Update Alfabet components with IT-Pedia data

The update of data from IT-Pedia's My Products - Modules to the Alfabet repository occurs via a a nightly batch job that triggers the ADIF import job schedule IT-Pedia Integration. This scheduled job takes the current data in IT-Pedia's My Products - Modules and updates the Alfabet repository. The batch job can also be triggered on an ad-hoc basis by an administrative user. The following update process takes place via the batch job:

• Current product data in IT-Pedia's My Products - Modules is used to update the related component in Alfabet. The IT-Pedia Synchronization and IT-Pedia Enrichment attributes must be set to Yes for components that shall be updated.
• When the ADIF import job schedule IT-Pedia Integration is triggered, then each product that has an Alfabet ID in IT-Pedia's My Products - Modules is retrieved and updated in the Alfabet repository. The IT-Pedia Product ID is updated in Alfabet for the retrieved Alfabet components.
• A component category is created for all components retrieved from IT-Pedia's My Products - Modules and mapped to the components.
• If the vendor does not exist for the component in Alfabet, the vendor is created for the component.
• Finally, the Alfabet component is updated based on the related IT product in My Products - Modules. The following is updated:
  • Component's reference to the vendor is created
  • Component's reference to the component category is created
  • The lifecycle phase definition including the status and duration of the lifecycle phase.
  Component attributes
  • NAME
  • VERSION
  • COMPONENTCATEGORY
  • VENDOR
  • STARTDATESTRING
  • ENDDATESTRING
  • ITPEDIA_ID
  • ITPEDIA_LASTUPDATE
  • ITPEDIA_ISNORMALIZED
  • ITPEDIA_ISVERIFIED
  • PLATFORM
  • ITPEDIA_EDITION
  • STARTOFSUPPORT
  • ENDOFSUPPORT
  • ENDOFEXTENDEDSUPPORT
  • SOFTWARETYPE
  • CATALOGITEMNAME
  • MYPRODUCT_ID
  • RELEASEDATE
  • ENDOFSALE
  • ENDOFLIFE
• Newly added products in IT-Pedia's My Products - Modules are created in as new components in the Alfabet repository.

To ensure that existing data is updated in the Alfabet repository:

1. In the navigation panel, go to Components to open the data workbench for components.
2. Click Structure and select IT-Pedia Synchronization and IT-Pedia Enrichment.
3. To ensure that a component is updated via the nightly batch job with information in IT-Pedia, select Yes in both the IT-Pedia Synchronization and IT-Pedia Enrichment columns. Do this for all components that should be updated via the nightly batch job.