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FA101: AEF: Starting with the ARENA Extension Framework
Duration of course:
1 day
FRONT ARENA can be extended at several extension points with a number of different technologies and the ARENA Extension Framework (AEF) provides a programmatic framework into which extensions are registered is provided. This is what AEF is about.
As standard, FRONT ARENA enables you to access a number of tools and technologies known as AEF Base (see http://10.254.70.66/university/cert/aef for details), to use these tools, the user must be AEF Base Certified. This course is normally the first step towards achieving AEF Base Certification. AEF Base Certification is also the prerequisite for certification in the Business Extension Packages, which enable the user to make advanced extensions in connection with these licensed add-ons, for example the AEF for Equity Pricing add-on.
AEF provides the user with many possibilities; the following are some minor examples
- Create custom real-time reports and applications as well as data extracts
- Customise the function of the XML based reporting engine
- Programmatically access the database for reading and writing
- Programmatically access the systems business logic
- Implement custom validations to implement business rules or to trigger any Python based operation
- Add custom columns to the Trading Manager
- Implement Proprietary Valuation models
This course is an introduction only to the tools that make the above possible and will cover:
- AEF Introduction
Vision and design of AEF and Extensions
Overview of certification
- ARENA Data Model (ADM)
Important tables and keys
The basics of the ASQL reporting tool
- ARENA Class Model
Using the ACM Browser
Mappings between ACM and ADM
Using the Extension Manager
The ARENA Data Flow Language (ADFL)
- Python
Basic elements of the language and syntax
Using the ael and acm libraries
There will be a number of hands-on exercises.
Goal of the course
After the course participants will...
- ... be prepared for the remaining parts of AEF Base Certification and will understand the overall nature of AEF
- ... know the basics of ASQL and be able to write simple queries
- ... understand the basics of how Python and will know what can be done with Python in FRONT ARENA
- ... have seen ADFL and how ACM Extensions are implemented with it and for what purpose.
Note that this course prepares the user to perform only the most basic AEF related tasks. Skills will be developed further for this in the other courses leading to AEF Base Certification. See http://10.254.70.66/university/cert/aef for more details.
Target audience
The course is suitable for
- Developers who wish to do further courses, complete AEF Base Certification and gain the ability and right to perform customisation and extension of FRONT ARENA
- Others who wish to gain a general understanding of AEF
Participants must be employed by a Customer of SunGard FRONT ARENA or an Authorised FRONT ARENA Partner.
Required knowledge level
The participant needs to be an experienced software developer and should either have experience of standard Structured Query Language and Python, or they should be confident that they can learn these skills quickly despite the fact that they are not covered in detail in this course or any of the other AEF Base courses.
Course availability
Course catalogue: Front Arena
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