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CLARITY INTEGRATION ADAPTORS

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  • Application Integration: Integrate your existing applications environment for immediate and measurable results
  • Business Process Integration: Integrate "disparate" business processes and establish a standardized model across the entire organization
  • Increased Connectivity: Securely integrate information components for enhanced interactions, regardless of application, operating platform.
  • Information Aggregation: Easy data integration enables you to aggregate information from disparate sources and applications and then present or warehouse it in one easy-to-access place

CLARITY INTEGRATION ADAPTORS

The following integration adapters are available via exclusive reseller agreement with CA. You can contact CA directly or procure the following by contacting Xinify atinfo@xinify.com.

The adapters are offered as a bundled solution for providing end-to-end integration with specific customization including, but not limited to:

  • UAT
  • Scoping and Requirement Gathering
  • Data Extraction and Exertion
  • Adapter Customization
  • Testing and Deployment

Resource Adaptor

This adaptor imports resource information from various HRMS and ERP systems into the Clarity Resource and User modules. The adaptor uses Clarity's native XML gateway (XOG) internally to upload the information into the appropriate modules. It will facilitate keeping your resource relationship structures current and aid in appropriate Resource Capacity management processes. The adaptor also provides the capability to handle cascading updates to the resource information on the target environment.

ID # Level Complexity Features Price ($)
CC1 1 Rated 1 Standard Out of the box fields 16,000
CC1 2 Rated (2-3) Direct Field Level Rules Transformation
(up to 3), Include mapping of Custom attributes
24,000
CC1 3 Rated (3-4) Direct Field Level Rules Transformation (up to 5), Include mapping of Custom attributes 32,000
CC1 4 Rated 5 Custom rules (e.g., interacting with different sources, complex transformations) Request Quote

Companies Adaptor

The Companies Import Adaptor supports integration with your ERP and HRMS systems of record for Clients and Vendors that you need to track within your Clarity application. The adaptor brings in the data necessary to create relationships between Projects and the clients that they are intended for, as well as for resources (both Human and Material) that may be needed to support those projects. The adaptor allows you to keep the various Billing and Shipping addresses of these companies current, and associated as necessary to your projects.

ID # Level Complexity Features Price ($)
CC2 1 Rated 1 Standard Out of the box fields 12,000
CC2 2 Rated (2-3) Direct Field Level Rules Transformation
(up to 3), Include mapping of Custom attributes
16,000
CC2 3 Rated (3-4) Direct Field Level Rules Transformation (up to 5), Include mapping of Custom attributes 20,000
CC2 4 Rated 5 Custom rules (e.g., interacting with different sources, complex transformations) Request Quote

Cost/Rate Matrix Adaptor

Keeping your standard costs and billing rates in synch between Clarity and your accounting systems is crucial to having consistent financial information that is the same in both systems. The Cost/Rate Matrix Import Adaptor allows you to import costs and rates into Clarity with all of the variability that Clarity supports in your financial configuration.

ID # Level Complexity Features Price ($)
CC3 1 Rated 1 Standard Out of the box fields 20,000
CC3 2 Rated (2-3) Direct Field Level Rules Transformation
(up to 3), Include mapping of Custom attributes
28,000
CC3 3 Rated (3-4) Direct Field Level Rules Transformation (up to 5), Include mapping of Custom attributes 36,000
CC3 4 Rated 5 Custom rules (e.g., interacting with different sources, complex transformations) Request Quote

GL Allocations Adaptor

For environments where charge-backs or other financial needs dictate a requirement to allocate projects in varying percentages to specific GL accounts, the Xinify GL Allocations adaptor provides a means of importing the allocation percentages of a project or project task into Clarity. 

ID # Level Complexity Features Price ($)
CC4 1 Rated 1 Standard Out of the box fields 18,000
CC4 2 Rated (2-3) Direct Field Level Rules Transformation
(up to 3), Include mapping of Custom attributes
24,000
CC4 3 Rated (3-4) Direct Field Level Rules Transformation (up to 5), Include mapping of Custom attributes 30,000
CC4 4 Rated 5 Custom rules (e.g., interacting with different sources, complex transformations) Request Quote

Currency Conversion Adaptor

International operations mean international currencies. The Xinify Currency Conversion Import Adaptor allows you to stay current with the conversion rates, importing the data that will keep your project financials in synch with the international markets.

