| Glossar für das Paket Enterprise Modeler |  |
| A specification of the number of possible entities per entity type of a pairing. Abfrage The act or process of extracting data from a database to present it for use. Aktives ERP-Komponenten-Release The ERP component release that is currently active. Aktives Unternehmensstrukturmodell An enterprise structure model of a specific version that reflects the transactions in the current organization (enterprise). Aktivität Part of a business process that depending on the type of activity requires a certain action by ERP LN or an ERP LN user: Manual activity A task that cannot be automated Business process A hierarchical expansion of the business process Application A program that can run on the client or server and is defined within a component release File-based (client) A file for which, based on the file extension, the associated application on the client is started Sending trigger An attached business process that is started without user interaction Aktivitätsinstanz Represents an (executable) activity within a single enactment of a process instance. Aktuelle Komponente The ERP component that is currently active. Aktuelle Komponente The ERP component that is currently active. Aktuelle Modellierungsversion The version you currently use to create and modify model items. Anmeldung Der Anmeldename, mit dem sich ein Mitarbeiter am Server (UNIX, Windows) anmeldet, auf dem die ERP LN Anwendung läuft. Antwortlogik Determines what you must do when a wizard step is carried out. You must only apply a wizard constraint if the actions involve more than simply setting a parameter; for example, starting a nested wizard. Anwenderberechtigung The level of authorization that is given to a user to work with a component activity. The following levels of authorization exist: Display Print/Display Modify/Print/Display Insert/Modify/Print/Display Full Authorization Anwendung An application that is defined within a component definition. Anwendung An application that is defined within a component definition. Anwendungslogik Determines the setting of parameters in the ERP LN database based on wizard-step answers. AO-Dokument A document that is part of the administrative organization in a company and which you can link to an activity. Argument Additional information that is delivered to a component, as a result of which predefined actions are carried out. Aufgabe Eine mit einem Anwender verbundene Aktivität im Eingangskorb des Anwenders. Das Workflow-Management-System plant eine Aktivität für alle berechtigten Workflow-Anwender, so dass eine Aktivität mehr als eine Aufgabe haben kann. Auslöser An arrow in a business-control diagram that can be drawn between business functions, external agents, primary activities, and buffers. An incoming trigger (request loop) represents the cause/origin of a business function; the returning trigger (feedback loop) reports the confirmation/result of the action to the invoking function/agent. Note: an incoming and outgoing trigger must be present between each type of model item. Betriebliche Kennzahl A value that indicates the achievements of company units. The value varies by time unit (such as week and day) and is calculated by means of a script. If the value is a figure, it is displayed as a chart. If the value relates to a collection of data, it is stored in an ASCII file. You can link performance indicators to business functions to monitor and improve the performance of these business functions. Betriebsperiodentabelle For each calendar the EIS period table contains the data that defines the periods within a year and year part. The maximum number of year parts within a year is 99. The maximum number of periods within a year part is 13. Beziehungen zwischen Unternehmenseinheiten A description of the relation between two enterprise units. Beziehungs-Entity An entity type that is used to link two other entity types that have a many-to-many relationship between them. Bibliothek A library of model items. ERP LN distinguishes the following repositories: Business functions Business processes Business-control diagrams In coherence with each other the repository model items can form a business model. Bibliothekshilfe Help that provides general information about a model item. Repository help can also be viewed from a business model. Client für Workflow-Verarbeitung A software component for the Workflow user to carry out work items, for example, the Worklist Handler. The client is connected to the server by means of a network. Code für saisonale Schwankungen The code to identify a seasonal pattern. A seasonal pattern describes the relative ratios for norm values for one or more periods in a year. These values can be linked to performance indicators. Datenmodell Consists of one or more entity relationship diagrams that together represent the way the information is stored in a database. Daten über betriebliche Kennzahlen nach Periode The results of the calculation process, stored for the particular periods of the year. It concerns calculated results, norm, minimum, and maximum values (both periodic and cumulative), but also the owner of the performance indicator and, if applicable, the reports of output