Technical Overview of ERP Connector
The following outlines the functions of the key components of an ERP Connector system.
Info*Engine provides the standard interface to Windchill, creating a single channel to multiple external environments.
ERP Connector interfaces with the ESI Services to produce output from Windchill in a format that can be easily accepted by one of the three types of distribution targets. This output can be processed and mapped to a distribution target such as a file system. The output from Windchill is in XML format.
ERP Connector does not contain the middleware business logic that would allow for two-way communication. Instead, ERP Connector communicates in one direction only (from Windchill PDMLink to the distribution target).
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ERP Connector can be configured to work with closed loop transactions. With such a configuration in place, and with the relevant customizations, it is possible to achieve a two-way communication between Windchill and the distribution target. For more information, see Introduction to ERP Connector.
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ERP Connector allows for the manual customization of all Windchill components in order to create business objects in a format that is acceptable for each individual distribution target.