Neptune DXP platform architecture lenses

You can view a summary of Neptune DXP’s features through the following lenses:

  • Development lens

  • Operations lens

  • Security lens

  • Connectivity lens

Development lens

Development lens services allow you to rapidly deliver:

  • Cross-platform mobile or web applications using Neptune DXP’s App Designer.

  • Business process orchestrations by Neptune DXP’s Workflows.

Ancillary features add value to produce meaningful outcomes, such as:

  • Infuse your corporate identity to your apps' user interface using Neptune DXP’s Theme Designer.

  • Composable frontend user experiences by reusing pre-built Neptune DXP application building blocks.

  • Socialising your apps to your users by authoring content using Neptune DXP’s application Documentation tool.

  • The localisation of your application’s text copyright using Neptune DXP’s Translation tool.

  • Agile delivery using Neptune DXP’s backlog trackingtool.

  • Standardised communications using Neptune DXP’s SMTP integration and Email Templates.

  • Organise digital assets used in your development centralised using Neptune DXP’s Media Library.

  • Application validation and verification using Neptune DXP’s user interface Testing tool.

Operations lens

Operations lens services allow you to configure, access, deploy and run Neptune DXP apps and microservices with:

  • Fine grade role-based access to your stack of enterprise applications via Neptune DXP’s Launchpad.

  • Observability features recording and visualising logs, metrics traces, and using Neptune DXP Monitor.

  • Workload connectivity as a mesh of interrelated microservices via Neptune DXP’s xhttps://docs.neptune-software.com/neptune-dxp-open-edition/latest/cockpit-overview/security-remote-systems.html[Service discovery].

  • Central coordination of all your apps and microservice artefacts using Neptune DXP Deployment.

Ancillary features help add value to produce meaningful outcomes, such as:

  • Flexible environments to suit your enterprise using configurable Neptune DXP Settings.

  • Full traceability of your apps behaviour using Neptune DXP’s application Mobile debugger.

  • Track business process progress monitoring via the Neptune DXP Workflow monitor.

  • Track periodic task and batch jobs using Neptune DXP’s Jobs monitor.

  • Automate platform operations by script advanced tasks using

  • Confidently release software managing dependant artefacts with Neptune DXP Development Packages.

Security lens

Security lens services allow you to define authentication and authorisation measures for application users, DevOps resources, connected systems, and APIs for Neptune DXP apps and microservices:

security lens

The primary security benefits of the Neptune DXP runtime are:

  • User identity validation by delegating authentication through Neptune DXP’s IDP authentication.

  • Role-based access controls to your apps and Neptune DXP functions using Neptune DXP’s RBAC authentication.

Ancillary features add value to produce meaningful outcomes, such as:

  • Leverage SAP as the identity provider and trace user actions via Neptune DXP’s SAP Authentication.

  • API access validation to protect usage of your enterprise services with Neptune DXP’s API Security.

  • Trace access to your application server and microservice with Neptune DXP User Sessions.

Connectivity lens

The integration capabilities offered to allow you to define connectivity between Neptune DXP apps, microservices, and the Neptune DXP SAP connector as well as external databases, email, SaaS/PaaS services and backend systems:

connectivitylens

The primary security benefits of the Neptune DXP runtime are:

  • Seamless connectivity with external APIs and microservices using the Neptune DXP REST API Designer.

  • REST API standardization by extracting them as an Open API specification via Neptune DXP’s Swagger UI.

Ancillary features add value to produce meaningful outcomes, such as:

  • Verify API correctness by testing them using the Neptune DXP REST API Client

  • Probe for latency in your APIs by monitoring them with Neptune DXP’s REST API Trace.

  • Widen your connectivity scope with data access beyond REST with Neptune DXP’s OData Sources.