Temenos COB Monitor

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Last updated: Nov 27, 2023
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Overview

Temenos T24 Transact core banking software is a real-time core banking system.

This integration with T24 allows monitoring of the triggered COB (Close of Business) process from UAC by COB execution stages with an intuitive interface providing the centralized Dashboard and reporting features and notify in case of COB failures or any SLA violations in the course of COB execution.

Version Information

Template NameExtension NameExtension Version
Temenos COB Monitorue-cs-temenos-cob-monitor1.0.0

Software Requirements

  • This integration is tested on Temenos(T24) R20 Version (Windows)
  • Universal Agent installed in the T24 server having the TAFJ DBTOOLS utility to execute a SQL / JQL / OFS statements.
  • This integration requires a Universal Agent and a Python runtime to execute the Universal Task.

Software Requirements for Universal Agent

Both Windows and Linux agents are supported:

  • Universal Agent for Windows x64 Version 7.1.0.0 and later with Python options installed in T24 machine.

  • Universal Agent for Linux Version 7.1.0.0 and later with Python options installed in T24 Machine.

Software Requirements for Universal Controller

Universal Controller Version 7.1.0.0 and later. 

Key Features

This extension provides support for:

  • Monitoring COB execution using the user-specified time intervals.

  • Segregate COB execution monitoring by stages - Application, System wide, Reporting, Start of day, Online & Overall.

  • Notify COB execution failures via the user-defined task, for example through email/slack/Teams/Jira/Pagerduty/ServiceNow.

  • Possibility to create Custom Report, Widget & Dashboard for monitoring the COB execution stage wise with the below information.

    • Percentage of progress

    • Failed Job count

    • Failed Job Name

    • Execution duration of the COB stages 

  • COB Batch status is fetched from the T24 system using OFS inquiry.

Import the Universal Template

To use the Universal Template, you first must perform the following steps.

  1. This Universal Task requires the Resolvable Credentials feature. Check that the Resolvable Credentials Permitted system property has been set to true.

  2. To import the Universal Template into your Controller, follow these instructions.

  3. When the files have been imported successfully, refresh the Universal Templates list; the Universal Template will appear on the list.

Modifications of this integration, applied by users or customers, before or after import, might affect the supportability of this integration. For more information refer to Integration Modifications.

Configure Universal Task

For a new Universal Task, create a new task, and enter the required input fields.

Input Fields

The input fields for this Universal Extension are described below.

Field

Input type

Default value

Type

Description

Select a COB Stage

Required

Application Stage 

Choice

Select one of the COB stage for monitoring.

  • Application Stage
  • System wide
  • Reporting
  • Start of Day
  • Online
  • Overall COB


Temenos Credentials

Required

-

Credentials

Credentials for Temenos TAFJEE DBTOOLS command utility

  • User as "Runtime User" (example :t24user)
  • User Password as "Runtime Password".

Transact User Credentials

Required

-

Credentials

Credentials for Temenos T24 Transact User credentials as follows

  • User as "Runtime User" (example : INPUTT)
  • User Password as "Runtime Password".

Poll Interval

Required

30

Integer

Specify the Poll Interval for checking the COB status

Failure Notification

Required

True

Boolean

Check box to indicate if a COB failure notification is to be triggered 

Specify Task Name

Required

-

Text

Required when Failure Notification is set to True .

The name of the Task in the controller which could trigger a notification.  An example could be an email or slack or Team or  JIRA or any other Task that could alert the support

Alert Generated Task Name

Required

${ops_task_name}

Text

To indicate the Task which generated a COB Failure notification 

UAC Controller URL

Optional

-

Text

Specify the Universal controller Base URL below 

Example : http://localhost:8080/uc

UAC credentials

Required

-

Credentials

Specify the Universal controller credentials for REST API purposes.

This will be utilized for Launching the appropriate COB Failure notification in Universal Controller

Task Examples

Defining a COB stage monitoring Task

Example of a Universal Task defining a COB Monitor for a specific Stage.

Task Instance of a triggered COB Monitor Task

Example of Universal Task executed Task Instance for Application Stage

Example COB workflow

Scenario: Example COB workflow demonstrating the COB Pre-conditions check, COB execution & COB Monitoring capabilities using UAC

Note: COB Pre-checks and COB executions are handled by Temenos Universal task (ut-cs-temenos)

Example COB execution monitor Dashboard

Note: COB execution progress and its details(Widget: COB-Monitor-Table & COB-Monitor-Progress) in the dashboard needs to be pulled from the Temenos COB monitor extension task instance

Example: COB Execution Report

Example: COB Failure Notification via Email


Configuring Email Task example  :


Task Output

Output Only Fields

The output fields for this Universal Extension are described below.

FieldTypeDescription
Job CountIntegerIndicates the Total jobs applicable for the COB stage Monitored
Completed JobsInteger

Populates the COB stage with the completion job count for the selected COB stage

Fail Job CountIntegerIndicates the Failed Job count in the selected COB Monitoring stage
Progress %IntegerIndicates the selected COB stage progress Percentage
Failed JobsIntegerIndicates the failed COB Jobs for the selected COB Monitoring stage 

Exit Codes

The exit codes for this Universal Extension are described below.

Exit CodeStatus Classification CodeStatus Classification DescriptionStatus Description
0SUCCESSSuccessful ExecutionSUCCESS: Successful Task execution
1FAILEDFailed ExecutionFAILED: Exception while executing 

STDOUT and STDERR

STDOUT and STDERR provide additional information to User. The populated content can be changed in future versions of this extension without notice. 

Document References

This document references the following documents:

Document LinkDescription
Universal TemplatesUser documentation for creating, working with, and understanding Universal Templates and Integrations.
Universal TasksUser documentation for creating Universal Tasks in the Universal Controller user interface.
CredentialsUser documentation for creating and working with credentials.
Resolvable Credentials Permitted PropertyUser documentation for Resolvable Credentials Permitted Property.
T24 OSF GeneratorOnline portal to generate T24 OSF Message Generator

Integration Modifications

Modifications applied by users or customers, before or after import, might affect the supportability of this integration. The following modifications are discouraged to retain the support level as applied for this integration.

  • Python code modifications should not be done.
  • Template Modifications
    • General Section
      • "Name", "Extension", "Variable Prefix", "Icon" should not be changed.
    • Universal Template Details Section
      • "Template Type", "Agent Type", "Send Extension Variables", "Always Cancel on Force Finish" should not be changed.
    • Result Processing Defaults Section
      • Success and Failure Exit codes should not be changed.
      • Success and Failure Output processing should not be changed.
    • Fields Restriction Section
      The setup of the template does not impose any restrictions, However with respect to "Exit Code Processing Fields" section.
      1. Success/Failure exit codes need to be respected.
      2. In principle, as STDERR and STDOUT outputs can change in follow-up releases of this integration, they should not be considered as a reliable source for determining success or failure of a task.

Users and customers are encouraged to report defects, or feature requests at Stonebranch Support Desk.

Changelog

ue-cs-temenos-cob-monitor-1.0.0 (2023-05-05)

Initial Version