Configuring nomenclature components

The Nomenclature Runtime components provide a mapping tool that allows you to configure unique terms you use to match unique terms your trading partners use.

When trading partners or external systems exchange information with Sterling Order Management System Software, they may identify entity values differently than Sterling Order Management System Software and each other. For example, a carrier code may be called UPS in Sterling Order Management System Software and UnitedParcelService by a trading partner or external system.

The Nomenclature Transformation Engine enables you to define these entities, its values, and the mappings between interacting systems or trading partners. Then, when data is exchanged between Sterling Order Management System Software and an external system or trading partner, the Nomenclature Transformation Engine automatically applies the mapping rules specified.

Using the United Parcel Service example above, when data is sent from Sterling Order Management System Software to the external system or trading partner, the Nomenclature Transformation Engine transforms the carrier code literal UPS to UnitedParcelService and back again.