files. DEM-Browser A browser that graphically presents (parts of) the enterprise model. Dienstprogramm One or more applications that can be linked to a business process or an activity to help the employee carry out the process/activity. Note that a support application can contain both applications and other support applications. DLL Siehe: Dynamic Link Library Dummy A place holder. Nothing happens in dummy activities but they are needed to avoid deadlocks in Petri nets. Dynamic Enterprise Modeler A tool that enables you to create a multilevel structure that represents an organization using ERP software. The multilevel structure consists of the following model items: Enterprise-structure model Business models Data models Dynamic Link Library A feature of operating systems that allows executable routines to be stored separately as files with DLL extensions and to be loaded only when needed by a program. Synonym: DLL Dynamische Bedingung A condition that can be linked to an outgoing transition of a control activity. The outcome of the condition (true or false) is determined at run time by Workflow and is used to determine the path through a business process. Dynamisches Menü A personal menu structure that shows the business processes and activities for which an employee is authorized. Eigentümer An ERP user who has created a model item or version, or the ERP user who is responsible for the model or version. Eingangskorb A software component that manages the interaction between the Workflow user and the Workflow Engine to carry out work items. Eingangskorb - Liste Eine vollständige Liste von Aufgaben für einen bestimmten Workflow Anwender im Eingangskorb. Einheit The physical quantity in which goods are managed. For example, wood can be expressed by length in meters, or by volume in cubic meters. Einstellungsregel für statische Bedingung An expression containing business functions and/or business processes whose presence or absence determine the values of static conditions in a business model. Endtext für Wizard A text that explains the result of the wizard after the ERP user has completed all wizard steps. Enterprise Modeler Editor (EME) The tool that enables you to create and modify the enterprise-structure diagram (enterprise-structure model), the business-control diagram (part of a business model), the business-function diagram (part of a business model), the business-process diagram (part of a business model), and the entity-relationship diagram (data model). Enterprise Modeler - Komponente A building block within Enterprise Modeler. Entität Ein separater und unabhängiger Baustein für einen Cluster und/oder eine Unternehmenseinheit. Zum Beispiel Lager, Abteilung, Mitarbeiter, VK-Abteilung, EK-Abteilung, Projekt, Kunde, Lieferant, kaufmännische Firma. Entity-Art An object (person, place, thing, or concept) for which you must record information. ERP LN provides the following entity types: Logical entity type: a meaning to the real world and is comprised of one or more physical entity types. Physical entity type: database tables in the ERP LN application packages. Associative entity type: an entity type that is used to link other entity types. Entity-Beziehung Ein Grund, um Entitäten von einer oder zwei Entity-Arten zu verknüpfen. Entity-Relationship-Datenmodell A graphic design of the relational data model structure. The diagram shows a (multilevel) structure that consists of entity types and entity type relationships. ERP An accounting-oriented information system for identifying and planning the enterprise-wide resources needed to take, make, ship, and account for customer orders. An ERP system differs from the typical MRP II system in technical requirements, such as graphical user interface, relational database, use of fourth-generation language, and computer-aided software engineering tools." ERP-Anwender A person who is authorized to log on to the ERP LN applications, and for whom data such as a startup menu, an operational language, and roles (authorizations) is defined. Externer Code A user-definable code that indicates the position of a model item relative to other model items. Externer Handelspartner External parties (such as customers, suppliers, and governments) that affect the business functions in a business-control diagram. Faktor pro Periode und saisonaler Schwankung The relative ratio for the norm values for the periods within a calendar. Feste Datums- und Zeitformel A formula to calculate the target date and time that can be linked to a business process or activity to determine the time frame in which the business process or activity must be accomplished. Firma A working environment in which you can carry out logistic or financial transactions. All the data concerning the transactions is stored in the company's database. Each company has its own database tables and its own data. The company number identifies the data. Depending on the type of data that the company controls, the company is: A logistic company. A financial company. Both a logistic and a financial company. In a multisite structure, the company database can partially exist uniquely for the company, and partially consist of database tables that the company shares with other