Telelogic® System Architect for ERP Interface™ Highlights

Telelogic System Architect for ERP Interface is the only tool on the market that extracts enterprise application metadata solely for the purpose of exploration. It also links directly into your enterprise architecture for organizational analysis. It complements the existing Telelogic® System Architect® repository, leaving you free to navigate complex ERP relationships with ease. Using Telelogic System Architect for ERP Interface, data managers can examine meta-data without relying on enterprise application providers.

Users can navigate complex data dependencies using Telelogic System Architect for ERP Interface's easy to use browser to search for tables and fields, navigate up and down relationship paths, and search by application module. Telelogic System Architect for ERP Interface extracts key implementation information (tables, fields, relationships, indexes, etc.) from the enterprise application data dictionary using the most appropriate connection mechanism for each enterprise application:

• SAP systems – Telelogic System Architect for ERP Interface uses RFC calls to an ABAP function
• J.D. Edwards – Telelogic System Architect for ERP Interface uses a combination of direct SQL calls to the data dictionary and an import of an XMl file created by a J.D. Edwards-developed process
• PeopleSoft – Telelogic System Architect for ERP Interface uses direct SQL calls on the data dictionary
• Siebel – Telelogic System Architect for ERP Interface uses direct SQL calls on the data dictionary

In each case, Telelogic System Architect for ERP Interface makes an initial connection to the system and then extracts the requested meta-data to a separate repository. So users work in an independent environment and make no further demands on the enterprise application team.

• Increase your internal ERP management capability
• Lower costs by reducing your dependency on your ERP service provider
• Reduce the risks associated with customizing your ERP system
• Understand how your ERP meta-data aligns to your business process needs
• Enable data consistency throughout your organization
• Manage change via comparison capability
• Directly integrate your ERP meta-data with your enterprise architecture for complete traceability and analysis