Partner Services (Upstream Services)
The following table links upstream services with their respective contact lists, maintenance notification streams and on-call documentation. Missing data indicates gaps in this pipeline.
Shortname | Service Name | Notes | Outage/Maintenance | Mailing Lists | Contacts | On BSR? | Breakers metrics? | Monitoring | Alerting | VFT Docs | Devops Docs | Products | source code | Child Dependencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Appeals | Appeals/Caseflow | DSVA slack #appeals-support | ✔️ | ✔️ CaseflowStatus | Appeals Status,Claims Status, Lighthouse | BGS,VACOLS | ||||||||
ArcGIS | ArcGIS | API not dependent on slowness due to ArcGIS as this is used in a sync job | NO | NO | ||||||||||
BGS | Benefits Gateway Service | NO - todo | Letters,Claims Status | |||||||||||
CorpDB | VA Corporate Database | We don’t connect directly but we rely on systems that do | n/a | |||||||||||
DMDC | Defense Manpower Data Center | not an api, just a data center | n/a | |||||||||||
DS Logon | DoD Self-Service Logon | Most common login type | No (not possible because api calls come from a browser not our servers | Login | DMDC | |||||||||
eMIS | Enterprise Military Information Service | eMIS is being deprecated in favor of VaProfile in Q1 (October) 2023 | ✔️ | ✔️ EmisMilitaryInformation | Veterans ID Card,User Profile,Login | |||||||||
EOAS | Eligibility Office Automation System | ✔️ | ✔️ Preneeds | Pre-Needs Burial | ||||||||||
EVSS | Enterprise Veterans Self Service Portal Platform | ✔️ | ✔️ EVSS/Claims | Claims Status,Appeals Status,Letters,Forms, Login | BGS VBMS | |||||||||
EWIS | Enterprise Web Infrastructure Support | More of a subsystem than a 3rd party service? | n/a | Teamsite | ||||||||||
GIDS | GIDS | GI Bill Data service | ✔️ | ✔️ GI | GI Bill Comparison Tool | |||||||||
| Central Mail API (ICHMS) | ✔️ | ✔️ CentralMail | Many Forms, Lighthouse | ||||||||||
No (not possible because api calls come from a browser not our servers | DS Logon Sign In,ID.me Sign In,User Profile | |||||||||||||
MHV | My HealtheVet | ✔️ | ✔️ Rx SM (secure messaging) | Letters,MHV Sign In,Prescriptions,Secure Messaging,Blue Button | ||||||||||
MPI | Master PersonIndex (Formerly Master Patient Index and Master Veteran Index) | Contains mostly Vets, some beneficiaries/dependents.- DS Logon has dependent login- MHV is working on dependent and caregiver access | ✔️ | ✔️ MVI | Disability Compensation | |||||||||
Pagerduty | Pagerduty | ✔️ 2021-10-01 PagerDuty | Downtime Banners, Alerts | |||||||||||
✔️ | ✔️ Search/Results | Search | ||||||||||||
VA Profile | VA Profile (formerly | Vet360 aims to be the golden record of contact information within the VA. It does this by coordinating communication and data persistence between the following backends: MVI and CorpDB. | VET360PROD, VET360 PM | ✔️ | ✔️ VAProfile/Communication | User Profile,User Model, most forms | MPI,CorpDB | |||||||
VIC | Veteran ID Card | unused? | n/a | |||||||||||
VIERS | Veteran Information/Eligibility Record Services | Veterans ID Card,Claims Status | ||||||||||||
ADFS | Active Directory Federation Services | |||||||||||||
iHub | Integration Hub | |||||||||||||
OKTA | ✔️ | ✔️ OKTA | Lighthouse, not used by VA.gov | |||||||||||
PPMS | Provider Profile Management System | ✔️ | ✔️ PPMS | |||||||||||
TIMS | The Imaging Management System | Deprecated? VONAPP? | ||||||||||||
VACOLS | Veterans Appeals Control and Locator System | |||||||||||||
VA Notify | SMS and Email Notification service | NO | ||||||||||||
VBMS | Veterans Benefits Management System | Claim Status, Disability compensation | ||||||||||||
VEText | ✔️ Vetext | |||||||||||||
VAOS | Veterans Online Application (VOA) Service | ✔️ | ✔️ VAOS | VAMF, Lighthouse, PPMS, MPI | ||||||||||
IAMSSOeOAuth | Identity Access and Management, Single Sign On external, Open Authorization | Yes IAMSSOeOAuth | ||||||||||||
EWIS | Enterprise Web Infrastructure Support Teamsite | Content Management system being replaced | n/a | |||||||||||
Lighthouse - Decision Review | Lighthouse Appeals | ✔️ DecisionReview | Notice of Disagreement, Higher level review | Central mail, Caseflow, | ||||||||||
VHA Access | ✔️ VHA_Access_PWT | |||||||||||||
HCA | Health Care Application | ✔️ HCA | ||||||||||||
GIBFT | Gi Bill Feedback Tool | in salesforce | ✔️ GIBFT | |||||||||||
Debt Management Center | ✔️ Debts |
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