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New function 'QUIT()' to stop a map at a specific point

The client has requested a new function (perhaps called "QUIT()") which will stop the map at that point as FAIL() currently does, but with a non fail exit code (maybe a new warning code instead).
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Launcher 1 Delivered

Improve performance on SORTUP and SORTDOWN functions

Performance on functions SORTUP and SORTDOWN is dramatically catastrophic when there are "lots" of data to sort (25 min to sort 1 000 000 of numbers). See test case attached. Improving performance of those functions is more that required. New sort...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Launcher 1 Delivered

Cooperative Listener directory permissions

When Launcher starts in cooperative listener mode on RHEL servers a hidden directory is created under each watch point. That dir is named .WTX_<pid>_<hostname>. Each coop listener will have its own one of these hidden dirs. The dirs ar...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Launcher 1 Delivered

Expand the 40-Character Limitation on the Size of the Launcher's Private Trigger Directory

Removing this limitation will create pod-specific private trigger directories and enable scaling up the Launcher into multiple pods/containers sharing a common application work area. This enhancement will prevent multiple Launcher from triggering ...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Launcher 2 Delivered

Change current directory in ITX 9

Change current directory from <install_dir>/logs to msl directory. Or configure current directory for all launcher from dtx.ini.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Launcher 1 Delivered

Request to back up files when a Launcher system goes down

Request to move the files when a launcher crashes using co-operative browsing mode. Currently when the launcher crashes, the restart are not working as the root issue of the crash (ie a file ) is still present in the root directory. Isolating thes...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Launcher 1 Delivered