G Glossary

Batch	Batch is an industry metaphor for background bulk processing.
Batch Processing	Batch processing is the execution of a series of jobs in a program without manual intervention (non-interactive).
Batch Job	The series of steps in a batch process are often called a "job" or "batch job". A job contains one or more steps that specifies the sequence in which steps must be executed.
Batchlet	In Java Batch a Batchlet is type of batch step that can be used for any type of background processing that does not explicitly call for a chunk oriented approach.
Batch Service	Batch service is a RESTful service that provides endpoints to manage Batch Jobs in BDI. The Batch Service is part of Job Admin.
BDI	The Oracle Retail Bulk Data Integration Infrastructure (BDI) is an Enterprise level infrastructure product for moving bulk data between Sender Applications (for example RMS) and Receiver Applications.
Bulk Integration Flow	A bulk integration flow moves data for one family from source to destination application(s).
CSV file	Comma separated values file with .csv extension.
Data Service	Data Service is a RESTful service that is used to get data set information using job information.
Data Set	A data set consists of the rows between a begin and end sequence number in the interface table.
Data Set Type	Type of data set - FULL or PARTIAL
Downloader Data Control Table	The Downloader data control tables act as a handshake between the Extractor and Downloader
Downloader-Transporter Job	A Downloader-Transporter Job downloads a data set from Outbound Interface Tables for a family and streams data to a BDI destination application using the Receiver Service.
Extractor Job	An Extractor job extracts data for a family from sender (source) system and moves the data to Outbound Interface Tables.
Family	BDI data flows, identical to the other styles of Oracle Retail integration products, are organized by retail functional areas such as Store, Items, PO, Inventory and so on. These functional areas are called families (for example DiffGrp). Each family can contain one or more tables (for example DiffGrp and DiffGrp_Dtl).
fetchSize	Number of records fetched from the database and cached.
Importer	This is a destination application component that takes data from the inbound interface tables and updates the application tables.
Importer Job	The Importer Job imports data set for an Interface Module from Inbound Interface Tables into application specific transactional tables. Importer jobs are application-specific jobs.
Inbound Control Tables	Receiving applications use the data set metadata information in the importer control tables to trigger the import process.
Interface Module	Message family (for example DiffGrp_Fnd, InvAvailStore_Tx). An interface module can contain one or more interfaces (DiffGrp and DiffGrp_Dtl).
Interface Module XML File	Source for creating the DDL for the Interface Tables.
Interface Tables (Outbound and Inbound)	Interface tables are created in the integration schema of both on the sender side and receiver side. Sender side interface tables are called Outbound interface tables and receiver side tables are called Inbound interface tables.
item-count	Number of items read by ItemReader before ItemWriter writes.
ItemReader	ItemReader reads one item at a time from the source.
ItemWriter	After "item-count" number of items are read, Item Writer writes the items.
Job Admin	Web application for managing and monitoring batch jobs.
Job Operator	Job Operator provides an interface to manage jobs.
Job Repository	Job Repository holds information about jobs.
Job Specification language (JSL)
Logical Partitions	A Data Set is divided into logical partitions and the data in each partition is downloaded by a separate thread. A Data Set is divided into logical partitions based on the number of partitions specified in the BDI_DWNLDR_TRNSMITTR_OPTIONS table and the number of rows in the data set.
Outbound Control Tables	Data Set metadata information is saved in database tables called the Outbound Control Tables in the BDI Integration schema of each Sender Application. An entry in BDI Outbound Control Tables indicates the availability of data set to the next component.
Receiver Application	Application that receives data from another application through BDI.
Receiver Service	This is the BDI component that receives the data from the Downloader-Transporter and stores it in a temporary storage
Receiver Side Split	If there are multiple destinations that receive data from a Sender Application, this options is to use the Receiver Service at one destination to receive data from the sender and then multiple destinations use the data from one Receiver Service to upload to Inbound Interface Tables. The requirements for Receiver Side Split are such that: The Receiver Service database schema is shared by all the destinations. The File system is shared by all destinations.
Seed Data	Seed data for Downloader-Transporter Jobs or Uploader job is loaded to the database during the deployment of Job Admin
Sender Application	Application that send data to other applications through BDI.
Sender Side Split	In the case of Sender Side Split (SSS), the data is extracted once from the source system. The extracted data is transmitted to each destination separately. Unlike point to point topology, the extraction is done only once regardless of the number of destinations.
Step	A step contains all the necessary logic and data to perform actual processing. A chunk-style step contains ItemReader, ItemProcessor and ItemWriter.
Uploader	The Uploader takes data from the temporary storage and populates the inbound interface tables.
Uploader Interface Module Data Control Table	This table acts as a handshake between Downloader and Uploader jobs.. An entry in this table indicates to Uploader Job that a data set is ready to be uploaded.
Uploader Job	An Uploader Job uploads data from CSV files into Inbound Interface Tables for an Interface Module. It divides files into logical partitions and each partition is processed concurrently.