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Financial Supplier Adapters

Financial Supplier Adapters are Business Adapters to data suppliers with proprietary datafeeds.

Overview

Financial Suppler Adapters import data into or export data from financial business systems.

Technical considerations

Business Adapters work on top of a technical adapters (e.g. FTP, MQ-Series, SAP JCO, JDBC, host socket, etc.). They differ from technical adapters or APIs by:

• Defined business data structures and data types
• Business logic
• Mappings to StepStream's Financial Repository

Delivery and Customization

Financial Supplier Adapters are provided in line with the data contents of the data supplier. Sometimes however further customizing may be necessary. This is usually done by StepStream or an implementation partner, but can also be done by the customer himself.

Customization efforts may comprise:

• Initial configuration steps (server addresses, etc.)
• Structural mappings for special customer extensions

Questions and Answers

Can a Business Adapter be used standalone ?

Yes and no.

Although technically possible, an adapter is actually just one endpoint of a P2P connection or a hub: it gains its full functionality by the business logic, which normally requires a mapping to StepStream Financial Repository.

However there may exist special environments where standalone operation is sensible. Contact us for further information.

The functionality of your adapter is insufficient !

StepStream's policy is to involve endusers and business people right from the beginning. So contact us! We love to extend the functionality of our adapters.

Where do I get more information ?

This website is still evolving. If you don't find the required information on the according adapter page or in the documentation, don't hesitate to contact us!