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- Universal Capabilities versus Broad Capabilities
- Static Architecture
- Services
- Use Cases
Universal Capabilities versus Broad Capabilities
The Trimble Cloud Platform provides highly generalized, universal capabilities. Universal capabilities address concerns such as Authentication, Authorization, Rights Management and Profile Management. These services are analogous to utilities, such as electricity generation and water provisioning. Such services are universally leveraged by all buildings.
Certain types of buildings also depend on broad capabilities that are also general in nature, but limited in applicability to specific types of buildings. These broad capabilities harness universal capabilities in ways that fit the needs of particular types of buildings. For example, all buildings require water pressure but different types of buildings deliver this broad capability in distinct ways. Skyscrapers store water in tanks and towers at the top of the building while single family homes do not.
In a similar fashion Trimble can provide not only universal capabilities, but we can begin to consider how more targeted Platforms can address the broad capabilities of specific solution categories. For example, Trimble provides Customer Applications and Internet-of-Things (IoT) solutions. Each of these solution categories require the universal capabilities provided the Trimble Cloud Platform. However, each of these categories also benefit from broad capabilities that more closely align with their distinct requirements and use cases.
The Trimble Workcenter provides the broad capabilities needed for rapid design, development and delivery of customer-facing business applications while leveraging the universal capabilities provided by the Trimble Cloud Platform.
The Trimble Apps Toolkit provides broad capabilities that enable accelerated product design, development and delivery by leveraging standards, best practices, and common libraries.
The Trimble Workcenter and The Trimble Apps Toolkit combine to provide accelerated realization of our Connect & Scale 2025 objectives.
The Trimble Workcenter
The Trimble Workcenter model provides design guidance that:
- Categorizes capabilities as universal or broad, providing a shared mental model for defining ownership of and responsibility for the delivery and maintenance of necessary capabilities
- Provides a roadmap to guide increased consistency, cohesion, and clarity of design, development and delivery over time
- Places existing applications in a clear context of their current and future relationship with the Trimble Cloud and Trimble Workcenters
The following diagram should not be strictly interpreted as an architectural diagram or as a comprehensive system architecture diagram. It provides a high level overview of how customers engage with Web Applications that leverage services provided by the Trimble Workcenter. It also reflects how existing and new applications can migrate toward full adoption of The Trimble Workcenter.
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label="Trimble Apps Platform"
node [shape=box]
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labelloc=t
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PersonaB [fillcolor="#777777" fontcolor=white color=transparent style=filled shape=circle width=1.3 height=1.3 label="Customer\nPersona"]
PersonaC [fillcolor="#999999" fontcolor=white color=transparent style=filled shape=diamond width=1.3 height=1.3 label="Customer\nPersona"]
PersonaD [fillcolor="#bbbbbb" fontcolor=black color=transparent style=filled shape=box width=1.3 height=1.3 label="Customer\nPersona"]
