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Sterling Transformation Extender

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TX SAP JALE Adapter to allow a custom EDI_DC40 Control Record

"Error in ParseElement" occurs because only the standard 36 field / 524 character EDI_DC40 Control Record is supported by the TX SAP JALE Adapter. This is causing the interface which uses a custom Idoc control record more than the 540 character to...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 1 Delivered

Change current directory in ITX 9

Change current directory from <install_dir>/logs to msl directory. Or configure current directory for all launcher from dtx.ini.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Launcher 1 Delivered

BNSF is requesting AAR & X12 EDI 7050 standards for Websphere Data Interchange translator. The standards will be available at Washington Publishing by the middle of April, 2018. BNSF is requesting IBM to provide the EDI 7050 version for the AAR and X12 standards no later than middle of July, 2018.

I need the 7050 version of the X12 and AAR standards for the EDI transactions 161, 404, 417, 418, 419, 420, 425, 427, 440, 824, and 998. The Rail industry is requesting all railroads to upgrade the named transactions to version 7050. Railinc has s...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender 0 Delivered

Compliance Check App - Consistently create REF(D9) Segment in the 277CA to tie Claim Ack back to the original good/bad 837.

Our organization needs the capability for the HIPAA Pack's Compliance Check application to consistently generate a 277CA (005010X214) with a REF (D9) segment for both good and bad claims so that the 277 Claim Ack may be tied back to the original c...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Maps & Type Trees 2 Delivered

SNDPOR and SNDPRN are not mapped

Using the JALE Adapter, if SNDPOR if not mapped it defaults to CUSTOMERLS. Using the ALE Adapter, if SNDPOR if not mapped it defaults to MERCATOR. We are migrating from the ALE Adapter to the JALE Adapter are require the same behaviour for both ad...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Other 1 Delivered

S/EDIFACT - EDIFACT Packs

The EDIFACT type trees included in the EDIFACT packs 2.8.1 (specifically edifd96a.mtt) do not include the segments USH, USA, US, UNO which are included in the standard version.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Other 1 Delivered

Validate in RD8 that beginning date is chronologically before ending date

In the case of an X12/HIPAA field being a RD8 (date range), the beginning/starting date should be chronologically before the ending date. If it is not, then it should fail a Type 2 or higher check. We originally experienced this in an 820 transact...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Other 1 Delivered

Request for debugger in Map Editor

I was developing the map and it broke the whole system. Upon requesting for for information regarding the process, I was told that because the issue is not with the map editor but with the map, every thing is fine and ticket should be closed. I ha...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Documentation 1 Delivered

WebSphere Extreme Scale Adapter

Many validation and enrichment applications require database lookup. If the data is accessed very often, performance will be degraded. Having the ability to read from WebSphere Extreme Scale cache will solve this problem.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 0 Delivered

Request to back up files when a Launcher system goes down

Request to move the files when a launcher crashes using co-operative browsing mode. Currently when the launcher crashes, the restart are not working as the root issue of the crash (ie a file ) is still present in the root directory. Isolating thes...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Launcher 1 Delivered