Glossary
Application programming interface (API)
A set of functions or features you access to programmatically use or manipulate a software component or application.
Back office
A financial management system. In an eConnect environment, this refers to Microsoft Dynamics GP.
BizTalk adapter
A preconfigured BizTalk Application Integration Component (AIC) that allows BizTalk server to use eConnect.
BizTalk server
A Microsoft platform that manages the exchange of data between applications.
Business document
A well-formed XML document containing business data. This data may represent a sales order or other business information.
Connection string
A text representation of the initialization properties needed to connect to a data store.
DCOM
A wire protocol that enables software components to communicate directly over a network.
eConnect
A collection of tools, components, and APIs that provide programmatic integration with Microsoft Dynamics GP.
eConnect Integration Service
A Microsoft Windows service that enables applications to send XML documents to the eConnect business objects (SQL stored procedures) Also, enables applications to retrieve specified XML documents from Microsoft Dynamics GP.
eConnect XML document
A text document that describes Microsoft Dynamics GP data. The eConnect XML schema specifies the content and structure of data in the document.
Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
A high-level data manipulation language. XSL is used to manipulate XML documents.
Front office
An application that communicates with the back office. Examples include customer relationship management systems, data warehouses, and web sites.
Incoming Service
A Microsoft Windows service that monitors a queue for new eConnect XML documents. Valid documents are used to create, update, or delete records in Microsoft Dynamics GP.
Microsoft message queuing
(MSMQ)
A message infrastructure and development platform for creating distributed, loosely-coupled messaging applications.
Middleware
Software that mediates between an application program and a network. It manages the interaction among disparate applications across the heterogeneous computing platforms.
Outgoing Service
A Microsoft Windows service that publishes eConnect XML documents to a specified queue. The XML documents represent documents that were created, updated, or deleted in Microsoft Dynamics GP.
Post stored procedure
A customized SQL stored procedure that runs immediately after an eConnect stored procedure.
Pre stored procedure
A customized SQL stored procedure that runs immediately before an eConnect stored procedure.
Schema
An XML file (with typical extension .XSD) that describes the syntax and semantics of XML documents using a standard XML syntax. An XML schema specifies the content constraints and vocabulary that compliant documents must accommodate.
Serialization Flag
A boolean property that specifies whether to use or discard the value assigned to a property of an eConnect serialization class.
Services
Microsoft Windows services are long-running applications that perform some system function. They typically do not display any user interface. eConnect uses several services for moving eConnect XML documents in and out of various message queues.
Stored procedure
A group of Transact-SQL statements compiled into a single execution plan. The business logic for eConnect is contained in stored procedures.
Transaction Requester
The Transaction Requester publishes eConnect XML documents to a queue. The XML documents represent Microsoft Dynamics GP documents.
Trigger
A special class of SQL stored procedure that executes automatically when an update, insert, or delete statement is issued for a table or view.
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
A runtime and a set of APIs for creating systems that send messages between services and clients. Used to create applications that communicate with other applications on the same system or a remote system.
XML
A text-based format that uses markup tags (words surrounded by '<' and '>') to describe how a document is structured and the data it contains.