IBM Sterling


This portal is to open public enhancement requests for IBM Sterling products and services. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas

  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

ADD A NEW IDEA

Clear

Sterling Transformation Extender

Request to add 5010X211 version of 275 transaction to the ITX HIPAA Data Compliance validation map.

Hello Team, we are currently in the process of migrating our X12 validation from the TIBCO Instream Validation tool to the ITX HIPAA Data Compliance check. We process a wide variety of X12 transactions on our platform, including the 5010X211 versi...
11 days ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Compliance Checking Under review

Resuable work files under cics

We are using ITX with the Supply chain support pack. This require us to call ITX with, (READONLY files from ITX/support pack): We call ITX with command string: 'IOROUTER -T -I1@T ' !! STANDARD_TS !! ' -I2W@E EDFFWDEF -I3W@E:WX15 EDFCODES -I4W@E:WX...
13 days ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Command Server Under review

Enhance ITX MMap Execution Control with Native Timeout, Safe Termination and External Process Lifecycle Management

Using IBM ITX 11.0.2 (MMap / mpiMapRun) in a high-throughput AKS environment. Lifecycle: load -> run -> abort (if needed) -> wait -> unload Issues observed: abortRun() does not guarantee termination unload() cannot run during execu...
18 days ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / APIs & SDKs Submitted

Enhance ITX MMap Execution Control with Native Timeout, Safe Termination, and External Process Lifecycle Management

We are using IBM Transformation Extender (ITX) 11.0.2 TX Programming Interface (MMap / mpiMapRun) in a high-throughput, containerized production environment (AKS).We have implemented the recommended lifecycle:- load → run → abort (if needed) → wai...
19 days ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / APIs & SDKs Submitted

ITX Health Care Pack is not rejecting tab character

Details: HIPAA Data Compliance Map for the 834 transaction set (005010X220A1) is not enforcing a snip type 1 when tab character is present in 834. Per TR3 specification, tab character is not allowed in String (AN) element fields. Only characters f...
26 days ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Compliance Checking Under review

Ability to create indexes with a Range.

We have encountered more than once that we had to write a repeateable functional map on an item for different conditions. And we realized/understand that multiple EXTRACT functions on a single rule doesnot work , it has to be nested in multiple fu...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees Not under consideration

EDI Claims transactions - Leading zeros for decimal values in SV3 segment are not getting rejected at Compliance Check

For EDI Claims transactions - Leading zeros for decimal values in SV3 segment are not getting rejected at Compliance Check. Example data: SV3*AD:D0603*0.01****1*****1~ According to TR3 document, We expect a rejection at compliance check for decima...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Compliance Checking Under review

Granular error messages from type 5

We are currently processing 837 files using the hipaa_data_compliance map and performing validations for types 1–5 and 7. We'd like to explore the possibility of enhancing the Type 5 validation to return more granular error messages. Specifically,...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Compliance Under review

Support ITX on Windows Server 2025

Customer needs to install ITX on Windows Server 2025
4 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Installation Planned for future release

JSON Validation on ITX maps

We have a requirement to implement a JSON validator for the files sent by the customer. The key requirement is to return a 400-error response synchronously if the incoming JSON is invalid, including detailed error information in the response body....
4 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees Under review

By clicking the "Post Comment" or "Submit Idea" button, you are agreeing to the IBM Ideas Portal Terms of Use.
Do not place IBM confidential, company confidential, or personal information into any field.