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Export files in UTF8 format

Gentran exports inbound files in ASCI format. If Netweaver option is select to send the idocs to SAP, the idoc file format has to be in UTF8, this is what IBM suggested. Please add an option in Gentran where files export has an option to select AS...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Administration & Configuration 0 Submitted

Allow custom path configuration of Extended Rule Library path in the Sterling Mapper

Currently the Sterling Mapper defaults to a path of C:\Program Files (x86)\Sterling Commerce\Map Editor\Extended Rule Library due to security policies some users are not able to place their Extended Rule Libraries to that location. The desired beh...
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Mapping & Translation 0 Submitted

Gentran notifications

I set up our Gentran Server to send email notifications when translator errors take place. Is there a way to add the ability to set it up in a way that would send these messages only for certain types of EDI transactions (only for 850s and 810s, a...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Administration & Configuration 0 Submitted

Sterling Gentran Director Version 5.5 to be supported on Windows 11

Windows 10 end of life is coming in Sept 2025
6 months ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Installation & Upgrade 0 Submitted

Support for latest X12 standard versions (such as version 8050)

Trading partners are now using updated X12 standard versions, such as version 8050. Sterling B2B Integrator users/customers will not be able to do business with trading partners if standards are not in step with community X12 standard versions.
9 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Mapping & Translation 2 Future consideration

JSON Layout Generator

As part of Map Change team we receive requests for JSON map development. JSON maps layout will be differ from typical maps as the expected output is human readable text to store and transmit data objects consisting of attribute–value pairs and arr...
over 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Mapping & Translation 3 Planned for future release

Ability to correlate deferred documents with the ST control number assigned to them at time of enveloping

For each document that we process and defer, we lose track of the specific control numbers that are assigned at the time of enveloping. For instance, if you defer 5 separate documents at various times and later run enveloping, we need a method to ...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Mapping & Translation 1 Future consideration

Make Gentran compatible with Windows 11.

Most companies are moving toward Windows 11 and Gentran is currently not supporting this version.
10 months ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Installation & Upgrade 0 Submitted

Scrubbing Feature

Today I have to use the Command Line Adapter to scrub the file by calling a custom script. It would be nice to have an out of the box scrubbing capability (e.g., replacing ! with | or removing all delimiters from a source file that could impact ED...
8 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Mapping & Translation 1 Functionality already exists

Support Gentran for iSeries on PowerVS

Support Gentran for iSeries on PowerVS. I see no reason the product shouldn't be supported on a PowerVS (virtual server), which is suppose to be the same as a physical iSeries.
8 months ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Usability 0 Submitted

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