PersonaE [fillcolor="#333333" fontcolor=white color=transparent style=filled shape=diamond width=1.3 height=1.3 label="Customer\nPersona"]
PersonaF [fillcolor="#dddddd" fontcolor=black color=transparent style=filled shape=circle width=1.3 height=1.3 label="Customer\nPersona"]
TrimbleAppsClient [class="utility" shape=box width=11 height=.4 label="Client Library"]
TrimbleApps [class="manager" shape=box width=11 height=.4 label="Trimble Apps Platform"]
ProductAServices [class="access" shape=box label="Product Services"]
ProductBServices [class="access" shape=box label="Product Services"]
ProductCServices [class="access" shape=box label="Product Services"]
ProfileManagement [class="resource" label="Profiles\n\nUsers,\nTenants,\nSystems, Services"]
RightsManagement [class="resource" label="Rights\n\nLicensing,\nEntitlements,\nSubscriptions"]
AuthorizationManagement [class="resource" label="Authorization\n\nFederated Policy\nDefinitions,\nDecisions,\nDistribution"]
Visualizations [class="resource" label="Visualizations\n\nPublication Sites,\nDashboards,\nWidgets"]
DataProviders [class="resource" label="Data Providers\n\nIndustry Specific,\nProduct Specific\nEndpoints\nand Schemas"]
Workflows [class="resource" label="Workflows\n\nDefinitions,\nStatuses,\nHistory"]
Scheduling [class="resource" label="Scheduling\n\nWorkflow\nTimeout,\nRetries"]
TrimbleCloud [class="utility" width=7 height=.4 label="Trimble Cloud Platform"]
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Apps [shape=box class="client" width=14 height=.4 label="Web Applications"]
TID [shape=box class="utility" width=1.4 height=.7 label="Authentication\n(TID)"]
Workcenters [shape=box class="client" width=1.4 height=.7 label="Daily\n(Workcenter)"]
LeadGen [shape=box class="client" width=1.4 height=.7 label="Funnel\n(Atrium)"]
HelpAndSupport [shape=box class="client" width=1.4 height=.7 label="Account\n(My Trimble)"]
CLI [shape=box class="client" width=1.4 height=.7 label="System\nAdmin"]
ProductA [shape=box class="client" width=1.4 height=.7 label="Latest\nProducts"]
ProductB [shape=box class="client" width=1.4 height=.7 label="Migrating\nProducts"]
ProductC [shape=box class="client" width=1.4 height=.7 label="Legacy\nProducts"]
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Apps -> LeadGen [arrowhead=none]
Apps -> HelpAndSupport [arrowhead=none]
Apps -> CLI [style=invis]
Apps -> ProductA [arrowhead=none]
Apps -> ProductB [arrowhead=none]
Apps -> ProductC [arrowhead=none]
{ rank=same; Apps; TID; }
}
Top -> PersonaA [style=invis]
Apps -> TID
TID -> TrimbleCloud
PersonaA -> Apps
PersonaB -> Apps
PersonaC -> Apps
PersonaD -> Apps
PersonaE -> Apps
PersonaF -> Apps
Workcenters -> TrimbleAppsClient
LeadGen -> TrimbleAppsClient
HelpAndSupport -> TrimbleAppsClient
CLI -> TrimbleAppsClient
TrimbleAppsClient -> TrimbleApps
ProductAServices -> TrimbleAppsClient
ProductA -> ProductAServices
ProductB -> ProductBServices
ProductC -> ProductCServices
ProductBServices -> TrimbleAppsClient [style=dashed]
ProductBServices -> TrimbleCloud [style=dashed]
TrimbleApps -> Visualizations [minlen=2]
TrimbleApps -> DataProviders [minlen=2]
TrimbleApps -> Workflows [minlen=2]
TrimbleApps -> Scheduling [minlen=2]
TrimbleApps -> TrimbleCloud
TrimbleCloud -> ProfileManagement
TrimbleCloud -> RightsManagement
TrimbleCloud -> AuthorizationManagement
{ rank=same; TrimbleApps; }
{ rank=same; ProductAServices; ProductBServices; ProductCServices; }
}
- Trimble Workcenter GitHub Repository
The Trimble Apps Toolkit
The Trimble Apps Toolkit provides ready-made, reusable components and packages that can be leveraged for rapid design, development and delivery of applications.
