One of the strengths of HORIZON LIMS is its ability to integrate with third party systems. HORIZON offers several methods for importing external system data, all of which use a set of data transfer tables within the HORIZON database schema, named the Autopost Pipe. Import jobs can be scheduled at any time interval (minutes, hours or days) or initiated manually, and work in an automated fashion to parse data files or messages from external systems.
Integration with external devices/applications/systems can be achieved various industry-standard techniques (web services/SOA, XML, HL7, ODBC, direct update, etc.) that often take advantage of HORIZON’s specialized Data Layer. The
Data Layer contains pre-mined data from HORIZON’s database; external data can be “pushed” into, or “pulled” from, the database through the Data Layer.