Ana Biazetti, STSM, Smarter Infrastructure Architecture

Jan 2015

Anywhere7.5.1
Architecture Overview

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Agenda

Anywhere Architecture

Deployment Architecture

Anywhere Platform Capabilities and Advantages

Anywhere Configuration and Customization Summary

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High Level Architecture

App. Authoring

Creates

Application
Artifacts

Builds

Hybrid Executables
(apk, ipa )

Metadata

Maximo

TRIRIGA

data
Design-time

Anywhere
App

Others

Run-time

Existing
Applications

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Mobile
Device

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Architectural Principles

Portable must run on multiple device OSs

Mobile First User Experience

Take advantage of Mobility features on device

GPS and location bases services

Email, notifications
Bar code scanning
Camera

Seamless support of Connected and Disconnected

Support of multiple backends (Maximo, Tririga, etc)

Easily Configurable (queries, new fields)

Customizable (adding new views, handle other BOs)

Continuous Delivery (Rapid development, test, deployment)
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Anywhere Runtime Architecture

Maximo

OSLC
Anywhere
OSLC
Adapter

Tririga

http/json

Anywhere
App

Worklight
Server

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Mobile
Device

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Using Worklight as part of the architecture

Anywhere
Build Env

Anywhere
Apps

http- Json

Maximo/
Tririga
OSLC

OSLC Adapter

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Anywhere Deployment Architecture

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Detailed Deployment Architecture with clustering

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Anywhere Platform Capabilities

Anywhere
Mobile
Apps

Work
Mngt

Industry
Solutions

Tririga

BP/
Customer

App Artifacts
Settings

Business
Logic

UI

Anywhere
Platform

Metadata
(OSLC)

Authz
Auth

Security

Data Services

Map
BarCode
Scanning

Communication

Local Storage

Build Services

Device Native
APIs

Worklight
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OSLC Integration

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OSLC Integration

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Anywhere Platform Advantages

Performance, Scalability, Reliability of communication through OSLC

Paging Support Stable caching provides performance boost

Concise Json format for messages
Transaction Management no request is lost or repeated
Partial update support
Dynamic partial query selection (restrict attributes returned)
Linked Data Combined queries with Multiple levels of related MBOs with deduplication of objects
Error Management includes consistent error codes and formats
Attachment support (phase 2)

Extensibility Extensible resource model

API documentation - Service provider documentation
Supported through metadata (shape documents structure of document)
makes solution agnostic
Extensibility of MBOs new fields can be discovered and used in apps without
coding
Extensibility of Apps new views, mbos can be added

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Anywhere Apps: Hybrid Apps

Html, Javascript, css for common code across platforms which allows
faster development and maintenance

Android SDK, cordoba plugins where device specific feature needed

Access to native features: GPS, barcode Scanning through camera,
offline maps, email
More to come in future releases

Disconnected local data storage based on WL JsonStore

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Connectivity and Data Synchronization

Communication with Backend OSLC
Standards based Integration:
o Standard way to discover services.
o Standard way to query for resources.
o Standard way to represent resources.

Promotes loosely coupled integration

Performance, Performance, Performance

OSLC Generic Adapter

Methods for querying, updating resources
Proxy to Maximo OSLC
Takes care of authentication, etc.

JsonStore for device storage of data

Supports data encryption
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Application Artifacts App dev/config/customization

Provide higher level abstraction of application definition
does not require coding for simple scenarios
App.xml abstraction:

ui Contains the specifications for the views in the application, including
views for the work list, record details, lookups, and dialog boxes.

data Contains the specifications for the data resources that are used by
the application, including work list, lookup, and system resources.

messages
Contains messages that are displayed on the user interface and recorded in
the application log.

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Anywhere Configuration/Customization Summary

Add/change business
logic, Add main objects

App Customization
Add/remove/reposition
fields
Change labels

App Configuration
Solution Setup and
Initial Configuration
Anywhere

Enable/disable
features
Add queries
Configure properties

WL
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Examples of Configuration

Change field labels

Rearrange fields

Change layout

Add/remove fields

Add lookups

Add related objects

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Sample Configuration: Query, New Field

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Example Anywhere Scenarios for Configuration/Customization

Extended
Work
Execution

New Work
Mngt App

Other Maximo/Tririga
Domain Apps

Work Mngt

Other Non-Maximo/Tririga
Apps

Anywhere Platform

Anywhere Platform

WL

WL

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OSLC Extensibility through Configuration

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Anywhere References

Maximo Anywhere Knowledge Center

http://ibm.co/1DMMti3

Maximo Anywhere Wiki

http://ibm.co/1xRS0D9

Maximo Anywhere blogs on SMC

http://ibm.co/1C4bOCP

Maximo Anywhere blogs on SM360

http://bit.ly/1BVYVdN

Maximo Anywhere Performance Chapter 9 of Best Practices for System

Performance 7.5.x
http://ibm.co/12uf2n2

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