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ReactApp [class="client" width=6.5 label="React Application"]
AngularApp [class="client" width=6.5 label="Angular Application"]
ModusReact [class="client-package" label="Modus React\nBootstrap"]
ModusAngular [class="client-package" label="Modus\nAngular"]
MWCA [class="client-package" label="Modus Web\nComponents"]
MWCB [class="client-package" label="Modus Web\nComponents"]
TrimbleAppsPlatformClientA [class="access" label="Trimble Apps\nPlatform Client"]
TrimbleAppsPlatformClientB [class="access" label="Trimble Apps\nPlatform Client"]
TrimbleAppsPlatformA [class="resource" shape=cylinder label="Trimble Apps\nPlatform"]
TrimbleAppsPlatformB [class="resource" shape=cylinder label="Trimble Apps\nPlatform"]
AuthNA [class="utility" label="Authentication\nProxy"]
AuthNB [class="utility" label="Authentication\nProxy"]
TIDA [class="resource" shape=cylinder label="Trimble ID\nAuthentication"]
TIDB [class="resource" shape=cylinder label="Trimble ID\nAuthentication"]
{ rank=same; ReactApp; AngularApp; }
{ rank=same; MWCA; MWCB; }
{ rank=same; TrimbleAppsPlatformClientA; TrimbleAppsPlatformClientB; AuthNA; AuthNB; }
Top -> ReactApp [style=invis]
Top -> AngularApp [style=invis]
ModusReact -> MWCA
ModusAngular -> MWCB
ReactApp -> ModusReact
AngularApp -> ModusAngular
ReactApp -> TrimbleAppsPlatformClientA
AngularApp -> TrimbleAppsPlatformClientB
ReactApp -> AuthNA [style=invis]
AngularApp -> AuthNB [style=invis]
TrimbleAppsPlatformClientA -> AuthNA
TrimbleAppsPlatformClientA -> TrimbleAppsPlatformA
TrimbleAppsPlatformClientB -> AuthNB
TrimbleAppsPlatformClientB -> TrimbleAppsPlatformB
AuthNA -> TIDA
AuthNB -> TIDB
}
The Trimble Apps Toolkit currently consists of the following elements:
Modus Web Components
Authentication Proxy
Modus React Bootstrap
Example React Application
Federated Authorization
Static Architecture
Services
The Trimble Workcenter app is a web application that takes full advantage of the capabilities of The Trimble Workcenter and The Trimble Apps Toolkit.
The Atrium App is a web application for marketing and lead generation. It includes an integration with the Trimble Workcenter for displaying a single Workcenter dashboard.
The System Admin CLI is a command line interface for administration and configuration of the Trimble Workcenter.
Various systems will be integrated into the Trimble Workcenter. For example, some external systems will be registered as Data Providers with configured Data Endpoints. The data from these Data Endpoints will be retrieved by the Trimble Workcenter to populate Data Sources that can supply Visual Components with data for them to render.
In its function as a client, the Schedule Subsystem will call into the Trimble Workcenter to trigger workflow continuations as scheduled.
The Gateway provides hosting for system services. In its current form, HTTP and AMQP transports are configured and hosted within the Gateway process itself. The Gateway also currently hosts gRPC services for all Managers, Engines and Accessors, using domain sockets as a transport. This deployment topology is subject to change and extension as the needs of the Trimble Workcenter evolve and expand.
The Configuration Manager defines operations for general system configuration such as Tenancy, Accounts, Users and Navigation.
The Customization Manager defines operations for customizing Visual Components and Data Providers. Visual Components include Widget Templates, Widgets, Dashboards, and Publication Sites. Data Providers are remote APIs that provide data from particular Data Provider Endpoints. The data provided by these endpoints can be retrieved, transformed and cached to make it available for use by specific Visual Components.