ID # Level Complexity Features Price ($)
CC5 1 Rated 1 Standard Out of the box fields 12,000
CC5 2 Rated (2-3) Direct Field Level Rules Transformation
(up to 3), Include mapping of Custom attributes
16,000
CC5 3 Rated (3-4) Direct Field Level Rules Transformation (up to 5), Include mapping of Custom attributes 20,000
CC5 4 Rated 5 Custom rules (e.g., interacting with different sources, complex transformations) Request Quote

Expense/Transactions Adaptor

Where you have financial transactions that need to be transmitted to Clarity in order to capture the complete picture of your project costs in one place, the Transactions Import Adaptor will provide the necessary linkages between your Finance/Accounting systems and Clarity. This adaptor allows you to import Expenses, Write-ups/Write-downs, Project Credits, Material and Equipment costs, and any other financial transaction that can impact the complete view of your project’s health. 

ID # Level Complexity Features Price ($)
CC6 1 Rated 1 Standard Out of the box fields 12,000
CC6 2 Rated (2-3) Direct Field Level Rules Transformation
(up to 3), Include mapping of Custom attributes
16,000
CC6 3 Rated (3-4) Direct Field Level Rules Transformation (up to 5), Include mapping of Custom attributes 20,000
CC6 4 Rated 5 Custom rules (e.g., interacting with different sources, complex transformations) Request Quote

Time Actuals Adaptor

Clarity or an external system may be your system of record for time entry for your Projects. It may be required to provide employee time detail to the other system for charge-back or billing purposes, or to provide time data to Clarity. The Xinify Project Time Import/Export Adaptor links Clarity to other systems so that the time data can be used appropriately. 

ID # Level Complexity Features Price ($)
CC7 1 Rated 1 Standard Out of the box fields 26,000
CC7 2 Rated (2-3) Direct Field Level Rules Transformation
(up to 3), Include mapping of Custom attributes
32,000
CC7 3 Rated (3-4) Direct Field Level Rules Transformation (up to 5), Include mapping of Custom attributes 38,000
CC7 4 Rated 5 Custom rules (e.g., interacting with different sources, complex transformations) Request Quote

Project Adaptor

Some environments require the use of an external Project Accounting System to be used in conjunction with Clarity. In those cases, it is necessary to keep that system coordinated with Clarity, and mirror all or part of the Work Break-Down Structure and Resource Assignments in that external Project Accounting System. Project Adaptor will import or export the necessary data to or from Clarity to that system.

ID # Level Complexity Features Price ($)
CC8 1 Rated 1 Standard Out of the box fields 24,000
CC8 2 Rated (2-3) Direct Field Level Rules Transformation
(up to 3), Include mapping of Custom attributes
30,000
CC8 3 Rated (3-4) Direct Field Level Rules Transformation (up to 5), Include mapping of Custom attributes 36,000
CC8 4 Rated 5 Custom rules (e.g., interacting with different sources, complex transformations) Request Quote

Budget Adaptor

In many organizations, project budgeting activities take place in a system external to Clarity, and that budget data then needs to be transmitted to Clarity. The Xinify Budget Import Adaptor provides a means to automatically move that data into Clarity and maintain it.

ID # Level Complexity Features Price ($)
CC9 1 Rated 1 Standard Out of the box fields 18,000
CC9 2 Rated (2-3) Direct Field Level Rules Transformation
(up to 3), Include mapping of Custom attributes
24,000
CC9 3 Rated (3-4) Direct Field Level Rules Transformation (up to 5), Include mapping of Custom attributes 30,000
CC9 4 Rated 5 Custom rules (e.g., interacting with different sources, complex transformations) Request Quote

Executive Dashboard Theme

The Executive Dashboard Theme reports and portlets are designed to provide high-level analysis and review capabilities for Executives or any else who needs summary level information. They are designed to give a bird’s eye view of the projects and resources.

Project Actuals by Resource OBS Report

This report displays monthly project actuals data summarized at the project, resource OBS and resource levels. It is a summary level report designed to help upper level management compare actuals for each department.

Project Management Theme

The Project Management Theme reports and portlets provide additional tools that will allow project managers to have a better understanding of actual labor spend vs. what was planned.

