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Mark Romeo

Sr. System Engineer mromeo@appworx.com

AppWorx Corporation

with

Banner®

Agenda

Who is AppWorx? AppWorx Value. AppWorx SCT Banner Solution Architecture.

Who is AppWorx Corporation?

Enterprise Scheduling and Application Automation Solutions Leader

SCT certified Product Solution Founded in 1990 HQ in Bellevue, WA 500+ customers worldwide 100+ SCT / Banner customers

AppWorx - SCT Customers

George Washington University San Diego State

Wayne State University William and Mary

Montana State University University Of Chicago

Kennesaw State University Georgia State

Lansing Community College University of Maryland

University of Illinois Ft Lewis College

University of Texas, San AntonioDartmouth University

Eastern Michigan University Rensselaer Polytech Institute

McGill University Western Washington University

Customer Quote

“We were searching for a single job scheduler that could manage batch processes associated with existing distributed applications and integrate with our new SCT Banner solution. We determined that the AppWorx solution provided us everything we needed to achieve our long-term goals and still be able to grow and add new applications within our IT environment."

Mary Ellen Gaughan, Director Ops Support Svcs. University of Illinois

Customer Quote"AppWorx has allowed us to empower our users by putting control of job automation, output viewing, printing and downloading directly into their hands. Its ease of use allows directors and clerical personnel alike to take control of their processes. In a large part, this is due to the sophistication of the error checking that we are able to build into the deployed processes. We have come to depend on it to simplify our jobs."

Mark SullivanAssociate Director of Integrated Admin Computing Solutions Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

AppWorx Value Proposition

Through application automation and efficient workload balancing, the AppWorx scheduling solution willsignificantly reduce your IT operating expenses and greatly improve your IT operating efficiencies. Like most customers, you will see an immediate ROI within 3 months after going “live” with AppWorx.

It’s more than just a scheduler………………..

How AppWorx adds Value AppWorx Enterprise Scheduler automates and

integrates SCT Banner application processing.

Schedules SCT Banner processes. Control and monitor SCT Banner processes. Enables event-based conditional logic. Reduce processing time and errors by

eliminating manual job submissions. Simplify output management and distribution

of SCT Banner reports. Integrate SCT Banner with the enterprise.

Schedule SCT Banner Processes

Banner 6

Banner 1

SQR 2

Banner 4

Crystal 3

Run every WEEKDAYbut not on HOLIDAYS

{Start thesejobs whenJob 1 finishesbut only runtwo at a time

Banner Job 5Start after operator responds “Yes”to “Are the tapes ready for backup?”

Job 8 JOB 8 JOB 8 JOB 8 JOB 8

Start when Tape 1 is available

Banner Job 7

Start afterfile iscreated

Manage SCT Processes Manages dependent SCT Banner jobs. Subsequent processes can be blocked if the

preceding job does not complete successfully Ensures the appropriate job submission order

of SCT Banner jobs Eliminates the need to rerun SCT Banner jobs Easily create complex dependencies and job

threading to ensure successful completion of a job before execution of the next

SCT Banner

Banner Business Process

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5

Submit and Monitor SCT Banner Processes

.Banner jobs submitted by AppWorx are viewable from the Banner Application.

Jobs submitted in the Banner Interface are viewable from AppWorx.

SCT Job Management AppWorx provides the ability to capture “on-

line” SCT Banner jobs submitted via Job Submission

Data center can better control the batch workload generation by the SCT Banner application

Shortens production cycle by efficient use of computing resources

Eliminates resource utilization spikes Assists IT in meeting application performance

SCT Banner

Submitted Banner Processes

Ban 1 Ban 2 Ban 3 Ban 4 Ban 5

Manage SCT Banner Processes

AppWorx On-line captures Banner submitted jobs.

AppWorx Queues control total number of job executing and priority of execution.

Queue A

Queue B Queue C

Ban 1

Ban 2

Ban 3

Ban 4

Ban 6

Ban 5

SCT Output Management

View SCT Banner reports & logs online Print SCT Banner reports & logs to single or multiple

printers automatically FTP, rename, and/or email SCT Banner output files Distribute SCT Banner reports & logs electronically Full Integration with SCT ePrint application and the

Ability to Automatically Transfer Output files to the ePrint Server

Full Integration with EVisions Form-Fusion and IntelliCheck

AppWorx Streamlines SCT Banner Job Flow Improving Overall Performance

AppWorx / Banner Solutions Transcript Generation

Individual Request Batch Processing

Admission Application Fees Requirement Letter Generation

Students Alumni

Government Financial Aid File Processing Payroll Check Processing Student Billing

SCT Banner Enterprise Integration

Enterprise Architecture

OracleDataBase

OracleDataBase

AppWorx AgentNT 4.0

FTP Server

UNIXProduction

AppWorx MasterAppWorx Agent

AppWorx AgentWindows 2000

Reporting Server

UNIXAppWorx Agent

SCT Banner

AppWorx ClientJava

Command Line

UNIXDevelopment

AppWorx MasterAppWorx Agent

AppWorxExport

AppWorxImport

TCP/IP

Printer Systems ManagementSNMPHP/ITOTivoliPatrol

NetCool

Fax EMAILPagerHelp Desk

Chains and Modules

Before Conditions: Check File Check History Current Time Module Running uvariable value

During Conditions: Time Since

Request Run Time uvariable value

After Conditions: Status Return Code uvariable value E-MAIL, PAGE

Dependencies: Order Threading Abort Blocking Script

Elimination

Output Management: Print E-mail Fax On-line viewing

Input Parameters: Character, Date,

Number List of database

values Referential list of

values uvariable

Scheduling: Cyclical On Demand Calendar SQL Based API

Chain Header: GLDYV5

6. BANNER_FINAID5. SCHED_DW_GL_LOAD

3. COMBINE_AR_PAY

1. FTP_STUDENT2. FTP_GRANT

4. ABORT_MODULE

1. FA_DATE1. SQL_LOADER

2. DW_TRANSFORM

3. DW_LOAD

2. RPEDISB

3. RPBDDRV

4. RPELIST

7. FINAL_REPORT

8. CRYSTAL_REPORT