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Sterling Transformation Extender

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Add an option to the output file adapter to generate a unique filename

A new option U for the output file adapter to put the result from the card in a file with a unique filename.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Launcher 1 Functionality already exists

DateTime Functions should handle Epoch as well

We're receiving a message where the timestamps are in Epoch notation. ToDateTime and FromDateTime (and maybe other related functions) should be able to handle this so it can be treated and/or formatted in a human-readable format.
almost 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 0 Needs more information

Make ITX functions TimeZone and DST aware

Currently when doing computations with timestamps across DST boundaries the functions (tealted to date/time) don't account for DST switches. This makes the result invalid. So in our case adding or substracting days from a timestamp doesn't take in...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Compliance 0 Not under consideration

Add a feature to load codelist to IBM Transformation Extender (ITX) Design studio for local testing

We are using codelists for 90 percent of clients and currently, we do not have an option to load the codelists to the ITX design studio for local testing as we do for the SI mapping server. We are depending on CTE/Production testing to validate ma...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 0 Not under consideration

Alternative to +SETALL permissions requirement on IBM MQ Adapter connections using -EQN

IBM MQ Adapter connections often use the -EQN facility to designate an alternate queue from the input -QN so that error messages do not get stuck in the input queue and interfere with message processing over time. The use of -EQN requires the +S...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Launcher 0 Future consideration

Add the HIPAA 834 318 and 277DRA transaction to the HIPAA pack

The state of New York is requiring insurance carriers to use the 834X318 and 277DRA transactions. These transactions are currently not in the HIPAA pack. This will cause compliance checking not to work and the mapping type tree is not available fo...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Compliance 5 Not under consideration

Enhance a import feature to import JSON SCHEMA and Swagger(YAML) as type tree

Currently we have capability in ITX to import the JSON file as type tree. But we have a challenge that customers might give all the possible fields and group which are mandatory/conditional in the JSON test file during development. So we end up wi...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 0 Not under consideration

Alter The Transformation Extender Error Reject Report To Have An XML Format Similar To B2Bi

We currently running SI B2Bi v 6.1 and also have ITX 10.1.1 installed. ITX running with launcher on our AIX file system which works with BP's in SI B2Bi. We are requesting that the failures coming out of ITX be in the B2Bi XML Trans Report format ...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Compliance Checking 1 Not under consideration

When Events are producing using Kafka adapter need acknowledgement as response.

When Events are produced using Kafka adapter needs acknowledgement like the respective offset number and partition number in Kafka broker.
about 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 0 Planned for future release

Database Interface Designer should take care of all character sets, and not only the obsolete ones

Currently (in 8.4.1.2 and earlier), Database Interface Designer cannot be told to use character sets other than the "historic" ones. It is of course possible to convert the type trees later, but would be better not to have to.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 1 Not under consideration