Program Hours Comparison Portlet

This portlet is designed to compare actual hours, planned hours and baseline hours to date by Program. This is a bar graph portlet that displays the Hours on the Y-axis and Programs on the X-axis. This portlet has drill-down capabilities that will display the projects and sub-projects that comprise the data at the program level.

Project Management Theme

The Project Management Theme reports and portlets provide additional tools that will allow project managers to have a better understanding of actual labor spend vs. what was planned.

Project Hours by OBS (Actual/Planned/Baseline) Portlet

This portlet is designed to compare actual hours, planned hours and baseline hours by Project OBS. This is a column graph portlet that displays the Hours on the Y-axis and Project OBS on the X-axis.

Project Management Theme

The Project Management Theme reports and portlets provide additional tools that will allow project managers to have a better understanding of actual labor spend vs. what was planned.

Project Resource Allocation Summary Report by Date Range Report

This report will display total project actuals, project actuals for date range selected, total resource actuals, resource actuals for time period selected for selected by project.

Project Management Theme

The Project Management Theme reports and portlets provide additional tools that will allow project managers to have a better understanding of actual labor spend vs. what was planned.

Program Dashboard Portlet

These portlets will provide a summary view of all of the projects in a program. This dashboard will aggregate all of the individual project data into the following summary portlets: Issues by Priority, Late Tasks and Milestones, Open Milestones and Team Capacity. These portlets will display on the Program Dashboard tab.

Project Management Theme

The Project Management Theme reports and portlets provide additional tools that will allow project managers to have a better understanding of actual labor spend vs. what was planned.

Project Actuals Report

This report displays actuals for a selected date range. It will display by Project Name, Resource and total actuals for the dates selected.

Project Management Theme

The Project Management Theme reports and portlets provide additional tools that will allow project managers to have a better understanding of actual labor spend vs. what was planned.

Resource Actuals Report

This report displays actuals for a selected date range. It will display by Resource Name, Project Name and total actuals for the dates selected.

Resource Management Theme

The Resource Management Theme reports provide Resource Managers with additional analysis tools that will help them understand what their resources are working on, how much they are working and a summary view of past demand.

Resource Project Allocation Summary Report by Date Range Report

This report will display resource allocation summary information. Each resource that matches parameters selected (i.e. Resource OBS or resource name, etc.) will display general resource properties at the top and then will display project(s) that meet the search criteria. The project display section will display project properties and resource actual information for each project.

Resource Management Theme

The Resource Management Theme reports provide Resource Managers with additional analysis tools that will help them understand what their resources are working on, how much they are working and a summary view of past demand.

Resource Actuals Report

This is a grid portlet that will be used to track resource allocations, assignments, actuals and estimates to complete (ETC’s) by project to ensure that resources are being used effectively and as allocated to the project by the resource manager.

Project managers can use this portlet to see how the resources on their projects are being utilized and how much time they are actually spending on the project based on posted actuals. This is a summary level report and can be viewed by Resource only, Resource OBS, Resource Manager, Project Name or Project OBS.

Resource Management Theme

The Resource Management Theme reports provide Resource Managers with additional analysis tools that will help them understand what their resources are working on, how much they are working and a summary view of past demand.

Resource Contact Information Portlet

This portlet combines the data from the resource properties page and the contact information to display a resource contact information sheet. Because resource information is stored in CA Clarity, it will do away with manual resource tracking information.

Time Management Theme

The Time Management Theme reports provide Resource Managers, Project Managers with additional analysis tools that will help them review timesheet data.

Project Timesheet Details Report

This report will be used to monitor the burn rate against a project’s total effort as well as provide time sheet details for the projects. The report will always display previous time reporting period, current time reporting period and the totals for all periods for the project. The report will pull time reporting periods based on the current date and how the time periods are setup in your Clarity system.

Time Management Theme

The Time Management Theme reports provide Resource Managers, Project Managers with additional analysis tools that will help them review timesheet data.

Pending Actuals Report

This report will be used by the project/resource manager or anyone else responsible for timesheets and approval in order to monitor pending actuals against a project. The portlet will display pending actuals at the lowest level assigned (i.e. tasks if resources are assigned to this level).

In addition, it will display the previous and current time periods, project start and finish dates and status of the task (i.e. Not Started, Started or Completed). If the actuals are pending then it's the result of timesheets not being submitted approved or posted and certain actions must be taken in order for the pending actuals to post.