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Mapping & Translation

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"Limit concurrent process control events" does not apply across the product. It would make sense to be product wide parameter

"Limit concurrent process control events" does not apply across the product. It would make sense to be product wide parameter
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Mapping & Translation 0 Future consideration

Document Reference number not generating when translating XML to EDI

System: Gentran:Server for Unix Version 6.1Program: lftranActor: Assumed functionality (in App and EDI data type) for doc loc is lacking in XML to EDI data map. Description: Document Location Specifier does not update edistat.o, and consequently d...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Mapping & Translation 0 Future consideration

Gentran DTM segments past 12/31/2036

Receiving dates beyond 12/31/2036 that fail as invalid dates. Chrysler is sending us dates out to 12/31/9999 that we map to an ODBC map. Need Gentran 5.1 to accept dates beyond 12/31/2036 as valid. See PM 33088,082,000 for further details.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Mapping & Translation 0 Future consideration

Provide graphical mapping tool for Gentran

Create a visual mapping tool for the Gentran product to provide ease of use features for mapping tasks.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Mapping & Translation 0 Not under consideration

Extended Rule - GOTO and Call Features

Hello, Gentran Server for Windows is great, but we need a few new tools for the extended rules. 1- We need a GOTO statement. 2- We need to be able to call a saved rule from within an extended rule. Sure, we can copy paste the same code in each map...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Mapping & Translation 0 Not under consideration