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Dual client install ability to access each environments directories

When the client is used as a dual client install (the one client machine can access both production and test installations of GSW) the ability to access each clients directory (Options > Preferences > Directories) would be beneficial for dev...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Usability 0 Not under consideration

In addition to current min/max size for each field in type tree design of a layout, enable a starting position for each field in layout once type tree is construcred.

When handling flat files or implicit file it is difficult to locate a data without its position. It is time consuming to locate a value in the input file that has to indicator or delimiter. In addition to current min/max size for each field in typ...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Maps & Type Trees 2 Not under consideration

Don't automatcally load codes into fields when creating a new map.

When a new map is created, the fields that have codes associated with them automatically load as a standard rule. Although they're loaded, they don't do anything unless you set them but the field is still marked that there's a rule set on it. If t...
over 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Mapping & Translation 2 Not under consideration

HIPAA Pack Compliance Check add additional segment terminator defined in the X12 implementation guide.

Compliance check is failing when the File Separator <FS> x'1C' is used along with carriage return and line feed. <FS><CR><LF> will cause a compliance error, <FS> without the <CR><LF> passes compliance. Com...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Maps & Type Trees 0 Not under consideration

Ability to signal a translation error if the max number of loops is reached in a map.

You can indicate the maximum number of loops in a map, but have no way to trigger a translation error if that limit is reached. Currently if the translator hits the maximum number of loops, it does not signal an error but continues on with documen...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Mapping & Translation 0 Not under consideration

Sanity check on number of overall segments or size of resulting document during an import translation

Mapping errors can cause extremely large documents to be created. Currently there is no way to limit this. It should be possible to set a maximum number of segments for a document or on its resulting size and signal a translation error if that thr...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Mapping & Translation 0 Not under consideration

WTX Type Tree needed for X12 6020 275 (X314 TR3 for HIPAA)

We have a need for a type tree for the X12 6020 275 transaction. Specifically the HIPAA voluntary TR3 X314 implementation. It is a HIPAA transaction, though not mandated, but the HIPAA Pack doesn't have a tree.
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Maps & Type Trees 0 Not under consideration

Provide support for VDA version 03, and incorporate into EDI standards

Provide support in SB2BI for VDA version 03 - currently only version 02 is supported. In addition, these would ideally be incorporated into existing EDI standards for use in the SB2BI map editor, similar to how X12 is handled.
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Maps & Type Trees 1 Not under consideration

Improve swift typetree validation feature related to charset

When receiving a swift message, maps using swift typetree on input card may validate the message whereas it is invalid as per swift book.Indeed, current IBM WTX swift typetree don't check for invalid character used, and swift book well specify the...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Maps & Type Trees 1 Not under consideration

FTP mailbox is not holding FileName as collected from MGET/GET to be used or reviewed in the mclient mailbox manager display

Files are successfully pulled from an FTP server. The filename is not captured and thus the column/field is blank when displayed and passed to recipient mailboxes.Customer wants to use the filename for routing and declaration of what is inside the...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Other 0 Not under consideration

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