Release Notes for IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender Pack for SEPA Version 4.3.3

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IBM WebSphere® Transformation Extender Pack for SEPA
Version 4.3.3 release notes

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CONTENTS
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1. About this release
2. Installation and configuration information
3. Known limitations, problems and workarounds
4. New and changed behavior
5. Resolved Authorized Program Analysis Reports (APARS)
6. Contacting customer support
7. Notices and trademarks

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1. ABOUT THIS RELEASE
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This release is a full version of the product.

Where to find the software to download

To download the software for this release of the product, go to Passport Advantage Online.

For details about supported hardware and software, see the system requirements.

What's new in this release

This version of the pack includes updates to the following:

• The EPC updated the SEPA Rulebooks and Implementation guides and published the V8.1 updates for Credit Transfer and Direct Debit Core, and version 6.1 of the Direct Debit B2B guides for use in production November 22, 2015. All of the changes will be integrated into the existing framework validation. Refer to the implementation guides for the changes for this release.
• EBA updates dated 2014/11/17 with EBA updates dated 2015/05/18.
• Addition of a new example to show EPC published schemas and validation maps using WebSphere Transformation Extender Native XML schema mapping techniques.
• Performance improvements have been made to the maps.
• Documentation updates

Documentation notes


The PDF file and the IBM Eclipse help system that install with the pack are deprecated beginning with this release. See the WebSphere Transformation Extender 8.4.1 online documentation for the latest documentation.

Translated documentation

Based upon country requests, the online documentation for this product has been translated from the original English (United States) version into various native languages.

Inquiries about translating documents into specific languages should be directed to an IBM representative of the respective country.

Translated documentation

Based upon country requests, the online documentation for this product have been translated from the original English (United States) version into various native languages.

The following translations are available in the online documentation.

Language	Language code
German	de
Spanish	es
French	fr
Italian	it
Japanese	ja
Brazilian Portuguese	pt_BR
Russian	ru
Traditional Chinese	zh_TW
Simplified Chinese	zh_CN

Set the language code in your web browser to view the desired language by appending the following to the end of the WebSphere Transformation Extender 8.4.1 URL:

?lang=<Language code>

Language codes are noted in the table above. For example, to view the online documentation in French:

…/kc_welcome_841.html?lang=fr

The documentation displays in the English (United States) language if the IBM representative of a country did not choose to translate it. Send inquires about translating documentation to a specific language to the IBM representative of the respective country.


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2. INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
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Installation prerequisites

Before you install this version of the pack, one of the versions of WebSphere Transformation Extender listed in the following table must first be installed.

If you are installing the pack from the ESD site, install the pack using the executable (*.exe) file associated with your WebSphere Transformation base product as indicated in the table below:

WebSphere Transformation Extender base product required	ESD site executable file
8.3.0.6	sepa4330_83.exe
8.4.0.5	sepa4330_84.exe
8.4.1.3	sepa4330_841.exe

Installing the pack on Windows systems

To install the pack, perform the following procedures:

1. Obtain the product media, or image, from the Support Downloads page.
2. Run the setup.exe command. With Electronic Software Delivery (ESD), run the part_number.exe command (see the table above).
3. Follow the instructions in the installation program.

Uninstalling the pack

1. Select the pack that you want to remove.
2. Click Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
3. Click Change/Remove and follow the prompts.

NOTE : The Repair or Remove options are no longer available in the installation program. You must uninstall the packs using the procedure detailed above.

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3. KNOWN LIMITATIONS, PROBLEMS, AND WORKAROUNDS
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Type trees have warnings when analyzed

The following type trees have distinguishable warnings when analyzed:

• mapstep.mtt
• sepa_validation.mtt

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4. NEW AND CHANGED BEHAVIOR
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Deprecated maps and type trees

An announcement is published along with this release of the Pack for SEPA stating that the legacy Technical Validation Set (TVS) maps and schemas and type trees included in the validation framework will be removed in the next release. These schemas were last updated by the EPC in 2008. They were last updated to rulebook version v3.1.

For this release, the existing maps are located in a separate map source folder named ...deprecated/mapsandschemas. The TVS schemas will also be moved to the deprecated folder.

Similarly, for this release, the existing existing type trees are located in a separate map source folder named ...deprecated/type_trees

The ...deprecated/mapsandschemas folder contains these files:

$pacs.002.002.03.xsd

$ pacs.002.003.02.xsd

$ pacs.003.002.03.xsd

$ pacs.003.003.02.xsd

$ pacs.004.002.03.xsd

$ pacs.004.003.02.xsd

$ pacs.007.002.03.xsd

$ pacs.007.003.02.xsd

$ pacs.008.002.03.xsd

$ pacs.008.003.02.xsd

sepa_validation_deprecated.mms

The ...deprecated/type_trees folder contains these files:

$pacs.002.002.03.mtt

$pacs.002.003.02.mtt

$pacs.003.002.03.mtt

$pacs.003.003.02.mtt

$pacs.004.002.03.mtt

$pacs.004.003.02.mtt

$pacs.007.002.03.mtt

$pacs.007.003.02.mtt

$pacs.008.002.03.mtt

$pacs.008.003.02.mtt

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4. RESOLVED AUTHORIZED PROGRAM ANALYSIS REPORTS (APARs)
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For a list of the APARs that are fixed in this version of the product, see the Fix List.

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5. CONTACTING CUSTOMER SUPPORT
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Contact Customer Support at 1-800-IBM-SERV, or go to the support portal.


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6. NOTICES AND TRADEMARKS
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