Introduction
Confirm integrates with Street Manager for all Street Works functionality. As such, it is not required for Confirm users to use the Street Manager interface to plan, execute and coordinate works and associated permits.
To make it easier for customers to apply upgrades, all of the Confirm components required to support the Street Manager integration are being provided in a decoupled form, so that they can be installed alongside your existing Confirm deployment without having to upgrade the entire system. The decoupled Confirm components are able to work alongside Confirm systems at a version of 18.20 or later. The diagram below depicts the various system components:
Decoupled Task Processor
The decoupled Task Processor performs the main task of integration with Street Manager, namely sending and receiving Street Works notifications. The decoupled Task Processor takes over the role performed by the Street Works Transfer Agent.
Once the decoupled Task Processor has been installed, it is activated by "tagging" the 'Street Works Transfer' Agent in the Scheduled Tasks screen with the version number of the decoupled Task Processor, e.g. "<V21.20>". The act of tagging the scheduled task ensures that the "main" Task Processor no longer runs this task, allowing the decoupled Task Processor to take over.
Decoupled Confirm Web
Some additional settings are required in order to interface with Street Manager, mostly the Street Manager API credentials that Confirm uses. The Street Manager Settings section has been added to the Web Settings screen to configure these settings in the Confirm Web Interface of Confirm which can also be run in decoupled mode.
Confirm Web is also used to provide a "proxy" service which allows Confirm users to view Street Manager documents without having to log into the Street Manager system.
Any changes to the Street Manager API for the existing integration with Confirm will be incorporated and provided as upgrades to the decoupled components.