Standardized components for individual business processes save time and money. Ready-made building blocks from the software factory significantly streamline the development process and can be combined to taste.

One of StoneOne’s key advantages are the ready-made standard components already existing for many processes, such as for designing forms, logging or user administration. This allows StoneOne to offer its customers a very cost-effective solution as the development requirements are much lower compared to an individual project solution.

The standardized business components implement frequently recurring business logic or functionality and can be employed in a broad range of vertical portals based of the StoneOne technology.

Together with the defined Enterprise Information Bus (EIB) system interface, the components draw on fixed and standardized data, metadata and interfaces and are connected to a rule engine to form a rule-based workflow. Each StoneOne component also has a status backbone, which greatly simplifies user guidance in the portals.


• Applications Connector
• Applications Designer
• Audit/Logging
• Business
• Classification
• Communication
• Data Acquisition
• Database
• Exporter
• Help
• Importer
• Installer/Update
• Monitoring
• Storage
• Tracking/Billing
• User-Administration
• Workflow/Rules Engine

 Applications Connector – Interface to standard applications.

The StoneOne business services very frequently interact with a wide variety of standard applications. For this reason, specialized connectors establish a connection to selected functions of standard software packages, such as SAP or even connect with specific specialist applications of partners or customers.
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 Applications Designer – Intelligent, context-sensitive form design.

Many applications require thousands of individual data elements to allow for mapping all possible types of forms. The “Applications Designer” component makes it possible to provide the data and metadata of a specific data object, such as an invoice, with supporting information that is used to automatically generate an easy-to-use interface. The most important fields are placed in a clear, well-structured manner that matches each process step.

The required interface is generated according to the data object, its data model pattern, a presentation strategy, an optional individual presentation specification, as well as rules for single elements of a data object. Behavioral rules are stored together with the data object and model, such as the definition of which data fields belong to the “Address”, “ZIP code”, “City”, “Street” and “Country” group.

This facilitates the fast and efficient creation of entry screens for business cases. Prototypes and customer-specific scenarios are designed with ease.
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 Audit/Logging – Secure logging of system events and user actions.

The StoneOne platform ensures that all system events are stored at the file and database level at a configurable access level. Audit tables recording application-specific actions or processes required for the users can also be configured.
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 Business – Expert know-how for different applications.

The business component is normally developed by specialized partner companies or specialist departments of the customer. In either case it is based on the respective expert knowledge – StoneOne delivers this component as an “empty vessel.” It delivers a specific, complex functionality that cannot be implemented as part of a configuration process. The corresponding functions are mapped by the StoneOne technology as standard functions to make them available for use with, e.g., the “Workflow” or “Forms” component. Comprehensive data checks that cannot be mapped on a field level represent an example scenario.
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 Classification – Analysis and allocation of incoming data.

Incoming data can be analyzed and allocated to a specific topic (e.g. invoice, delivery note, advertisement etc.) with the “Classification” component in combination with the rule engine. Specialized software programs for intelligent text analysis and extraction are also integrated.
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 Communication – Interface for external data exchange.

Interfaces for e-mail, printing, SMS, etc. are provided to allow the external use of data.
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 Data Acquisition – Simple transfer of customer data to the portal server.

The useful data, especially electronic or scanned documents (invoices, orders, travel expenses), are transferred from the end user to a data queue on the EIB server via data transfer. Multiple queues can be created for each client. A rule-based analysis, which draws on the classification component, turns this into a data object which is connected to a data pattern as well as a workflow for each client. All data is transferred in a transaction-safe manner.
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 Database – Client-capable management of metadata models.

Multiple data patterns can be stored for each client. They support the representation of extensive relational structures and can also be linked to audit functions. A state-of-the-art admin interface is provided for this purpose.

The resulting database models and functions are provided transparently for all other components and transaction safe for all common databases.
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 Exporter – Comfortable transmission of tables.

The “Exporter” is used to transfer tables in CSF format to local systems for further processing (e.g. to perform special evaluations).
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 Help – Intelligent support according to the situation at hand.

Intelligent help system that provides general help for performing tasks as well as detailed information on process steps and forms.
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 Importer – Handling bulk data.

The “Importer” is used for the transaction-safe import of bulk data (e.g. address data of a client) into tables of a usage scenario. The data is imported by block, and in the event of an interruption, the process is resumed intelligently.
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 Installer/Update – Convenient installation and updating support.

The StoneOne platform offers convenient provisioning, help and support functions for the initial implementation and for introducing updates. All required client components, such as printer drivers or security software (e.g. card reader), are easy to install.
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 Monitoring – Cross-application maintenance.

Monitoring represents the graphical interface to the maintenance interface of the components. The status of each component is indicated as “red”, “yellow” or “green”. Detailed information is available on the maintenance history, including the results, an administrator comment and the status of the final result. The component also indicates the maintenance tasks to be carried out in the very near future. The system automatically reminds the administrator (by e-mail, escalation, repeated notification) to perform the required entries in a timely fashion. This ensures that the operation history is fully documented.
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 Storage – Professional support of all common archive systems.

The “Storage” component makes sure that data is archived in auditable form, be it on RAID, SAN, EMC Centerra, NetApps or using tape or jukebox systems.

Also, any commercially available archive system can be connected using the JSR-170 standard or, if necessary, based on a customized solution.
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 Tracking/Billing – Service-oriented and transaction-based billing.

One of the StoneOne platform’s key features is a multi-level billing system with integrated logging and communication. There are configurable counters for all relevant system results which allow for accurately tracking and billing the use of specific functions. For example, you could attach a fee to storing an object, which is then automatically billed either on a monthly basis or after reaching a predefined number of uses. Specifically, a report is generated which can be printed and sent by mail or immediately delivered by e-mail. The corresponding invoice can be directly based on this report.
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 User Administration – Client-capable user and rights system with LDAP.

User administration is based on a so-called LDAP proxy that centrally manages all available user information across all clients and can also store additional information (rights, profiles, etc.) as schema extensions. The LDAP proxy further supports automatic synchronization with client systems.
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 Workflow/Rules Engine – Rule-based, standardized workflows for each process.

The “Workflow / Rules Engine” component uses its own rule engine to implement rule-based workflows. It also takes care of representing and processing process diagrams, which are often mapped according to their own logic. To facilitate integration in already existing or highly complex processes, the StoneOne technology platform provides a “bridge” to common workflow systems.
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