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Sterling Transformation Extender

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We need a Tool to Identify the Cause of HIPAA X12 Compliance Exceptions

Tool to Identify the Cause of HIPAA X12 Compliance Exceptions NASCO routinely receives very large HIPAA X12 transmissions from their business / trading partners. (Very large meaning millions of segments and tens of thousands of transactions.) Only...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Compliance Checking 1 Not under consideration

Catching informations about WTX maps dynamically at runtime

The product functionality should be enhanced to make it possible for WTX maps to catch following informations dynamically at runtime 1. its own map name2. the associated WTX system, sub system and component to clearly identify the map3. on which i...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Launcher 0 Functionality already exists

format string parser

Please add a parser/validator of format srings into the compiler, so that WTX developers are being notified of invalid format strings that won't work in the WTX engine.
about 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 1 Not under consideration

Make the "use ellipses button" a display option

The Map Designer provides a way to use ellipses when draggin'-n-dropin' type references into a rule. This is very nice to make rules more compact and usually improves readability. However, "getting back" to the referenced type is sometimes an issu...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 0 Not under consideration

Include SSL library for zLinux Secure Adapter Collection.

We are using Message Broker and WTX Integration Server + Secure Adapter Collection to contact web services and transform the results. Unfortunately the SSL library (mercssl.so) is not included for zLinux like it is for other platforms. Please incl...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 1 Functionality already exists

use ressource registry for mdq login data

In order to address the different configuration items between production, integration and development environment, WTX offers a ressource registry. We can define the different names of a queue manager, for example: $QMN in production resolves to Q...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Management Tools 0 Not under consideration

static nature of calling TX maps from Java

currently, the APIs to call maps via Java works well. However, when a map is instantiated, it is via static method. Further attempts to instantiate the same class throws an error. IBM to look at this and see if there is someway to relax this behav...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / APIs & SDKs 1 Not under consideration

DFDL support in ITX

The use of DFDL for data format definition is getting popular especially in IBM products. Please add DFDL into ITX as a standard
about 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Importers 0 Not under consideration

In FinPay PLUS 10.2.3.0 euroSIC messages are missing Business Application Header (BAH)

In the euroSIC schema, the BAH is based on the "classic" head.001.001.01 ( https://www2.swift.com/mystandards/#/mx/head.001.001.01 ) . The header is required for all euroSIC messages.
16 days ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Maps & Type Trees 0 Under review

Include validation for NBOR SaFIR messages in ITX for Financial Payments pack PLUS

With ISO20022 requirements that need to be adopted in the upcoming year, banks need to validate NBOR SaFIR messages as well. The current ITX FinPay PLUS package doesn't include the related xsd's. Can the next FinPay PLUS package include the necess...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Maps & Type Trees 0 Under review