Narrowcast Administrator

Narrowcast Administrator provides a graphical environment for configuring servers,

developing services, maintaining applications, and administering users. The
modular architecture of Narrowcast Server allows custom modules to be integrated
directly into the Narrowcast Administrator user interface.
Delivery Engine
The Delivery Engine comprises several components that work together to define
and store object definitions, run services, and track service execution. These
components include:
The Distribution Manager (DM), which manages and directs service execution by
distributing service workload to available execution engines
The Execution Engine (EE), which performs the work of gathering service content,
formatting it, and delivering it to devices
The Micro Strategy Logging Server, which provides an event and statistics routing
infrastructure
The Object Repository, which stores the objects used to define a Narrowcast Server
system and the services in it
The Subscription Book Repository, which stores all subscription data, including end
users, addresses, personalization, and subscription sets
Additional components contribute to processing information for service execution.
These components enable integration with other systems such as MicroStrategy
Intelligence Server or email servers. These components include:
Information sources, which can retrieve personalized information, such as grid and
graph reports, from local or remote systems such as a MicroStrategy Intelligence
Server.
Document formatters, which transform raw data provided by information sources
into formatted messages. The default configuration for Narrowcast Server supports
text, HTML, and Excel output formats.
Information transmitters, which connect to local or remote systems such as email
(SMTP) servers, shared network locations, shared network printers, SMS
(messaging) centers, and wireless application servers to deliver formatted content
to end users. SequeLink
SequeLink is a complete solution for configuring and managing data access across
any number of data stores, operating systems, and deployment options. SequeLink
provides a universal client for ODBC and JDBC, and provides a centralized console
for configuring and managing data access from a single point of control. SequeLink
creates two NT services: SLAgent 54, which is the Administrator, and SLSocket54,
which is the Server.

Creating a service
You can create a service in two ways: using the Service Wizard or using the Service
Editor. The Service Wizard is used in the steps in this chapter to create and send
sample services. However, the Service Editor provides a slightly different set of
functionality, so it is important to be aware of both of these tools:
1.
Service Wizard: The Service Wizard steps you through creating a new service,
including defining the content of the messages sent by the service, creating
subscriptions, and defining an execution schedule. The Service Wizard allows you to
create different content for each information transmitter defined in your system. For
example, mobile devices can be sent short plain text messages while email clients
such as Microsoft Outlook can be sent rich, graphical HTML messages with Excel
attachments.
2.
Service Editor: Use the Service Editor to design a service for more than one
locale. For example, a service made available to a multinational user community
might include several different publications, each publication containing content in
a different language to support the set of users who prefer that language. The
Service Editor provides more flexibility than the Service Wizard by allowing you to
add as many publications as you need to support your Multilanguage user
community.