Data Translator overview

Data translation is usually required between an in-house system and an external system. Data translation allows string data going to (outbound) or received from (inbound) systems to be translated from one value to another.

For example, between two partnering companies the same things may have different representations, like units of measure codes. One company uses a string data code "STK", while the partner company uses the string data code "PCS". Both codes refer to the same single unit of measure which means "styck" for Swedish and "pieces" for English. It applies only to the string data value and not to the numeric values carried by the string data.

EC data translator uses the MECDataTranslator class for translating data between the back-end application and business messages. The MECDataTranslator class is defined in design time and, executed and monitored in runtime. Here are the basic knowledge required to be able to use the MECDataTranslator class:

• Java knowledge to be able to define data translations in Mapper tool.

• Grid and grid application to control and monitor the MECDataTranslator class.