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Sterling Transformation Extender

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Need to get Type Tree of Version ANSI7050

Hello IBM, FCA needs ANSI7050 version of the type tree because all railroads use 007050 for their 417 waybill and we are working on a new interface for the 417 from one of our railroad providers. We had created a PMR as TS001907310 in order to ge...
about 5 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 1 Delivered

Document verification: Support for Ignoring undefined attribute

With ITX 9 FP3(when using native schemas), we have the option to Ignore Undefined XML elements that comes in an input file from the customer that are not defined in the XSD. This way we don't need to update the maps and its reference when the inpu...
about 5 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 1 Delivered

Adding the ability to get all sheet names contained in an Excel fileadding the ability to get all sheet names contained in an Excel file

We want to convert multiple sheet excel documents to other formats.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Maps & Type Trees 2 Delivered

Add H2 or other single file database adapter to ITX

Current ITX database adapters require heavyweight database infrastructures like Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, or at least some type of third-party, separately installed application. In organizations heavy with red tape and procedures, getting a datab...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 3 Delivered

TX SAP JALE Adapter to allow a custom EDI_DC40 Control Record

"Error in ParseElement" occurs because only the standard 36 field / 524 character EDI_DC40 Control Record is supported by the TX SAP JALE Adapter. This is causing the interface which uses a custom Idoc control record more than the 540 character to...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 1 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.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Launcher 1 Delivered

mechanism to remove pending acknowledgements in bulk

We understand that pending acknowledgement records do not expire in ITXA unless acknowledgements are received or the records are manually removed using the ITXA UI. This means that any partner who has been configured to expect acknowledgements but...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Other 1 Delivered

Using Valid JSON Schema as the Type tree in the Output Layout ,Array Element/Values are getting generated without closing square brackets

In JSON Output, Array Element/Values are generated without square brackets When we use the Valid JSON Schema as the Type tree in the Output Layout , ITX reading the JSON Schema successfully, but the Array Elements/Values are getting generated ...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 0 Delivered

BNSF is requesting AAR & X12 EDI 7050 standards for Websphere Data Interchange translator. The standards will be available at Washington Publishing by the middle of April, 2018. BNSF is requesting IBM to provide the EDI 7050 version for the AAR and X12 standards no later than middle of July, 2018.

I need the 7050 version of the X12 and AAR standards for the EDI transactions 161, 404, 417, 418, 419, 420, 425, 427, 440, 824, and 998. The Rail industry is requesting all railroads to upgrade the named transactions to version 7050. Railinc has s...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender 0 Delivered

Oracle 12.2 support

This idea is rather obvious. We need support for Oracle 12.2. The current compatibility list of ITX 9.0.0 lists version 12.1 only.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 0 Delivered