IBM Transformation Extender for Sterling B2B Integrator IBM Transformation Extender for Sterling B2B Integrator combines the business process
management features of IBM® Sterling B2B Integrator with the universal
transformation capability of IBM Transformation Extender . This
integration of business-to-business (B2B) gateway and universal transformation solution gives you
new options for solving B2B and application-to-application (A2A) integration problems.
Product uses for Sterling B2B Integrator customers IBM Transformation Extender includes a transformation engine, a graphical map editor, and industry packs that provide pre-defined support for multiple document standards, and a range of technology adapters. Product uses for IBM Transformation Extendercustomers IBM Transformation Extender , you can invoke your existing IBM Transformation Extender maps in predefined business processes for business-to-business (B2B) processing, or create new processes that use Sterling B2B Integrator functionality to address your specific needs.Advantages of IBM Transformation Extender for Sterling B2B Integrator IBM Transformation Extender with Sterling B2B Integrator provides map reuse, support for industry standards, and support for complex maps.Examples IBM Transformation Extender for Sterling B2B Integrator by running the examples that are provided with the product. The examples illustrate how to use IBM Transformation Extender for Sterling B2B Integrator to accomplish specific tasks. The examples and readme files that describe them are located in the tx_install_dir /examples directory.Standards, globalization, and data-type support Sterling B2B Integrator services are developed using industry-accepted specifications for data formats, communication protocols, workflow modeling, and security in order to maximize interoperability between systems and trading partners.Transforming data WTX Map service overview WTX Map service is a component of IBM Transformation Extender for Sterling B2B Integrator . The WTX Map service provides the ability to run a IBM Transformation Extender map within a Sterling B2B Integrator business process. The WTX Map service combines the data transformation power of IBM Transformation Extender with the business integration capabilities of Sterling B2B Integrator .Services that support IBM Transformation Extender maps WTX Map service, certain Sterling B2B Integrator services can run IBM Transformation Extender maps.Business process concepts business process is a goal-driven, ordered flow of activities that accomplishes a business objective. A service is a set of instructions that Sterling B2B Integrator uses to perform an activity in a business process. Process data is data that a process stores in an XML document when the process runs. For example, process data that a service extracts from a document can be used to determine which service runs next in the process.Sterling B2B Integrator user interface permissions Sterling B2B Integrator dashboard.Developing a business process that uses the WTX Map service IBM Transformation Extender map to transform data. Deploying IBM Transformation Extender maps IBM Transformation Extender map determines which services can use the map.Testing IBM Transformation Extender maps IBM Transformation Extender Design Studio to manually test the IBM Transformation Extender map on the Sterling B2B Integrator server.Running a business process Configuring the Translation service to use IBM Transformation Extender maps 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.Problem determination WTX Map service errors. You can configure the WTX Map service to extract data from a document or a process for tracking purposes.Performance tuning tx_install_dir \dtx.ini file contains the StreamMaxMemLimit= property and the StreamMaxDirectory= property. When data passed to or from an adapter exceeds the size (in MB) that is configured on the StreamMaxMemLimit= property, the data is paged to a temporary file to limit the memory consumption of the process. The StreamMaxDirectory= property specifies the directory where the temporary files are located.