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Sterling Transformation Extender

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Enhancement request to create EVAL() function to calculate final value from excel formula

My input is Excel (excel adapter). Excel cell is having mathematical functions (ex: =100+200-50). While execution data is reading as 100+200-50. But my requirement is to map the final value i.e 250.
over 3 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 1 Not under consideration

Encryption support using the ITX Email adapter

Currently there is no encryption support using the ITX Email adapter. Resource is defined as below with inet protocol which uses SMTP. -PROTO inet -RAW -SERVER xxx.xxxx.com We would like to have the encryption with Email adapter to enable security.
over 3 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 0 Not under consideration

WDI support validation with AIX 7.2

We have WDI 3.3 running on AIX 7.1. We are planning to upgrade from AIX 7.1 to AIX 7.2. We want to know if WDI 3.3 is supported in AIX 7.2.
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender 0 Not under 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...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Compliance 5 Not under consideration

SEARCHUP() & SEARCHDOWN() functions should return all matched records, Instead of first match

Currently SEARCHUP() and SEARCHDOWN() functions return only single object. We need the functionality for these functions to return all matched records instead of one similar to how EXTRACT() function returns data. Using EXTRACT() on large data set...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Maps & Type Trees 1 Not under consideration

Add SFTP adapter to ITX 9

We are using ITX 9 but need to be able to send files using SFTP rather than plain FTP. We would like to see ITX 9 support the SFTP adapter that is available in 10.
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender 1 Not under consideration

Solve Security issue user creditionals management console on ITX version 10

When you configure the management console on a Linux host (probably also on Windows) to connect to a launcher, You are required to configure the network connection to the launcher and the username and password to logon. This configuration is store...
about 4 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Management Tools 1 Not under consideration

Expand MapName Field

Expanding the map name field will help us us maintain standard Map naming convention with proper description of the map function and the associated standards. The current limitation of 32 bytes is not sufficient. Other mapping tools like Sterling ...
about 4 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Maps & Type Trees 1 Not under consideration

Install design server and flow dashboard without internet connection

Due to security rules our servers are not connected to the internet. For installing design server it is required to have an internet connection. When you try to install the following happens: Design server Building tx-server Docker image...
about 4 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender 1 Future consideration

ITX 10 Design Server import into B2Bi (no ITX-A installed)

We need something in the Design Server to help us deploy the .sl and compiled maps to a B2Bi Server (ITXA is not in use here.)
about 4 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Utilities 3 Functionality already exists