Using the Enterprise Connect Service

Understand Enterprise Connect architecture and learn about configuration options.

Prerequisites

To use Enterprise Connect you must have
  • An active account in predix.io
  • Cloud Foundry CLI installed

Enterprise Connect Business Cases

These business cases represent two common applications of the Enterprise Connect service.
Figure 1. Enterprise Connect Architecture and Components for Connecting an On-premise Data Source to the Predix Cloud
To connect an on-premise data source to the Predix cloud, follow the instructions provided in these links:
  1. Set up your Predix environment. See Enterprise Connect Service Setup
  2. Create your Enterprise Connect service. See Creating an Enterprise Connect Service Instance
  3. Configure additional required components described in these guidelines for a Two-way Reach in Simulation: https://github.com/Enterprise-connect/ec-sdk/wiki/Two-way-Reach-In-Simulation.

Enterprise Connect Architecture and Components for Connecting Predix Data Sources to an On-premise ETL

To connect a Predix data source to an on-premise ETL, follow the instructions provided in these links:
  1. Set up your Predix environment. See Enterprise Connect Service Setup
  2. Create your Enterprise Connect service. See Creating an Enterprise Connect Service Instance
  3. Configure additional required components described in these guidelines for a Two-way Reach Back Simulation: https://github.com/Enterprise-connect/ec-sdk/wiki/Two-way-Reach-Back-Simulation.