Data Transformation Engine Integration Flow Designer Reference Guide

Chapter 1 - Introduction Stages of Using the IFD
Integration Flow Designer Reference Guide
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Stage II: Verifying Component Relationships
The IFD displays a system graphically, which allows you to visualize your designs
and verify that relationships between components are configured properly.
You can view the contents of maps and subsystems by double-clicking the icons in
the system window. This allows you to view the details associated with a
component’s sources or targets. Visual cues, such as tool tips for specific sources
and targets, help you to see key pieces of setup information. Displaying IFD
information graphically reduces the need to hunt for information buried within a
system definition; however, a find-and-replace operation can also be used.
Stage III: Preparing Systems to Run
After you design your systems and verify component relationships, you use the
IFD to prepare them to run. The IFD assists you in this process by building maps
and porting them to designated servers. You can easily build and port entire
systems, or specific groups of maps or individual maps, with simple mouse-clicks.
The IFD also generates process control information based on the execution mode
you specify for a system and the execution settings you have specified for the
various components within the system. The IFD produces command files for
systems that will be run by a Command Server and Event Server system files
(.msl) for systems that will be run by an Event Server.
The IFD includes an Analyzer that checks your system definitions for logical
consistency to ensure they can be executed. The Analyzer detects any
inconsistencies you may have introduced in the definition while experimenting
with system models.
Systems that will be run by an Event Server can be designed to run independently
on one or more servers or as a distributed system across multiple servers. Event
coordination among multiple servers is analyzed at design time before
deployment. During execution, data from one system component to another can
flow seamlessly without the need for a global controller.