companies. Folgenummer Eine Nummer, die die Reihenfolge bestimmt, in der Datensätze in einem Auflistungsprogramm oder einem Listenfeld angezeigt werden. Formale Identifikation A version-specific reference to the actual business process, states, and Workflow attributes to be used in program scripts and during activity modeling. Siehe: actual identification Fragetext für Wizard The question that a user is asked in a wizard. The question is displayed in the wizard step dialog box. Geplante Dauer Average time needed to finish a business process or an activity. Geschäftsfunktion A model item that defines relevant business issues. A business function is used in business control diagrams to show how the primary process of an organization is controlled. In addition, a business function is the primary part of a business function model, which is a multilevel structure of the functions used in the business control model. A business function model provides a hierarchical breakdown of the business function. You can also use a business function to transform a function model to a process model. Geschäftsfunktionsdiagramm A graphic design that visualizes the multilevel relationships between business functions. Hinweis The lowest level of business functions is used to set the value of static conditions. The level above the lowest level is used to link business processes to business functions. Geschäftsfunktionsmodell A part of a business model that is built from a selection of business functions that are initially created in the repository. Geschäftsmodell A model that represents the organization. There are two types of business models: Reference models apply to specific industries or business typologies. Project models apply to a specific organization. Geschäftsmodell A model that represents a line of business or business typology. A reference model is built from a library (repository) of the following model items: business-control model business-function model business-process model Geschäftsprozess A set of one or more activities and states that collectively realize a business objective. Geschäftsprozessmodell A part of a reference model or project model built from a selection of business process diagrams that are initially created in the repository (library of business processes). Geschäftsprozessmodell A graphic design that visualizes the business objective via a process structure in the Petri Net format. Geschäftsvorfall A single representation of a process definition, which consists of a sequence of activity instances and state instances (connected by transitions). Their relation is defined in the process definition. Haupt-(Laufzeit)-Projektmodell A run-time project model that functions as default for the company to which the project model is linked. There can only be one main project model per company. Hauptaktivität The representation of an organization's basic activity, situated on the primary flow. Examples are: receipt of raw materials, production of sub-assemblies, final assembly, and delivery of the final products. Hilfetext für Wizard Text that contains background information or a detailed description of the wizard-step question. Hinweistext für Wizard Text that contains information for wizard-step answers based on common practice. Ishikawa-Diagramm A graphical representation of the hierarchy of used performance indicators. The Ishikawa diagram is represented as a fish bone chart. Kalendercode Identification of a calendar year that is subdivided into year parts and periods. The start date and end date of the year can fall in another year than the calendar year. In the calendar, the different periods are defined by their start and end dates. Kategorie A division within a system of classification. Most model items can be categorized. Kategorie der Unternehmenseinheit Identifies the kind of flow between two enterprise units. ERP LN distinguishes the following category types: A document flow A goods flow A money flow An order flow Kaufmännische Firma Teil einer ERP LN Datenbank, in der Sie alle Daten zu Financials-Buchungen speichern können. Komponente Ein Satz von Anwendungen und zugehörigen Daten. Komponenten-Release The identification of the issue of a component. Landkarte A graphic design that is used to visualize geographical locations of the enterprise units in an enterprise structure diagram. Laufzeit-Optimierungsphase The optimization phase that is used at run time. Combined with the run-time version and run-time project model, the run-time optimization phase determines which processes are displayed and how to displayed these processes in the dynamic menu browser. Laufzeit-Projektmodell A project model (within a company) that is used at run-time. Combined with the run-time version and run-time optimization phase, the run-time project model determines the processes that are displayed in the dynamic menu browser. Laufzeitversion The version that contains the run-time project model. Combined with the run-time project model and run-time optimization phase, the run-time version determines the processes that are displayed in the dynamic menu browser. logical server Siehe: Workflow-Server Login-Code The user ID and password that the Worklist Handler user must enter to