One Fox eBUS
The web service for OpenText eDOCS DM/RM 
NEW: RM funcionality from eBUS 1.7
OpenText eDOCS functions in an organization, among other applications. Each application has its own function and purpose, but one common feature: the output of documents that have to be archived. That’s why all your business applications have to be integrated with eDOCS. Making sure these integrations are realized conform an open and transparent interface is crucial. If this isn’t the case changes to your DM environment, by upgrading to a new eDOCS release for example, can cause problems or dependencies on changes in your business applications. This is one of the main reasons why organizations abandon or stay away from an eDOCS upgrade. Shying away from this upgrade comes at the expense of the DM environment stability and usability.
One Fox eBUS is the solution
One Fox eBUS is a web service that operates between your business applications and eDOCS. Your applications are linked to One Fox eBUS, which in turn is linked to eDOCS. When upgrading to a newer release of eDOCS you only need to adjust the one link between eBUS and eDOCS. This saves you a lot of time, effort and increases the flexibility within your eDOCS environment. One Fox eBUS provides a uniform and seamless integration of your business applications and eDOCS. Naturally in accordance with applicable standards and in compliance with your business rules for eDOCS. eBUS makes integration with other applications much easier and makes sure you’ll never have to connect applications at API level again.
Record Management supported from eBUS 1.7
As of the 1.7 version there are some new features added to eBUS. The first new feature is an extension to the Activity Log service. It's now possible to not just simply retrieve the document history, but also expand it by adding activities to the document history yourself. For example, as an administrator you can now manually add activities that eDOCS doesn't capture by default.
The most important new feature is the addition of RM functionality to eBUS. Through eBUS it is now possible to show the file plan, retrieve documents from this structure or to place new documents in the file plan. The file plan rights in eDOCS are respected by eBUS. This RM functionality is NOT part of the standard eBUS license, but can be purchased as an additional module.
Business Benefits
- A fast and very cost-effective way to seamlessly integrate eDOCS with your business applications based on SOA principles;
- Standardized and secure access to your centrally stored documents for al your business applications;
- Resolves complex upgrade problems and dependencies caused by (custom)applications, which makes eDOCS more scalable and applicable;
- When updating your DMS environment your costly integrations keep working, you don’t need to worry about changes in eDOCS. Resulting in a stable environment an low maintenance costs;
- Offers an easier way of working while integrating applications and makes you less dependent on technical expertise, reducing development time by over 40%;
- Bypassing eDOCS security is no longer possible through integration according to standard interfaces. You’ll never have to connect applications at API level again;
- RM and Workspaces are also available from version 1.7!
Technical benefits
- Integrates perfectly within a SOA environment and connects every application in it by using standard techniques, such as web services and SOAP;
- Provides for integration with an Enterprise Service Bus and supports failover and load balancing;
- Complete front-to-end service, including a standardized rapid test program;
- Intensive development has provided a fully stable eBUS version for over 3 years;
- Includes a full description of the methods (Solution Design), Installation Guide, Administration Documentation, Release Notes and a Unit Test Suite.
Use thé web service for eDOCS, One Fox eBUS, to develop your own applications for eDOCS faster and easier. Specifically for these developers One Fox provides free eBUS developer licenses!
Learn more about One Fox eBUSWondering why some of the biggest eDOCS users benefit from One Fox eBUS? Are your integrations realised at API level or is replacing/updating them the bottleneck for upgrading your DM system? Or do you have any other questions about One Fox eBUS? Don’t hesitate and contact us or call +31(0)30-230 4229.