Configuring the Translation service to use IBM Transformation Extender maps

When the Sterling B2B Integrator Translation service uses a IBM Transformation Extender map, set the exhaust_input setting to YES to enable the service to process all of the input records.

When the exhaust_input setting is set to YES, the Sterling B2B Integrator Translation service consumes all of the input records during translation. When the exhaust_input parameter is set to NO, the IBM Transformation Extender map processes the entire input, but it returns the output from only the first burst of data. Other processing still occurs, such as calls to the data harness to track duplicate records.

To simulate the exhaust_input=NO capabilities of the Sterling B2B Integrator maps, you can define the input type tree on the IBM Transformation Extender map to process only the first block of input data and ignore the remaining input data.

Note: When the Translation service runs a IBM Transformation Extender map, only the first input card and the last output card are associated with the primary document.

For more information about the exhaust_input setting, see the description of the Translation Service in the Sterling B2B Integrator documentation.