Application of data Federation technology in Teamcenter environment

Data Federation is generally translated into the data Federation, which is an information visualisation technology that integrates data from different systems and displays data from a system database in a system environment. Instead of having to import from one system to another system beforehand. The benefits of this technology, in addition to not requiring data import and export, can guarantee real-time data and avoid data redundancy and inconsistencies.

If a business has implemented teamcenter and used it as an integrated platform for product development. It is necessary to display data from Teamcenter in other systems, especially in ERP systems. For example, when an engineer changes a part, he wants to know the inventory information of the parts, or the supplier system, which only exists in the ERP system. In general, he must open the ERP system, make inquiries, and look for what he needs from a complex interface. This is time-consuming and requires training of engineers in ERP-related knowledge. In order to improve work efficiency, of course, some data in the ERP system can be pre-synchronized to Teamcenter, but this practice does not guarantee the real-time data, ERP system Data Update does not immediately sync to teamcenter, often have a delay. In this user case, using Data federation technology to display data from the ERP or other systems in Teamcenter is very meaningful.

The SAP DataView module in Teamcenter Gateway for SAP (T4S) enables data federation in a Teamcenter environment to display data in SAP in real time, such as:

Select a itemrevsion in the Teamcenter list, and its corresponding information in SAP can be customized in the SAP Dataview view and, of course, what information is displayed in what format. In order to understand the function of this module we can first look at its functional structure diagram:

T4s first need to get the key data about the item in Teamcenter, such as the item code, and then query the data in SAP through the item code and generate an XML file according to the configuration, which can be t4s parsed and displayed in DataView. This allows the real-time DataView module to acquire key data from Teamcenter and define the data display format. With simple training, the general Teamcenter administrator can extend the DataView on its own.

T4s's DataView module also has a very practical extension application that directly queries SAP through Teamcenter and displays detailed results, and, if necessary, directly import some data directly into Teamcenter, such as:

This extended feature is widely used, for example, when an engineer knows only one part of a supplier's material code, he can query the information in SAP directly from Teamcenter, and this part directly includes his attributes, 3D models and drawings imported into Teamcenter. This can greatly improve the integration of product development.

The test license for T4s is included in the Teamcenter test license, and if you have license on hand, you can download Gtac from T4s to try it.

Application of data Federation technology in Teamcenter environment