log on to the Workflow Server. Logische Entity-Art An entity type that has a meaning to the real world and that contains several physical entity types. For example, an item or a warehouse. Logistische Firma Teil einer ERP-Datenbank, in der Sie Daten zu logistischen Buchungen speichern können. Mitarbeiter Ein menschliches Mitgleid eines Organisationsmodells. Normalerweise sidn Mitarbeiter Workflow-Anwender, die über den Eingangskorb Aktivitäten ausführen. Mitarbeitergruppe An organizational unit of employees. For example, sales department or purchase department. Mitarbeitergruppenarten A label that can be used to categorize employee groups. Modellspezifische Hilfe Help that is linked to a model item and provides information about the function of that model item in a business model. Neu zuweisen An authorized Workflow user can reroute work items to another Workflow user, a group, or a role. Rerouting can be done individually per work item, collectively per process instance, or per folder. Optimierungsbeziehung A relationship, graphically represented by a curved arrow, connecting two business functions. The functionality can either represent: A variant (replaces the business function). An option (additional business function). Optimierungsphase A phase in the business-improvement cycle in which new business functions and business processes are implemented in an organization. Optionale Beziehung A relationship between two entity types that is not mandatory. To identify the optionality of the relationship, the N side of the relationship is equal to zero. Ordner In DEM, a collection of process instances. These process instances can be derived from different process definitions. A folder can represent a logical group of process instances. For example, a folder for customer Jones. Organigramm A formal representation of an organization, which distinguishes employee groups, employees, and roles. Parameter A variable that directs the software to meet the specific requirements of an organization. Parameter-Einstellungsregel An expression containing business functions and/or business processes whose presence or absence determine the value of one or more parameters in a business model. Physische Entity-Art Database table definitions of the ERP LN application, for example the general item (tcibd001) data table. The entity type code is usually equal to the table code. Position An internal number that indicates the place of the activity, state, or control activity in the business process diagram. Primärfluss The primary process that is controlled in the business control diagram. Per diagram, only one flow can be inserted. This flow can represent a goods flow, an information flow, or a financial flow. On the primary flow, primary activities, buffers, and one customer order decoupling point can be inserted. Priorität An indication of how urgently work items must be processed. The activity instance priority can be the decisive factor for sorting work items in the Worklist Handler. Projektmodell A model that represents a specific organization. . A project model is built from a library (repository) of the following model items: business-control model business-function model business-process model Prozessmonitor A client application that graphically displays a business process. If you have the appropriate authorizations, you can use the Process Viewer to start activities. Puffer A stock point that is located on the primary flow in a business control diagram. Regel An expression. A rule is used to: Check the consistency of a business function model (consistency rules). Transform a business function model to a business process model (transformation rules). Assign a value to the application parameters (parameter setting rules). Assign a value to static conditions (static condition setting rules). Regelbedingung An expression that contains business processes and/or business functions and determines which of the following model items are included, or assigned a value in a business model. The assigned value can be: Business function Business process Parameter Static condition Rolle In DEM a role is a set of specific qualifications and/or skills that an employee must have to be authorized to carry out a business process, activity, or subapplication. Rückwärtskonstruktion The opposite of the (normal) engineering process. Instead of creating new data for a software product, you extract information from an existing database. The data structure information is generated and can be used to design anew interface or to describe the current software. You can either select entity types that were not used before in the entity relationship diagram, or generate a new set of entity types for which entity relationships or entity relationship diagrams already exist. Solltermin/-zeit The date and time when a process instance must be finished. See also: target date mode Spezialisierungsbeziehung An entity relationship between two entity types (a subtype and a supertype) that is used to indicate that the supertype's attributes also apply to (are inherited by) the subtype. Starttext für Wizard A text that explains the function of the wizard. Statische Bedingung A condition that can be linked to an