Pi Concepts

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Pi
Personal Information

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flexsys
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belgium
What
•Pi is a Personal Information system based on a configurable
framework.
•Was initially started by Full Circle Development (a join venture
between Hfx.co.uk and Flexsys Belgium) and taken on by Flexsys
Belgium in 2017.
•Is retailed to distributors which configures it for their country and
customers.
•Only one release version. Customisation is performed in the
integrated development environment.
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Design goal
•Must works for a wide range of customers starting at 50
employees with no upper limit.
Our biggest customer is in Portugal: 9400 employees.
•Must use a modern user interface.
•Should use the latest software technologies.
•Must not be a T&A application - only -
•Must be extensible by plug-in
•Must be easily localized and must support multi languages
•Human interface independent (Web)
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Multi languages
•Enabled for –simultaneous- different languages
•Each person is linked to is own locale
•Unlimited number of supported locale
•Use standard free tools for text translation (gnuGetText - Flexsys
has also developed its own set of tools)
•Actually, database text translation has to be done manually.
•Support adding locales on a running system (if the locale is
unknown, revert to the programmer's language)
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Architecture
DATA Access Layer
DATA ACCESS LAYER
Database Database
Module 1 Module N
Business Logic Layer
Core components
Core engine
Business Layer Application Layer
MS Windows Application Web application
Application Layer