EII Functions & Features

The EII Functions & Features comprise the following elements:

• Administrator and General Support

  Main modules include SNMP;Transaction monitoring;Integrates administrative tools with enterprise system and network management facilities;Cross database administration scripting;Browser-based analytics;. Administrator and General Support, EII Functions & Features

• Change Data Capture

  Functionality covered Captures changes, non intrusive;Filters changes (by operation, column, content);Changes delivery (periodic, continuous);Interfaces with ETL and EAI tools;Reliable delivery and recovery;Automated log to identify failed updates;. Change Data Capture, EII Functions & Features

• EII Data Access

  Features and functions below include Data Source Connectors;Supported Interfaces;. EII Data Access, EII Functions & Features

• Database Administration

  Major modules covered Cross database administration allows monitoring and maintenance of multiple datatases as if they were one database;Coordinates database administration tools in the back-end and legacy databases;Administration across data sources;Identifies data sources, configures their access, and builds integrated views;Monitors to ensure data mappings remain valid;Provides cross-data-source access control, security, and single sign-on;. Database Administration, EII Functions & Features

• Server capabilities

  Modules include Single EII server to optimally query multiple data sources,;Multiple EII servers that can multiplex and load-balance transactions;Switches from a steady stream of updates to a steady stream of queries;Rapid "fail over" from a malfunctioning EII server;Runs multiple copies of the EII server in parallel;Communicates with front-end programs and with users via programmatic and communications invocations by sending and receiving transactions from back-end databases;. Server capabilities, EII Functions & Features

• Data Federation

  Functionality below covers Single virtual catalog across sources;Dynamic federated-query processing;Virtual views as new data models;Optimized, distributed query execution;Standard access via SQL and XML;OLTP ability to add, remove, or update;. Data Federation, EII Functions & Features

• EII Metadata

  Main modules below cover Mapping between metadata directory and design tools;Creates metadata repository by importing or generating metadata from data warehouse, ETL tools, and file systems or rich-media sites;Meta directory of data and object types (e.g., XML data dictionary) across multiple data sources;Native schema storage and viewing;Plug/play interfaces to mySQL via JDBC;Full import and export;. EII Metadata, EII Functions & Features

• Performance and Scalability

  Major modules include Security manager with high-granularity query/read/update and user/group/role access control across data sources;XML support (to avoid coding);Object-to-relational translations or access to unstructured data;One set of code supplies data access to many applications;Open standards (e.g., J2EE, EJBs, XML) and to add new platforms and architectures;Monitors and tunes transactions within system to detect bottlenecks from a remote location;. Performance and Scalability, EII Functions & Features

• EII Data Quality

  Major modules include Testing and debugging tools;Regular data profiling to identify incoming data anomalies;Wizards create business rules, test and edit data, and implement changes;Rules validation and troubleshooting capabilities through flexible workspace;Standardization rules and reconciling pattern differences;Graphical statistics assess whether new and modified rules are producing the desired effect, in real time;. EII Data Quality, EII Functions & Features