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 At GXS Site(Rate: $600/day per student)
Gaithersburg, MD 
Tampa, FL(Minimum number of students and days)
Sunbury, UK(Minimum number of students and days)
At My Site(According to the number of students, your GXS Client Training representative will provide the pricing details, plus instructor’s travel expenses.)
Online Training(Instructor-led classes in hourly increments, minimum one half-day (4 hours).)

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Course Objectives

 Curriculum Description*Days**
* Some topics have pre-requisites of other topics or equivalent experience. Your GXS Client Training representative will provide more details when responding.
** Day values are estimates based on average student’s experience on the subject; topics usually include exercises.

AI Basic Mapping (5 days)
Overview of Application Integrator and Introduction to Mapping with Workbench0.5 day
Translation and Troubleshooting0.25 day
Working with Rules0.25 day
Process Flow0.75 day
Working with Trading Partner Profiles0.25 day
Mapping Process for Inbound EDI Documents1 day
Mapping Process for Outbound Documents1 day
Administrative Reports0.25 day
Storing and Retrieving AI Information and Any-to-Any Mapping and Translation0.25 day
Migrating to Production0.25 day
Helpful Features for Managing Projects0.25 day

AI Intermediate XML (4.5 days)
Introduction to Mapping with Workbench 5.x0.5 day
Translation and Troubleshooting in 5.x
Initiating Translations, Setting the Trace Level, etc.
Troubleshooting with Reports and Trace Log
Process Flow Review
Advanced Concepts
Reconstructing from the Log File
AI Process Flow:  Return Codes and Keywords		0.25 day
XML Review (XSD and XSLT)0.5 day
Traditional Model XML
otxmlcanon
Inbound and Outbound Traditional Model XML 		1 day
XSLT Tutorial
Read XSLT Style Sheets
Create Style Sheets using Workbench
Insert Functions into your Style Sheet
Using the XSLT Functions
Inbound XSL Method
1 day
The GXS Application Integrator XSL Functions
Read the AI XSLT Functions
Insert AI XSLT Functions into your style sheet
Use the AI XSLT Functions
Understand the AI XSLT Environment variables		0.25 day
XPATH Tutorial
What is XPath
Read XPath Models
Create XPath Models using Workbench.
Insert Functions into your Style Sheet.
Use the XPath Functions		1 day

AI Advanced Mapping (5 days)
Introduction to AI version 5.x0.5 day
Troubleshooting Techniques using the Trace Log and Other Tools:
Input Viewing Option
Exception Tracking Report
Keyword Search
Rule Reconstruction (from the Trace Log)
Process Flow		0.5 day
Function Use and Techniques for Advanced Tasks:
Data Model Functions
Strings
Environment
Database: Profile, Standards, and External
System Information
Date and Time
Counters
Logs and Error Processing
Binary		1.25 day
Sharing Best Practices for Customizing EDI and other Processes:
Include Files and PERFORM routines – the User.inc File		0.75 day
Customizing for Application Data:
Customize Proprietary Bypass Models
Application Recognition Models
Customize for Enhanced Application Recognition		0.5 day
Design Custom Reports, Using the DM_Database Files0.25 day
Tricks of the Trade:
Understanding Mapping Processes and Conventions
Access Model – Process any Type of Data File
“Chunking”
ARRAY Sorting
Solve Common Problems (and a few Uncommon)		0.25 day
Create Better Test Data Files0.25 day
Deeper Streamlining and Automation (Interesting Topics)
Magic Numbers
Other Features of the Group Data Model Item (File, Sort Attributes)
Recovery and ON_ERROR
Discussion – Exception Processing
Auto-Create Trading Partners
Engineer Custom Tabs for the Trading Partner Database
Custom Coding in the Big OT’s – 997 Target Model		0.25 day
Workbench Productivity Features:  
Use the Deploy Feature
The Interactive Process Manager
More Editors and the Outline View
Setting up Views and Perspectives
Create Projects and Configure some Troubleshooting Helps
Use Features for Working with Files
Search, Replace, Compare Features and Utilities
Use CVS Client Features
Also, Define, Store, and Extract Your Own Custom Data (Custom Tabs) 		0.5 day

Enterprise Gateway (3 days)
Overview of Enterprise Gateway
Powered by webMethods
Overview of webMethods 7.1 Platform
Business Process Integration
Integration Server
Developer
Enterprise Basics
Mailbox, Queues, Adapters		0.25 day
Support User Administration
Support Users
Service Users
Trading Relationships
The Mailbox
Basic Data Submission
Audit Log
Rejected Items
Service Users
Your Account
Trading Relationships
Basic Data Submission (the Postbox, the Mailbox)		0.5 day
Advanced Administration
Audit Log Details
Introduction to Queues
Translation Tracking
Configuration Details
General
Node Management
FTP Server
Adapters
Alternate logon		0.5 day
COS Bridge & FTP Bridge0.25 day
AI Bridge & Custom Queue0.25 day
Log Alert Facility
Purpose
Class
Conditions
Actions
Schedule		0.25 day
SMTP Bridge & EE Bridge0.25 day
webMethods Developer
Services
Navigation
Packages
Flow Services
Steps
Data
Testing		0.5 day
Installation0.25 day
 
Class Total:
  days

*Day values are estimates based on average student’s experience on the subject; topics usually include exercises.

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