Use Cases
Ingest Tenant
Call Chains Diagram - Ingest Tenant
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Top [shape=none height=0 width=0 label=""]
VP [shape=cylinder class="client-system" label="Viewpoint\nPlatform"]
K [class="utility" label="Distributed\nCommit Log"]
G [class="utility" label="Gateway"]
Configuration [class="manager" label="Configuration\nManager"]
Outbound [shape=none width=0 height=0 label=""]
ProfileAccess [class="access" label="Profile\nAccess"]
ProfileStore [shape=cylinder class="resource" label="Profile\nStore"]
Top -> K [style=invis]
VP -> K
K -> G [dir=back class="async"]
G -> Configuration
Configuration -> ProfileAccess
ProfileAccess -> ProfileStore
Configuration -> Outbound [class="async" label="OnTenantIngested"]
{ rank=same; VP; K; }
{ rank=same; Configuration; Outbound; }
}
Configure Publication Site
Call Chains Diagram - Configure Publication Site
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label="Configure Publication Site"
labelloc=t
pad=.4
node [shape=box width=1.4 height=.6]
Top [shape=none height=0 width=0 label=""]
CLI [class="client" label="CLI"]
G [class="utility" label="Gateway"]
Customization [class="manager" label="Customization\nManager"]
Outbound [shape=none width=0 height=0 label=""]
VisualAccess [class="access" label="Visualization\nAccess"]
VisualStore [shape=cylinder class="resource" label="Visualization\nStore"]
Top -> CLI [style=invis]
CLI -> G [class="sync"]
G -> Customization
Customization -> VisualAccess
VisualAccess -> VisualStore
// Customization -> Outbound [class="async" label="OnPublicationSiteConfigured"]
{ rank=same; Customization; Outbound; }
}
Register Widget Template
Call Chains Diagram - Register Widget Template
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label="Register Widget Template"
labelloc=t
pad=.4
node [shape=box width=1.4 height=.6]
Top [shape=none height=0 width=0 label=""]
CLI [class="client" label="CLI"]
G [class="utility" label="Gateway"]
Customization [class="manager" label="Customization\nManager"]
Outbound [shape=none width=0 height=0 label=""]
VisualAccess [class="access" label="Visualization\nAccess"]
VisualStore [shape=cylinder class="resource" label="Visualization\nStore"]
Top -> CLI [style=invis]
CLI -> G [class="sync"]
G -> Customization
Customization -> VisualAccess
VisualAccess -> VisualStore
// Customization -> Outbound [class="async" label="OnWidgetTemplateRegistered"]
{ rank=same; Customization; Outbound; }
}
Register Local Data Source
Call Chains Diagram - Register Local Data Source
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label="Register Local Data Source"
labelloc=t
pad=.4
node [shape=box width=1.4 height=.6]
Top [shape=none height=0 width=0 label=""]
CLI [class="client" label="CLI"]
G [class="utility" label="Gateway"]
Customization [class="manager" label="Customization\nManager"]
Outbound [shape=none width=0 height=0 label=""]
AccsssA [class="access" label="Data Provider\nAccess"]
StoreA [shape=cylinder class="resource" label="Data Provider\nStore"]
Top -> CLI [style=invis]
CLI -> G [class="sync"]
G -> Customization
Customization -> AccsssA
AccsssA -> StoreA
// Customization -> Outbound [class="async" label="OnDataSourceRegistered"]
{ rank=same; Customization; Outbound; }
}
Configure Widget
Call Chains Diagram - Configure Widget
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label="Configure Widget"
labelloc=t
pad=.4
node [shape=box width=1.4 height=.6]
Top [shape=none height=0 width=0 label=""]
CLI [class="client" label="CLI"]
G [class="utility" label="Gateway"]
Customization [class="manager" label="Customization\nManager"]
Outbound [shape=none width=0 height=0 label=""]
AccsssA [class="access" label="Data Provider\nAccess"]
StoreA [shape=cylinder class="resource" label="Data Provider\nStore"]
AccsssB [class="access" label="Visualization\nAccess"]
StoreB [shape=cylinder class="resource" label="Visualization\nStore"]
Top -> CLI [style=invis]
CLI -> G [class="sync"]
G -> Customization
Customization -> AccsssA
