It is important to make sure that an assumed agreement has sufficient information before it is accepted by all parties. To ensure that the agreement fulfill all criteria, you can register a number of check items. The system may also be set up so that a completed (all items checked) Compliance Check List is required before an assumed agreement can be set to definite. Items to be checked are set up for the entire system and are confirmed on each separate business.
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To ensure that necessary details are entered on a contract, before it can be regarded as complete, you can define a set of information to be shown in a different color on the contract. If your company also has activated the Registration Complete functionality, the colored items become mandatory.
The following applies to the level of business Assumed Business and Outward Cedent Contract only.
This configuration comes in addition to other configurable settings, (for example, system parameter Business - Conditions - Required Conditions) as well as hardcoded rules in SICS.
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Checking a template for errors can be a cumbersome task, in order to help the template creator the document browser can be used. This functionality will list template errors found in a specific template and allow you to edit, remove and replace tags with errors. The tool can only detect if tags are valid and that template has correct structure, eventual tag code errors are not traced by the tool.
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The following actions are required to export a domain object:
Choose the type of domain object to export in the root objects drop-down list. You must provide the object ID unless the unique criteria of the record are unique in the database. Select a filename to export to. Press Start Export. A file with the name that was designated in the field Output file will be generated.
Figure 2 - Migration Manager Window
Generate Preliminary Bookings icon
This affects Retrocession accounting. When you click the Generate Preliminary Bookings icon in the Periodic Functions folder on the SICS workstation desktop, you see the following question dialog box.
If data has been loaded through the Migration Tool Kit, worksheets are closed automatically without being retroceded.
Click Yes to generate bookings on the Outward Cedents Contract from those closed worksheets on Assumed Business that have not been retroceded.
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The system chooses one searchable value per Reference Data Type. If the user selects one Main Class of Business value and one Class of Business value, both of these values will be searchable. If you select more than one value for a given Reference Data Type, the system will select the value having the highest search priority as the searchable value.
Overview # The SICS General Inbound Interface Facility (or Inbound Interface) handles the transfer of data from an external system to SICS.
The use of the Interface requires in-depth knowledge of SICS data structures. Therefore we recommended users to contact DXC before attempting to use the facility.
Only certain functional areas of SICS are adapted for use of the Inbound interface. These are:
Payment Exchange Rates Business Partner Index data Reporting Unit and Global Event (headline loss, not for Life).
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The Database Management System (DBMS) must be installed and configured by your Database Administrator (DBA) before any SICS software is set up. Please refer to the documentation for your particular DBMS for this process.
The requisite components for the subsequent SICS installation are as follows:
The DBMS should be properly installed, configured, and tested according to the vendor’s specifications. Since operating environments, network transports, and physical hardware vary from site to site, it is the responsibility of your database and network support organisations to verify the installation and configuration of the DBMS.
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Log4j Logging # Technical logging is primarily done using the common log4j logging framework.
The log4j configuration file for SICS Workstation and SICS System Administration Utility, is found in:
<installation path>\runtime\conf\log4j2.xml
The configuration for SICS API Server products is stored in:
WEB-INF/classes/log4j2.xml
Both files contain comments explaining the use of the various logging possibilities. Please refer to those files for details.
Asynchronous logging # Asyncouneous logging is per default disabled.
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Templates are maintained from the Template List, which is found by starting the Task Management function.
The template list shows active templates by default. Popup menu options allow to show active, inactive or all templates.
Pre-programmed logic in SICS Workstation
SICS supports the following pre-programmed logic:
Claim Notification - please see the detailed description in P&C User Guide, section “Handle Clause Condition” LIMNET remittance pairing failure - will create a process when the processing of a LIMNET remittance fails pairing if there is a corresponding Process Trigger Event defined Web Services
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