Glossary
This glossary includes terms and definitions for Cast Iron® Express®.
- Bundles
Bundles are a collection of endpoints. - Connection
A set of properties that together can be used to establish a connection to a source or target (db user name, password, server, port etc). - Endpoint
Represents the properties of an external system, such as a database server, FTP server, email system, or enterprise application. This can be either the source of data to the Integration Appliance, or the target of processing by the Integration Appliance. - Fields
Properties of the object / table / file (depending on the context). - Functions
Simple XSLT-style functions for manipulating data. For example, move, concat, not, or max. - Integration
The specific sequence of processing activities (such as data mapping, transformation, and control logic activities), endpoints, and data types, defined and configured using Cast Iron Express. - Operations
Actions that have been used during transformation. On the source side, these are in the past tense, for example created, updated, deleted, or upserted. On the target side, these are in the active voice, for example create, update, delete, or upsert. - Source
The originating endpoint, located on the left side of an integration. - Target
The target endpoint, located on the right side of an integration. - Transformation
The definition of the process for transforming the in-flight data, from the source format, to the target format. This may or may not include lookups, filtering, and functions.