Getting data
from other systems
The COM interface can also be used to feed data from other systems into
SimaPro. The most typical use will be to obtain Bill of Materials (BOM)
in SimaPro from an ERP or PLM system. This data is used as a starting block
for modelling a product's life cycle.
This is especially useful for companies that have a large and quickly
changing range of products, and for example need to create Environmental
Product Declarations (EPDs) for each of their products.
As alternative for the COM interface you can also use the simpler
Excel/database link method.
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Using the COM interface
on your website
With the COM interface and a SimaPro multi user version1,
you can build tools to communicate your results throughout your intranet
and extranet sites.
The other way round, you can use the COM interface
to create questionnaires that feed the results directly into your SimaPro
database.
1 Special license conditions
apply for internet or intranet applications.
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Creating a COM
interface
To create a COM interface you need:
- A SimaPro Developer license, and good knowledge of how the modelling
in SimaPro works.
- A COM feature on the software you are linking with. You should also
have sufficient rights to access (or edit) the data, and understand
how the data structure in this tool.
- Knowledge of common programming languages such as C++ or Visual
Basic to write the interface.
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Demo
Interested in the possibilities that the SimaPro COM interface offers?
Let us know what you want to do with it, and
we show you a web demo of the COM interface.
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Using
the COM interface, you can ask SimaPro to calculate any kind of result and
show it in another software tool. A typical result you may want to show
is an Eco-indicator score, or the characterized results for greenhouse gases.
In principle, you can show all results that you can also calculate in SimaPro.