Customization -> AccsssB
AccsssA -> StoreA
AccsssB -> StoreB
Customization -> Outbound [class="async" label="OnWidgetConfigured"]
{ rank=same; Customization; Outbound; }
}
Register Remote Data Provider
Call Chains Diagram - Register Remote Data Provider
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label="Register Remote Data Provider"
labelloc=t
pad=.4
node [shape=box width=1.4 height=.6]
Top [shape=none height=0 width=0 label=""]
CLI [class="client" label="CLI"]
G [class="utility" label="Gateway"]
Customization [class="manager" label="Customization\nManager"]
Outbound [shape=none width=0 height=0 label=""]
AccsssA [class="access" label="Data Provider\nAccess"]
StoreA [shape=cylinder class="resource" label="Integrated\nSubsystem"]
AccsssB [class="access" label="Data Provider\nAccess"]
StoreB [shape=cylinder class="resource" label="Data Provider\nStore"]
Top -> CLI [style=invis]
CLI -> G [class="sync"]
G -> Customization
Customization -> AccsssA
Customization -> AccsssB
AccsssA -> StoreA
AccsssB -> StoreB
// Customization -> Outbound [class="async" label="OnDataProviderRegistered"]
{ rank=same; Customization; Outbound; }
}
Configure Remote Data Source
Call Chains Diagram - Configure Remote Data Source
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label="Register Remote Data Source"
labelloc=t
pad=.4
node [shape=box width=1.4 height=.6]
Top [shape=none height=0 width=0 label=""]
CLI [class="client" label="CLI"]
G [class="utility" label="Gateway"]
Customization [class="manager" label="Customization\nManager"]
Outbound [shape=none width=0 height=0 label=""]
AccsssA [class="access" label="Data Provider\nAccess"]
StoreA [shape=cylinder class="resource" label="Integrated\nSubsystem"]
AccsssB [class="access" label="Data Provider\nAccess"]
StoreB [shape=cylinder class="resource" label="Data Provider\nStore"]
Top -> CLI [style=invis]
CLI -> G [class="sync"]
G -> Customization
Customization -> AccsssA
Customization -> AccsssB
AccsssA -> StoreA
AccsssB -> StoreB
// Customization -> Outbound [class="async" label="OnDataSourceRegistered"]
{ rank=same; Customization; Outbound; }
}
Define Dashboard
Call Chains Diagram - Define Dashboard
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label="Define Dashboard"
labelloc=t
pad=.4
node [shape=box width=1.4 height=.6]
Top [shape=none height=0 width=0 label=""]
CLI [class="client" label="CLI"]
G [class="utility" label="Gateway"]
Customization [class="manager" label="Customization\nManager"]
Outbound [shape=none width=0 height=0 label=""]
AccessA [class="access" label="Visualization\nAccess"]
StoreA [shape=cylinder class="resource" label="Visualization\nStore"]
AccessB [class="access" label="Data Provider\nAccess"]
StoreB [shape=cylinder class="resource" label="Data Provider\nStore"]
AccessC [class="access" label="Workflow\nAccess"]
StoreC [shape=cylinder class="resource" label="Workflow\nStore"]
Top -> CLI [style=invis]
CLI -> G [class="sync"]
G -> Customization
Customization -> AccessA
AccessA -> StoreA
AccessB -> StoreB
AccessC -> StoreC
Customization -> AccessB
Customization -> AccessC
{ rank=same; Customization; Outbound; }
}
Publish Dashboard
Call Chains Diagram - Publish Dashboard
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labelloc=t
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Top [shape=none height=0 width=0 label=""]
CLI [class="client" label="CLI"]
G [class="utility" label="Gateway"]
Customization [class="manager" label="Customization\nManager"]
Outbound [shape=none width=0 height=0 label=""]
AccessA [class="access" label="Visualization\nAccess"]
StoreA [shape=cylinder class="resource" label="Visualization\nStore"]
AccessC [class="access" label="Workflow\nAccess"]
StoreC [shape=cylinder class="resource" label="Workflow\nStore"]
Top -> CLI [style=invis]
CLI -> G [class="sync"]
G -> Customization
Customization -> AccessA
AccessA -> StoreA
AccessC -> StoreC
Customization -> AccessC
Customization -> Outbound [class="async" label="OnDashboardPublished"]
{ rank=same; Customization; Outbound; }
}