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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...

be able to schedule the deployment of a map/ envelope

We are used to receive requests to move map, envelope or code lists to Production on specific date/time. Sometimes we need to contact teams from other geographies for them to finish the work because the time is out of our business hours.It would b...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 0 Future consideration

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...

Displaying a different color in CTE and production for Config Center and Legacy Inflight to help support to differentiate both environments,

Displaying a different color in CTE and production for Config Center and Legacy Inflight to help support to differentiate both environments.
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 5 Not under consideration

Sterling Gentran Director Version 5.5 to be supported on Windows 11

Windows 10 end of life is coming in Sept 2025

Bulk export maps from ConfigHub/ConfigCenter

Currently we dont have any option to export all maps (.mxl) from ConfigHub or Config Center. It is a TDS task to support and implementations teams to download all the maps one by one. By implementation this we can save a lot of time. Now a days cu...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 0 Planned for future release

Confighub – Business Alias Name Not Displayed in Code Lists and Maps

Currently, we have several customers where identical code lists and maps are deployed across multiple Business Aliases (BAs) under the same customer account. This setup creates confusion for both customers and support teams, as it becomes difficul...
4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 1 Future consideration

One of B2BI SAAS Customer Feedback Self Service Code list Hanon Feedback - View/Edit Rights to Orchestration code list.

One of SCBN Customer supplier/customer onboarding is unable to do it themselves as they require access to make entries in the orchestration Codelist (SAT Codelist), which they currently do not have. The customer is requesting access to this codeli...
4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Make Gentran compatible with Windows 11.

Most companies are moving toward Windows 11 and Gentran is currently not supporting this version.

Adding Email Body via BPN ST tool

There are lot of request in Electrolux project for email flows where we need to deliver the output file as attachment in email and also send email body with some message to the trading partners. Currently, we use ITX map and Attachment Macro to ac...
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 0 Future consideration