The following is a list of Gateway terminology used in this guide.
B
Business Flow
A collection of business objects and their supported fields selected for data transfer.
C
Cross reference
A means for Gateway to track data being sent from the source application and received in the destination application. A cross-reference determines if the data is to be regarded as new data or an update to existing data in the destination application. If you delete or remove a cross-reference in Gateway, all history of data transfers is deleted within Gateway, although the data that was sent using this cross-reference will continue to exist in the destination application.
D
Deployment
The information required to connect to a specific database or an instance of an application from or to Gateway. For example, you may want to connect to two instances of a Primavera Cloud: Testing and Production from Gateway.
Destination Application
The application to which the data is being sent to.
F
Field Mapping Template
A field mapping template is a list of business objects and fields that are to be transferred from the source application to the destination application. It also contains information on how each source business object and destination business object is mapped with a corresponding Gateway business object. One or more field mapping templates are used in a business flow.
Flow Step
A business flow is executed as a distinct sequence of flow steps. A flow step executes a specific action within a flow. For example, the Load step loads data from the source application.
For more details, see the section, About Flow Steps.
M
Master Data
Master data are key data elements which influence all data transfers. For example, roles and resources are considered as master data for managing any project in an application.
P
Provider
An adapter that connects an application with Gateway. For example, the P6 provider connects P6 EPPM with Gateway.
Project Data
Project data refers to objects and fields associated with a specific project in an application. The scope of these data elements are limited to only a specific project in an application.
S
Source Application
The application from which the data is being sent from.