People often ask, what is a low-code development environment and why do we use Intrexx for our own apps at Advance as well as for our clients.

What is a low-code environment?

These environments are for people in need of quickly building apps and employing visual development environments and automated links to back-end systems, APIs, databases, other systems or data sources. They are designed to make it comparatively easy for people to design, build, and launch apps and solve business problems.

How to describe Intrexx

Intrexx is a complete low-code development environment which at its core contains:

1. A data integration platform

2. A process automation engine

3. A responsive end-user interface builder for both web and mobile applications

Intrexx allows developers to build applications faster by leveraging pre-built data and application connectors, a drag & drop process builder and UI designer.

What can you build with Intrexx?

1. Data integration systems. Read, transform and write data from and to multiple sources using pre-built connectors, or develop your own.

2. User-focused applications which integrate cross-departmental digital workflows.

3. Customer and supplier extranets.

Benefits of Intrexx

Reduce the number of applications and systems employees need to use. Break down silos and streamline workflows.

Accelerate entry of data and access to information. Combine information and workflows from multiple sources.

Build, innovate and change. New applications can be built and deployed in 20% of the time taken using traditional coding methods.

Zero deployment client access, users can immediately start using applications in any browser or phone without needing software to be deployed.

Platform agnostic - development environment runs on Windows, OSX or Linux reducing the cost of entry. Cloud options are also available where a local environment isn’t available.

Summary: Designed to make it relatively easy for people to design, build, and launch applications quickly, without having to worry about the nuances of underlying operating systems or scalability requirements.

Examples of projects we have built

1.       Customer portals to allow users to place orders, view transaction history and communicate with suppliers. The key benefit of using Intrexx, was the speed of development, the ability to rapidly change the user interface based on customer feedback and the ability to integrate with a number of existing legacy systems.

2.       Financial processing applications. Accounts Payable (AP) processing is an area which often varies between businesses. Many off-the-shelf AP automation systems are complex to configure as approval processes can be quite unique. Intrexx allowed us to integrate with multiple systems, email notifications and provide an easy interface for users to view and approve requests.

3.       Data entry and integration portals. In many businesses, we find that users are using multiple systems; even so, there may be data which is missing between these systems or not consistent between them. In such cases, we have found Intrexx to be able to provide a unified view of the data and allow users to enter additional data as required.

4.       Systems integration applications. Intrexx provides a structured and rapid platform to allow the integration between existing applications.

5.       Internet of things – Intrexx can subscribe to IoT services that gather IoT endpoint data. We’ve used Intrexx to display real-time sensor data in production scenarios and provide process visibility to operators.

You have the data, use it. Low-code platforms and ECM solutions can help here. As mentioned above, inputs from e-forms like an expense claim or a leave request can be connected to a workflow to automate the approval for such requests. Rules can be applied and a query against a database can automatically check if an employee has the leave entitlement they are requesting. If that leave is available, the system sends an approval that can be completed by a manager from their mobile device. This saves time and provides instant approvals with self-service applications.

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