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The RFE is asking for the CDSA adapter to behave very differently than the way it was designed to. The issue is that there no framework in the B2Bi CDSA adapter to add the custom behavior being requested. This functionality exists in Z systems, but not in any other C:D platform.
The work to change the CDSA adapter to fit this use case would be extremely large and is not valuable to the broader market. If we accepted this change, it would uproot our roadmaps into 2025 and have a delivery date well past what DTCC is looking for.
A workaround option involving setting up additional C:D nodes to pass on these details to remote C:D nodes has been provided to DTCC & CoE.
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A Connect Direct Process script has two levels of scope. There are parameters that are at the scope of the full Process and others that are specific to steps withing the Process script. The SACCNT and PACCNT parameters are at the Process scope and not specific to the CopyTo service. Adding the SACCNT and PACCNT parameters to the Connect Direct services in B2Bi may actually be best done at the scope of the process which might be the BeginSession service. This would involve adding these as parameters to the BeginSession service which would be passed to the remote Connect Direct server at the appropriate places in the command stream. In addition, any other Process scope parameters could be added in the same manner allowing B2Bi to more closely appear as a Connect Direct server when exchanging data with an actual Connect:Direct server. For any platform specific parameters, I would suggest making B2Bi look like a CDU server, but other options might be considered.
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We are currently reviewing this request with our technical team and will update the status once our analysis is complete.