outgoing transition of a control activity. During the implementation of ERP LN, the static condition values are evaluated by static condition-setting rules and can result in activating/deactivating parts of business processes. Status The stage in the development of a model item. Steuerungsaktivität An activity in the business process that represents a decision moment. The designer of the business process defines with the help of static and dynamic conditions for the outgoing transitions the route through the process (which of the succeeding activities will be carried out and in which order). The different types of control activities are, for example, XOR, OR, and AND. Tabellendefinition The definition of a table and its fields/columns and so on, in the ERP LN data dictionary. Tatsächliche Identifikation The name that is given to a business process, workflow attribute, or external state during the modeling process. Siehe: formal identification Termin A date on which the process instance should have reached a specific state. If the state is not reached, the Workflow Management System initializes a predefined action. A deadline is a special target date. Terminmodus Determines how the deadline date must be interpreted by the Workflow Management System. Siehe: See also: deadline date/time Tools-Rolle Übereinstimmungsregel An expression containing one or more business functions on the basis of which one or more business functions must be present in the business model. Übergang A directed link or connection between an activity and a state in a Petri-net. You can link a static and/or dynamic condition to a transition. Umwandlungsregel An expression imposing a unilateral dependency of business processes in relation to business functions. By carrying out the rules, business processes are imported into the business model based on the business functions that are already present. Untergeordnete Mitarbeitergruppe An employee group that is linked to another employee group at one level below the latter. Untergeordnetes Unternehmenssteuerungsdiagramm A business control diagram that is linked to another business control diagram. One or more child diagrams can be linked to a parent diagram. A child diagram can also be linked to several parent diagrams. Unternehmenseinheit Ein finanziell unabhängiger Teil Ihrer Organisation, der aus Einheiten wie Abteilungen, Abteilungen, Lägern und Projekten besteht. Die Einheiten einer Unternehmenseinheit müssen alle zur selben logistischen Firma gehören, aber eine logistische Firma kann mehrere Unternehmenseinheiten enthalten. Eine Unternehmenseinheit ist mit einer einzigen kaufmännischen Firma verknüpft. Wenn Sie logistische Buchungen zwischen Unternehmenseinheiten ausführen, werden diese in den kaufmännischen Firmen gebucht, mit denen jede Unternehmenseinheit verknüpft ist. Die Unternehmensstrukturmodelle definieren die Beziehungen zwischen den Unternehmenseinheiten und den Warenversand, der zwischen den Unternehmenseinheiten stattfinden kann. Wenn Sie Fakturierung und Preisfindung zwischen Unternehmenseinheiten verwenden möchten, müssen Sie die Unternehmenseinheiten mit internen Handelspartnern verknüpfen. Sie können Unternehmenseinheiten für eine separate Buchführung für Teile Ihres Unternehmens verwenden. Sie können z. B. Unternehmenseinheiten für separate Teile Ihres Unternehmens definieren, die zu einer logistischen Firma gehören, aber in verschiedenen Ländern liegen. Die Buchführung für jede Unternehmenseinheit erfolgt in der jeweiligen Landeswährung und in der kaufmännischen Firma, die mit der Unternehmenseinheit verknüpft ist. Unternehmensmodell A complete design that visualizes a multisite organization. An enterprise model consists of an enterprise structure model and related business models. Unternehmenssteuerungsdiagramm A graphic design that visualizes the primary process that takes place within an organization and shows the business functions that are used to control that process. Unternehmenssteuerungsmodell A part of a reference model or project model that is built from a selection of business control diagrams that are initially created in the repository (library of model items). Unternehmensstruktur (Firmenstruktur/Konzernstruktur) Ein Satz von Daten, der die verschiedenen untergeordneten Firmen angibt, die eine übergeordnete Firma ausmachen und die zum Verdichten des Werts der betrieblichen Kennzahl der übergeordneten Firma dienen. Die untergeordneten Firmen müssen die gleiche Paketkombination haben wie die übergeordnete Firma. Unternehmensstrukturdiagramm A graphic design that shows the geographic location of enterprise units and the relationships between these enterprise units in a multisite organization. You can model various kinds of relationships between enterprise units; this includes goods flows, financial flows, and information flows. Unternehmensstrukturmodell An enterprise structure diagram that shows the geographic location of enterprise units and the relationships between these enterprise units in a multisite organization. Unterprogramm An application defined as accessible from a defined component application. If the component application is an ERP LN session, the subapplications are equivalent to ERP LN