1st May 2007
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ProductWriter r18.00 is
a significant release that brings together a number of new features, enhanced
usability and greater flexibility in developing new products. Text Groups
An
insurer will now be able to define user defined text groups. Text groups are
based on dictionary or user defined text properties and allow users to define groups based on
insurer defined text values. Text
groups offer features that are similar to functionality offered for range and
list groups. Set Corresponding
Insurers will now be able to set all the output
properties in an object to those from another object, where the property
names and types match. This can be done with a single rule statement. This
functionality works in a similar manner to the setting of individual
properties. Invalid and New List Values
Product
developers will now be able to define statements using “If input and not in
list”. This functionality enables handling of list values that are not yet
included in the published code lists. Where
a list value is found to be input and not in the list, the X/RTE will continue
processing to produce results. This is particularly helpful for schema based
dictionaries where code lists are maintained by insurers. Window Resizing and Positioning
Object
names in schema based dictionaries tend to be longer and the width of the dropdown
or selection box caused names to be displayed only partially. A
facility has been added in Release 18 where insurers can resize the ‘edit’
windows within the rules editor to allow longer object names to be visible.
In addition, ProductWriter now remembers window positions so that less time
is spent aligning windows on a screen. View By
A “View By” option is now available within a Group. This new functionality allows users to change the order of the displayed rows to make the editing of groups easier. XML Constructs
The dictionary generator has been enhanced to allow Polaris schemas containing xs:choice and xs:all constructs to be used for data dictionary generation. This
allows for greater flexibility for schema based dictionary generation and
greater correlation between XML schemas and their related ProductWriter
dictionaries. RTE Mapping File
Following
a successful schema dictionary generation a mapping file of the objects,
properties, elements and ids is created. This file can be used by RTE
integrators in a similar way to that produced through the DictOut utility. Further information for
r18.00 changes will be found in the ProductWriter on-line User Guide. This
User Guide is distributed as part of the ProductWriter release. The
'ProductWriter Overview' chapter of the Guide outlines the release changes
and provides a link to more detailed sections of the document. |
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Benefits of moving up to r18.00 The benefits of using
ProductWriter r18.00 include : • Greater flexibility in defining product
logic on text values by using text groups • Greater control on handling of unknown list
values • Enhanced functionality that allows for
simpler and quicker rule writing • Improvements in the user interface • More flexibility for development of bespoke
products • Even greater translation offered between
dictionaries and standard XML messages |
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Effect on existing products and dictionaries
Existing
products are not affected by this release and will operate on the existing
dictionaries as they do now.
Traditional dictionaries (motor, household and commercial) will remain
and will continue to be developed and supported. The
look and feel of ProductWriter is unchanged. Where new functionality has been
added, care has been taken to ensure that the user interface remains
consistent. |
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Run Time Environment (RTE)
Advice
on how to support the new functionality in Release 18 dictionaries within an integration will be provided with the release. r18.00 of the RTE
will be backwards compatible with schemes developed at r17.10 and all earlier
ProductWriter releases. |
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ProductWriter r18.00 training We
are currently assessing demand for a special training course for using new
functionality released in r18.00. This one day workshop will cover all
enhancements made to Release 18.00. Please contact the service desk should
you be interested in such a course. |
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Contact us
For any questions please
contact the service desk on 0845 456 1956 or email Polaris_uk@logicacmg.com. |