A Business in SICS can be divided into Sections. The term “Section” is synonymous to Scope of Cover.
Each Section has a Section Classification, consisting of various Reference Data items (for example, Main Class of Business and Origin of Business) and Legal Areas (Country, State, Country Group, State Group).
For each Reference Data Type (for example, Main Class of Business) the user can select many values. Some search functions in SICS are restricted to considering only one of these values, namely the selected searchable value.
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Functional Currency Revaluation # To be able to perform the functional currency revaluation the system parameter Allow Functional Currency Revaluation must be activated. When this parameter is activated you have access to the Functional Currency Revaluation Order. You have two options for how the bookings are revalued;
Either with the system parameter Include Realized Gain/Loss In FC Revaluation NOT selected:
The Functional Currency Revaluation order is used to revalue the Functional Currency 1 and 2 Amounts for all details included in Unsettled Balances, Settled/Partially Settled Balances still in Pending status, all unreleased Deposit details (and partially released deposit unless this is switched off by system parameter), all Reserve details not amounting to zero and Unallocated Remittance balances, according to new exchange rates.
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After you have installed SICS (see the SICS Installation/Configuration document for more information), you will want to organise and set up data. SICS contains base data that can be used to run the system, but you will want to customise data to the needs of your company.
As the SICS System Administrator, you will be setting up all the important components and parameters of the system. This can be a big job, and there are a lot of things that must be considered.
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The installation of the SICS software is done in three stages:
Installation/configuration of the DBMS. Installation of the SICS System Administration Utility. Installation of each SICS client.
Integration between ’external’ applications and SICS can be done in a non-User-Interface style through SICS API Server and various batch interfaces (MTK, General Interface, etc.).
Integration can also be done in a User-Interface style through SICS Live Desktop.
When SICS Live Desktop is enabled, external applications may use Web Service technology to ‘call into’ a SICS Workstation in order to open specific screens (Business, Claim, eMessaging, etc.). This can facilitate a tighter integration between SICS and supporting, client-specific applications.
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This document describes the steps that must be followed to update a SICS schema of a previous version to version 26.1.
The procedure requires a SICS System Administration Utility where the user is logged in as the owner of the database schema to be updated.
It is highly recommended that you take a backup of the database before you run the update. If the update should fail it may be necessary to revert to this backup.
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The Life MTK CSV File Utilities consist of two parts, the export utility and the helper utility. The export utility is meant as an aid in the migration process. A domain object (business, business partner, bank, etc.) can be exported from the SICS system to a CSV file. This file can then be used as an example of how a CSV file should be constructed. The helper utility can be used to view the structure of the parts of a domain object.
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In this document the term "MTK" will be an alias for "Migration Tool Kit".
This document explains the concepts of the MTK and how to load data from a CSV file into SICS.
Performance # It is possible to execute data migrations on more than one machine at a time; however, each set of data has to be independent of any other migration. e.g. Split the input file containing business partners into several files where all information related to one single business partner is gathered in one file.
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Purpose # MTK Splitter tool is a utility to split large CSV migration upload files into a set of smaller files of manageable size which can be easily uploaded by the MTK loader.
Abbreviation # In this document the term "MTK" will be an alias for "Migration Tool Kit".
This document explains the concepts of the MTK Splitter and how to load data and Split Files from a CSV file into SICS.
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Companies normally carry out their functions in relatively the same way, however there are some functions that typically vary from company to company. The reason might be variations in local legislation, internal company guidelines or individual business practises. For these functions, SICS offers alternative options by use of the system parameters.
The system parameters contain options of SICS behaviour that will affect the majority of the users in a company. For settings that typically affect only parts of the user group and that are more restrictive in nature, refer the Security Handling chapter.
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