Take a Look at Softshare ECS

Softshare WebECS

The Standard and Enterprise versions of Softshare ECS ship with WebECS, a Web component that lets you manage various aspects of ECS from your browser.

Management Console

ECS Enterprise supports clustering and failover capabilities. The Management Console utility provides a central view of all your nodes and allows you to designate processing pools for workload balancing. For all editions of ECS, Management Console is also used to configure input channels and output channels, event rules, and exception-handling parameters.

Input Channels

Input channels determine where, when, and how Softshare ECS retrieves data. You can configure as many input channels as necessary for your business operations. Each input channel type has its own unique set of property pages that you will use to set the parameters for the retrieval and processing of data. These parameters, to name just a few, include where and how often ECS retrieves data, whether duplicate data should be processed, data authentication settings, and the actions that will be performed on arriving data.

Event-Driven Processing

Event rules determine how data is processed. Triggered in real time, event rules forward data to output channels, send e-mail messages, and run custom commands and scripts. If Softshare’s data translator, Softshare Delta, is installed, event rules also pass data to Delta for translation and integration with your back-end systems.

Data Administrator

All data that passes through Softshare ECS is stored in the ECS data repository. You can view, copy, restage, or restore this data using the Data Administrator utility that ships with ECS. For each batch of received data, Data Administrator's upper pane displays up to nine data attributes including the batch's arrival date, retrieval method, sending/receiving trading partners, and, if Softshare Delta is run in conjunction with ECS, translation status. The lower pane displays the batch's associated deliveries, log entries, tracking details, and attachments.

Watchdog Alerts

Some errors require immediate attention. For example, the failure of an important delivery could have a serious impact on your business operations if it goes unnoticed. To ensure that critical errors are brought to your attention in real time, you can configure Softshare ECS to notify you when a particular event occurs. Called watchdog alerts, these notifications can be sent as e-mails or display as pop-up messages on designated computers.


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