JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Orchestrator Overview
The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Orchestrator is a key component of your JD Edwards digital platform. It can transform the EnterpriseOne system from a transaction-based system of records into a system that provides a dynamic reflection of your real-time business operations. Orchestrations provide access to your EnterpriseOne data and applications as services-technically, industry-standard REST services-which you can easily create using the Orchestrator Studio. Internet-connected devices, third-party applications, Cloud services, mobile devices, and even EnterpriseOne itself, can invoke these services and take advantage of the business data and EnterpriseOne application functionality in your system. It all happens within the framework of user-defined objects, not custom-developed objects that need to be built into packages, deployed, and retrofitted during upgrades. All orchestrations are subject to EnterpriseOne application, data, and user-defined object security.
The basic framework of orchestrations as REST services enables a wide variety of usage patterns that provide secure access to your EnterpriseOne business data and applications. For example:
Internet of Things. Devices such as equipment, sensors, or meters can invoke orchestrations that, in turn, run EnterpriseOne applications. For example, an Internet-connected meter could send readings directly to the EnterpriseOne Meter Reading application.
Integrations. Third-party systems and Cloud services can invoke orchestrations as REST-based services, allowing for easy and lightweight integrations. For example, a sales order could be created in a third-party CRM system, which could then invoke an orchestration to create a matching sales order in EnterpriseOne. Conversely, orchestrations can also make outbound calls to other REST services. For example, an orchestration could use the information in a sales order to call out to a third-party transportation system to get a shipping quote.
Mobile Applications, Chatbots, and Alternative User Interfaces. Orchestrations can be used as services to send and receive data between user interfaces and EnterpriseOne. You can use your preferred development framework to build the user interface itself and let orchestrations do the work of exchanging data with EnterpriseOne.
Process Automation and Simplification. Some business processes in EnterpriseOne comprise many steps. In some cases, those steps are connected and sequentially ordered to form a continuous flow across applications; in other cases, the steps are not connected. In such cases, the end user must know which applications to use and in which order. Using form extensions you can also invoke orchestrations directly from EnterpriseOne application forms, thus extending the functionality of the applications without custom modifications.
Notifications. As an extension of the Orchestrator framework, notifications can assess your EnterpriseOne data, and also any REST-enabled external service, to detect conditions or events that need attention. Messages are then sent out to subscribers who need to know that an event has occurred that requires attention. The messages can contain action links to help the recipients act quickly with an appropriate response.
Scheduled Orchestrations. The Orchestrator includes a built-in Scheduler that allows you to automate when the orchestrations run. For example, orchestrations can continually check your EnterpriseOne system for events such as credit limit violations, late shipments, large sales orders, or any other condition that impacts your business.
System Administration. Because the Orchestrator can make outbound calls to REST services, and the JD Edwards Server Manger is enabled with REST services, the two can be combined to automate a wide variety of monitoring and administrative activities.
The Orchestrator Studio is a web-based application that business analysts and technical developers alike will use to create, test, and deploy orchestrations and notifications. The Orchestrator Studio provides an intuitive and easy-to-use graphical interface that enables you to develop and deploy orchestrations without the need for programming or system administration skills, or development. You can even build services by turning on the Process Recorder in EnterpriseOne and then using the applications as you normally would. The Process Recorder captures your steps enabling you to turn those steps into an orchestration using the Orchestrator Studio, all without programming or technical skills.
With the Orchestrator Studio, you can create orchestrations that enable the transformation of data from disparate devices into actionable business processes in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. For example, you can create orchestrations that enable EnterpriseOne to:
Alert users when the inventory is low.
Alert users when an equipment is down.
Send an alert when a customer has reached the credit limit.
Automatically create sales orders.
Onboard employee records into the system.
Check on the health of an instance of a server.
Using the Orchestrator you can now transform how you use your EnterpriseOne system to:
Collect, filter, analyze, and act on real-time data as it is being transmitted by various sources such as a machine, a mobile app, a Cloud service, and any third-party applications and devices.
Eliminate costly and error-prone manual processes, by reacting to-or avoiding-business disruptions in real time, and by analyzing historical data for continuous process improvement.
Integrate with external systems and Cloud services, enabling your EnterpriseOne system to send and receive data for integrated business processes.
Free your EnterpriseOne users from tedious tasks by transforming manual EnterpriseOne business processes into automated operations that meet your specific business needs.
Empower your EnterpriseOne system to run orchestrations automatically on schedule.