Integration

KernMobile integrates and works seamlessly with your existing systems. Using the latest Internet technology, KernMobile sends data directly from the field to your databases in real time in the exact format your system requires.

Integration

Most of the KernMobile implementations to date have included integration to a client's backend systems. Examples of systems that KernMobile has integrated with successfully in the past include Hansen 7, Hansen 8, ARC GIS (ESRI), FinanceOne, MapInfo, Proclaim, and SPM.  Furthermore, interfaces to Ozone and Maximo are currently being built.

To integrate with backend systems, KernMobile uses datapump interfaces. Datapump interfaces to external systems fall into one of 3 categories. They can be database interfaces, web service interfaces, or intermediate interfaces.

KernMobile supports two major databases i.e. SQL Server and Oracle. We do not write directly into live production databases but encourage the use of transfer tables and views. These allow data to be extracted from the live system and transferred to Kern or placed by Kern into a transfer table. It is the responsibility of the customer to transfer data from the transfer tables into the live system. KernMobile provides guidance around this.

The KernMobile web service interfaces provide a better way to transfer data than traditional database interfaces.

Some external systems that do not currently support database or web service integration allow data to be imported. To facilitate this we support a variety of common import/export formats including CSV, XML and Microsoft Access MDF.

“The Kern solution is allowing the council to adapt to its multiple work locations and different business needs and is operating almost seamlessly with our asset management system, Hansen 8.” Joe Bannan, Asset Manager- Planning & Delivery, Moreton Bay Regional Council