Transformation Extender integration

You can use IBM Sterling® Transformation Extender Design Studio for design-time functions, which includes the creation of transformation maps on a DataPower® Gateway to transform message data from binary to XML.

After the transformation, the DataPower Gateway can process other actions on the XML message. The DataPower Gateway can also use maps to transform message data from XML to binary.

Availability: DataPower Gateway with the IBM® Transformation Extender feature.
You can use Design Studio with the DataPower Gateway for the following tasks.
  • Create data objects to define the structure of your data, including source and target data structures.
  • Develop maps to define the logic for data transformation.
  • Test and deploy maps to the DataPower Gateway.
The process for deploying a transformation map in the DataPower Gateway, which you generated in Design Studio, is as follows.
  1. Configure Design Studio to communicate with the DataPower Gateway.
  2. Configure the DataPower Gateway to enable the Interoperability Test Service.
  3. Use Design Studio for the following tasks.
    1. Build the DataPower map with the DataPower runtime option to convert binary messages to XML.
    2. Test the DataPower map against a DataPower Gateway.
  4. Upload the compiled DataPower map file (*.dpa) to the local directory on the DataPower Gateway.
  5. From the DataPower GUI.
    1. Define a transform binary action to transform incoming messages with the DataPower map.
    2. Test the defined transform binary action.
    3. Deploy to production the policy with the transform binary action.

After you develop a transformation map in Design Studio for a particular type of binary message, you can compile and test the map with a DataPower Gateway. After the transformation map is developed, test it in a production-like environment with the same DataPower Gateway. You must first configure the DataPower Gateway.