subsessions. Unterrolle A regular role that is linked to another role at one level below the latter. URL Uniform Resource Locator (URL). An address for a resource on the Internet. URLs are used by Web browsers to locate Internet resources. A URL specifies: The protocol to be used in accessing the resource (such as http: for a World Wide Web page, or ftp: for an FTP site). The name of the server on which the resource resides (such as www.whitehouse.gov). The path to a resource (such as an HTML document or a file on that server). Ursprungsversion Defines from which version the model item is derived. Version A group of model items that share some characteristics, such as the customer, owner, and effective date. Versionsstruktur Shows the derived-from structure of versions. Verteilungsformel Distributes activity instances to Workflow users according to a mechanism of free definition. The distribution algorithm is defined by a special script language and is saved in the Workflow Database. Vorgesetzter The employee that manages one or more employee groups, as a result of which he gets distributed all business processes that belong to the employee group(s) he/she supervises. Wiedervorlage A Workflow user can diarise a work item, that is to put it in resubmission mode, so that it does not appear in the worklist. If the work item must be carried out, the user must resubmit it. Diarising can be done individually per work item, or collectively per process instance or per folder. Wizard (Assistent) A special form of user assistance that automates a task by setting the parameter values within a business model and which directs the software to meet the specific requirements of an organization. Wizard-DLL-Funktion A DLL contains one or more functions to accomplish a certain task. Among other things, these functions can be used in constraints to check the answer given by the user against certain conditions, to check on the presence of a business function in the business function model, to read parameters, or to read wizard step answers. Wizard-Schritt The section of a wizard that accomplishes the dialog with the ERP user. Wizard-Schrittantwort The answer to a wizard step which the user can select from a range of possible answers. Usually, ERP LN automatically creates answers based on the domain linked to the parameter that can be set in the wizard. Workflow-aktiviert A parameter of an ERP LN session that indicates the session can be started through Workflow. Workflow-Anwender Ein Anwender, der den Eingangskorb verwendet. Workflow-Anwender können Mitarbeiter und systeminterne Anwender sein. Workflow-Attribute A variable for use in Workflow that transfers a value along activities in a business process. Workflow-Datenbank The data required for the Workflow Management System is stored in this database (except of data host and configuration files). All programs of Workflow can access it. The Workflow Administration System serves the database administration. Workflow-Engine A software part of the Workflow Server. The Workflow Engine uses the Workflow API to provide data and services to the Workflow Processing Clients. The Workflow Engine consists of several workers, the Job Manager and the Operator Manager. Workflow-Management-System A system that uses software to define, create, and manage the execution of business processes. The WMS runs on one or more Workflow Servers. The WMS can interpret process definitions, interact with Workflow users, and, if required, use IT tools and applications. Workflow - Prozess-Status The development stage of a business process. The stage determines whether: You can modify the business process Workflow can use it Workflow-Server The Workflow Engine and the Workflow Database running on the (physical) server. In case of several logical servers, this is called a multiserver. Synonym: logical server Workflow-Systemattribute Variables and constants containing workflow system data. Workflow-Systemdaten Workflow data managed by the Workflow Management System and/or the Workflow Engine. Such data is internal to the WMS and is usually not accessible for applications. Workflow-Systemverwaltung This administration tool is a graphical user interface to the Workflow Database. Each database table has a corresponding form for searching and data entry, and the option for report generation. Abkürzung: WSA Workflow-Verarbeitung Comprises all actions to realize current business processes. The process instances are subdivided into single steps and are given to the appropriate Workflow users. Responsibilities and access rights are checked. Workflow processing provides the right people with the right tools and the right data at the right time. WSA Siehe: Workflow-Systemverwaltung Zentrale Firma Die Firma, in der alle DEM-Artikeldaten gespeichert werden. Eine zentrale Speicherung erleichtert das Abrufen der Enterprise-Modeler-Daten. Zustand Part of a business process that is used internally to control the path through the business process. Zuständigkeitscode A task that can be linked to a role, and which is used for authorization purposes. If a responsibility code is linked to a role, at least on of the responsibility codes must have the value Yes to authorize the role. |