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IDoc Control Record must contain tag EDI_DC40_U for Foreign Language to be in readable format within the SAP Environment

Changing the Control Record EDI_DC40__ (__ equals two trailing spaces) to EDI_DC40_U (one space and a U). Which when exported to a single file the output is okay, but the very first field in the record is 300, so the output = "EDI_DC40_U300" the f...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Mapping & Translation 0 Future consideration

Unicode support for SAP IDOC flatfiles

According to the PMR 69372,082,000, Gentran:Server for Windows does not support Unicode for SAP flatfile IDOCs. The enhancement request is to add Unicode support for SAP IDOCs that are created as flatfile format.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Usability 0 Future consideration

support the %U file name convention in process control

support the %U file naming convention in process control. The customer requests supporting %U in the File Name field (under the Command field which contains GDW_Audit_Rpt for example) in Process Control. Customer - Tommy Vinson tvinson@piolaxusa.com
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Other 0 Future consideration

Allow GSW to print to multiple printers in a non-distributed environment

Currently Gentran:Server for Windows only prints to the default printer (in a non-distributed environment). This request would allow the user to select any registered printer to print depending on the type of document to be printed. In addition th...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Gentran running on Windows 2019 Data Center, sorts documents by MM/DD/YYYY

Gentran running on Windows 2019 Data Center, sorts documents by:MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS It should sort as: YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS In Windows 2008 R2, it used to sort as YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
over 3 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Support date/time variables in folder names of extraction file mailboxes

We have file system mailboxes that are configured to extract all files sent to a local folder for archiving, e.g. F:\GentranFiles\Outbound. Because of the huge amount of files, we have to archive them by system date, e.g. F:\GentranFiles\Outbound\...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

SAP Extension Classic RFC going away

As of SAP release 7.2, the Classic RFC library will no longer supported. It is being replaced by the Netweaver RFC. The two RFC libraries are not binary compatible at the binary level. That is a program written for the classic RFC will not work wi...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Need unique return code when commpost is unable to open X12 inbound files.

Need unique return code for X12 inbound files unable to be read. Error - unable to compost error opening file. X12 files are received, but commpost unable to read file. No unique return code is given. Return codes are available on errors created w...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Other 0 Future consideration

Process Control - UI - option to have comment area & activate/deactivate option

Two parts:a. Process Control UI does not have ability for comment field for Session records. 25-30 characters per line.b. The ability to toggle a line/command as Active or Inactive.At present, you have to delete the line and re-add. It would defau...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Mapping & Translation 0 Future consideration

Enhance Securtiy Matrix to allow for display only

The Security Matrix options do not provide for "display" only mode for certain components of the system. Partner Profiles is an example of one such area that cannot be viewed without alos granting edit capability. The request is to enahance securi...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Security 0 Future consideration

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