uses the following date format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
If the date format is different to that of CARL Source, it can be specified via the following fields:

• Date: Format used for a date.
• Date/Time: Format used for a date/time.
• Time: Format used for a time.

The formats should be specified using the standard set out in the "Date formats" section of the Exchange formats page.