Welcome! We’ve designed this manual as a primer about getting to grips with our Napier calculations service. You won’t find it a great deal of use in any other context, I’m afraid. But, if that’s what you were expecting, then please read on and enjoy...
Napier accepts incoming calculation requests in a form you define (typically an xml message containing ‘seed’ data for a calculation). This is unpacked by Napier which passes it to the calculation basis specified in the message. The calculation basis contains the rules to perform the calculations required (including all necessary algorithms and tables). The results are processed by Napier into a format you define, and passed back to the calling application...
It is not difficult to dive in and get started creating your calculations and testing them out; but, before you begin you will need access to the following: * a copy of Microsoft Visio with the Open Square Pact Add-In installed, and * an account with a running Napier service, Calculations are defined in Napier using an xml language. These files can be crafted by hand, but Visio provides an easy, more visual way, to proceed...
When subscribing to the service, an account on Napier will have been set up for you. Login at the supplied Napier Dashboard URL, with the username and password you have been given. You will see a page like this. This is the Home page of the dashboard, and provides access for you to supervise and control the various aspects of the service...
To use your calculations you will need to make a web services call to Napier, passing in the relevant data. There are various ways to accomplish this; one of our consultants will help you set up the test environment which works best for you...
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