Encanvas live-wireframe is a toolkit that enables applications designers to author their apps in near real-time. This data sheet provides more detail.

1. APPLICATION DATA SHEET
LIVE WIRE‐FRAME
APPLICATIONS MODERNIZATION AND
SITUATIONAL APPLICATIONS
Experimentation is really important when you’re designing something‐well,
anything really, including software apps. But experimentation is time consuming.
When you build apps it can be ‘too costly’ and cause projects to over‐run.
The traditional way of designing a web app is a Wire‐Frame that offers a basic
visual representation of elements and establishes a hierarchy of information and
application components. Until stakeholders can see a live site with live data the
risks of project failure remain extremely high. Encanvas offers the fastest and
most affordable means to produce best‐fit right‐first‐time apps as ‘live’
prototypes, dramatically reducing project over‐runs and minimizing project risks.
What Is It?
An integrated codeless design platform and cloud
ecosystem that enables designers to iteratively
design and deploy applications in conjunction with
stakeholders to produce best‐fit results every time
using the client’s own data.
Modernize applications many ways using a
single suite of development software
What separates Encanvas from all other
applications modernization products is its all
encompassing nature, its completeness and its
commitment to 100% code‐free publishing. With
Encanvas, IT teams can engage business
stakeholders across‐the‐desk, not in back rooms.
Designed with cloud computing in mind, Encanvas
is a modern web server architecture that fully
leverages Microsoft .NET.
Stand‐out Capabilities
• Code‐less design elements have common
properties, inter‐operability, drag ‘n’ drop
linking etc.
• Design wizards remove coding errors
• Built‐in data ETL and mashup capabilities
• 30+ code‐less data connectors
• Rapid deployment of live solutions
• Easily harvest data from existing and new
repositories
• Powerful data visualisation and geo‐mapping
• Version Rollback – futureproofing
• If‐Then logic engine
• Powerful integration of 3rd party apps with
JSON, C#, HTML and DLL options
Integrated middle‐ware
Encanvas incorporates one of the most advanced
data integration layers ever created in an enterprise
computing applications development environment.
It employs a point‐and‐click suite of data
connectors, a drag‐and‐drop systemized
information flow designer, and a multi‐linking
capability that blends data from disparate sources
to create new data structures. Encanvas is a true
multi‐threading technology that can engage a series
of data sources at the same time.
Ready‐to‐use design elements
Encanvas includes a series of ready‐to‐use building
blocks that can be brought together in different
ways to produce new applications. These include
components for data capture, business intelligence,
reporting, search and discovery, content
management, instant messaging and more.
Unrivalled enterprise security
Encanvas enables IT administrators to manage
every aspect of master data management, portal
deployment, user identity and access management
and data governance no matter how many portals
and mobile applications are developed.
Why Use Encanvas To Design App
Prototypes?
Why Use It?
Speed time to value
Minimize project costs and risks
Improve app quality, reduce
designer skills and numbers
Reduce project costs and make more
projects possible
Reduce the complexity of IT
projects by delivering concept‐to‐
real implementations in 4‐steps
A comprehensive development
environment provides the
essential tools authors need in a
single design and deployment
platform
Improve IT team productivity
Fewer IT skills are required and
fewer IT tools
Up to 60% of project specifying
and simulation time is removed
Re‐working of applications is all
but removed (up to 25% of costs)
Master Data Management and
web service strategies cascade
robust IT platform support the
long‐tail of applications demands
Right‐first time applications
The fastest and securest means
to deliver .NET portal and mobile
applications

2. Feature Benefit
Development without coding
or scripting
Modernize legacy applications or create new business
applications that respond to ‘long‐tail’ demands
Life‐cycle management Supports the complete application lifecycle
No re‐working Point‐and‐click authoring across the desk creates
right‐first‐time results
Unparalleled integration Create new database applications or integrate with
existing systems
‘Data mashup’ capabilities
come as standard
Blend data from disparate systems across the
enterprise with Encanvas’s powerful data mashup
capabilities to create federated map views
Maps and visualization Present your world of business information on a single
map. Improve enterprise accessibility to mapping tools
Extend legacy IT systems Add new features and capabilities to legacy
applications
Reduce project risk Develop working prototypes within hours
Encanvas DX platform For class‐leading user identity management, group
creation, website administration, business analytics,
data governance/security, data entry and applications
customization capabilities
For more information
For further details about Encanvas visit www.encanvas.com.
© 2017 Encanvas. All rights reserved.
Encanvas is a registered trademark. All other trademarks and trade names are acknowledged as belonging to their respective
owners. Encanvas reserves the right to modify specifications of applications without notice.
www.encanvas.com
Encanvas ‘canvases’
Canvases are a light‐weight data structure used in
the Encanvas architecture to bring together the
logic of applications and their resources into a
single place to ensure coherency in master data
management and application lifecycle.
Version‐Rollback™ technology makes Encanvas
applications future‐proof
Encanvas is purpose‐built to create applications
designed to change over time. To make this possible
we’ve invented Version-Rollback™ technology:
Canvases record in their meta‐information a
description of the version levels of applications used
to create and deploy them. When canvases are
edited, the applications used to edit and publish
them ‘rollback’ to original versions so new features
are not initiated unless settings are overridden.
Scalable solutions
There’s no limit to the size and scale of applications
Encanvas can produce. View our case studies to find
out about large‐scale enterprise and industry
deployments.
Unparalleled usability
Encanvas is so easy to use that any business analyst
with some database engineering expertise can
design and deploy business applications. For IT
managers it means they can develop a larger pool of
applications designers requiring fewer skills.
Application Life‐cycle Management
Encanvas supports the complete application
lifecycle from design concept to completion. It
includes tools to streamline application
orchestration and deployments, the creation of help
text and site design.
Business intelligence and geo‐spatial maps
Encanvas incorporates sophisticated business
intelligence and geo‐spatial mapping features as
standard, so there’s no need to purchase additional
software for mapping or BI.
Created on Microsoft® .NET, deployed on
Microsoft® .NET
Encanvas has been created using standard
Microsoft® technologies and produces business
applications designed to work best on Microsoft®
operating systems and technology platforms.
Encanvas is a cloud‐deployed
application fabric. No client
installation is required. Private
cloud and host platform options are
available for in‐house deployments
Host platform
Microsoft® Windows Small Business
Server 2003 through to Windows
Server 2016. Requires Microsoft® SQL
Server or Microsoft® SQL Server
Express (not supplied).
Software Modules
Create™
Information Flow Designer™
Web Server Manager™
Web Server™
Encanvas Mobile™
Out‐of‐Box Features
Pivot style reports
KPI dashboards
Charts & reports
Data mashups
Forms and databases
Spatial visualization
Mobility
Portal Services
Printing
Search & discovery