A dynamic Web view is a set of design files that dynamically present a particular view of statement data to a user online. The design files identify which data to extract and how to display the data to the user.
An eaDirect application can have one or more views, customized for an organization's online presentment needs. Multiple views can present different levels of statement information such as a summary page and statement detail pages.
When an enrolled user clicks a link to view their statement online, eaDirect uses the view files along with the application's data input file and index data from the database (generated by the Indexer job) to dynamically present the statement on the Web.
eaDirect application views can dynamically present data in one of the these formats:
· HTML – To extract and display data in HTML templates. An HTML view consists of a Data Definition File (DDF), which contains the rules for finding and extracting input data, an Application Logic File (ALF), which contains the presentment rules and any business logic, and customized HTML templates to format and present the extracted data in a Web browser.
· XS – To display XML input using XSL spreadsheets.
· CSV – To display data in spreadsheet format. A dynamic CSV view consists of a DDF file, created expressly for the view, and a TOK file.
· XML – To display data in XML format. A Dynamic XML view consists of a DDF file created expressly for the view.
· Chart – To present data in one of several chart formats. A dynamic chart view consists of a Properties file.
· XSLT – To convert statement data into XML, which enables you to present the data in a variety of formats, including CSV, HTML, WML, VXML, and QIF. An XSLT view consists of an XSLT file and an application DDF.
· XML Query – To access a view of dispute, annotation, and detail data from the database. The Detail Extractor job extracts this information from the data input file and loads it into the database. An XML view consists of a DDF file.
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When setting up a new eaDirect application, you make the dynamic Web view files available to an application by "publishing" them using the eaDirect Publisher tool. See Publishing Your Application's Dynamic Web Views
When publishing a dynamic view, you give it a name, such as AccountSummary, CallDetail, etc. You can use the same view names in multiple applications. Each would represent entirely different views, using different design files in each application. (You could also have multiple versions of the same application, for example, NatlWireless version 1.0 and NatlWireless version 2.0, which would have views with the same names.)