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Sterling Transformation Extender

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Support for JSON schema : natively and type tree Importer

Currently the ITX product is designed to be used with JSON data, and not the JSON schema (Native and Importer). Example : "age": { "$ref": "secondary.json#/properties/age"} With more systems adapting to JSON based message transformation and use sw...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 3 Delivered

Ability to "configure" the location of files created in the ITX Design Studio directory

The "IBM Sterling Transformation Extender Design Studio" application writes a log file in the root directory of the installation folder. Example is the "ttmaker.log" generated when we import a Type Tree through the XML Schema Importer. IDEA: Abili...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 1 Delivered

Enhance CSV import for quoted fields

Currently Design Server has the capability for importing csv with quoted fields where option available to choose String or Custom CSV import. It will be great if we have similar import option in Design Studio to avoid manual errors while creating ...
8 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Importers 1 Delivered

Enhanced functional maps navigation in studio

In complex mappings, it is sometimes hard to navigate across multiple levels of functional maps. Developers' life would be easiser if they could get back to the place where they were before going to a given function map
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 1 Delivered

SFTP Connector for ITX

It's impossible to do SFTP (FTP over SSH) with FTP adapter with ITX 9.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 2 Delivered

Need Design Studio in Linux environment to support IIB mqsicreatebar command on Linux to build applications containing ITX v9

Need Design Studio in Linux environment to support IIB mqsicreatebar command on Linux to build applications containing ITX v9, as suggested by Level 2 Technical Support for IBM Transformation Extender (TX).
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 1 Delivered

ITX should allow the functional map to be opened in the new window.

Right now, while doing mapping in ITXA, if we want to move from one functional map to another or to the main map or vice-versa. The new maps always open in the same window which makes it quite difficult to work with the mapping. especially when we...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender 2 Delivered

ITX Design Studio should have an option to allow users to search based on FUNCTION name or what function does just like what we have in SI Mapper.

Right now, while doing the mapping in ITXA, we need to search the function manually and only by name. There is no search bar or anything which allows us to search based on the FUNCTION name or what FUNCTION does in ITXA. Add a search bar just in S...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / B2Bi Mapping & Translation 2 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

null from JSON messages must not be treated as string "null"

When customer sends null for mandatory fields in a JSON message, this must be treated as empty field instead of string "null"
about 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 1 Delivered