EnterpriseOne Architecture®

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Data Access Studio™ (DAS) is designed for the EnterpriseOne® system.  This means you will have to spend less time setting up DAS and more time deriving benefit.  This document outlines how DAS integrates with EnterpriseOne®.

Deployment Server

We begin with the Deployment server.  When you first receive DAS, you will install it to the Deployment Server.  The installation program does the following:

• Creates a new "Data Access Studio" directory in the B7 directory.

• Copies DAS files to this directory.

• Creates the table FDASROP in System - B7XXXX datasource

• Creates OCM mappings for all environments to point FDASPROP to System - B7XXXX

Enterprise Server

DAS utilizes the following EnterpriseOne® information:

• DAS enforces EnterpriseOne® column and row security for each signed on user.  

• DAS utilizes OCM information to determine where to open a table by default.  

• DAS utilizes Data Dictionary and Table specifications to present and format the EnterpriseOne® tables.  This means that the data is correctly formatted for your end-users.

Database Server

DAS, of course, enables the user to view the data on your database server (using the appropriate EnterpriseOne® security provisions.)

DAS enables users to customize the layout and appearance of all tables and views.  DAS, furthermore, enables the user to save each of these custom reports.  DAS maintains the user's reports and customizations in a central table (FDASPROP) in your System - B7XXX datasource.  This way, users always have access to their customizations--users also do not have to worry about losing customizations when they perform a Client Install.  DAS enables users to share report customizations through a fast export/import process.

EnterpriseOne Full Client

Once DAS is installed to the Deployment Server, DAS becomes available to your EnterpriseOne® end-users.  If you have network management software such as ZenWorks® or Tivoli®, you can deploy the DAS.msi package to each target client.

If you do not have network management software, each EnterpriseOne® Workstation must install DAS once.  From then on, these workstations will automatically receive updates from the Deployment Server.

Users may run DAS from the desktop or by running the appropriate shortcut from EnterpriseOne®.  Users sign into DAS with their EnterpriseOne login and password.

Data Access Studio Web Server

One of the best deployment options, the DAS Web server lets you deploy DAS to your enterprise via the Web.  Web clients just need a browser and  the .net framework (which is typically already installed with windows).  Administration is a breeze because you only have to maintain the DAS Web Server (applying packages or software patches).

The DAS Web Server has other architectural advantages.  First, the user interface is identical to a Full client interface.  This means no re-training.  Next, DAS utilizes the memory and processing power of the client machine.  This means that a large query will not bog down your web server.  The hit of the large row set will be taken by the client machine that issued the query.  This is a great advantage over the architecture of the JDE DataBrowser which consumes server-only resources.  As many E8.11 customers have discovered at large query with JDE DataBrowser can have adverse affects on the JDE Web Server.  The DAS architecture DOES NOT have this issue.  You can submit DAS queries with confidence!

Citrix®

If you have a Citrix® Server or a Citrix® farm, you install DAS to the Citrix® server in the same manner as a EnterpriseOne Workstation (described above).  Users then sign on to EnterpriseOne® and run DAS from the fastpath.