Dave, Maddy indicated that the old system is Gentran 5.3 which uses the Visual mapper. The AI mapper was not used on the UNIX system until Gentran 6.0. The Visual mapper is not the same as the NT Gentran 4.2.02. There is no conversion from the 5.3 visual mapper to the GIS mapper. All maps have the be rewritten.
Cheers Stanley Pool --- David Nielson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maddy, > > I can give you our experience with migrating from > Gentran 4.2.02 to GIS > 3.1. We are now on 4.1 and the maps are still > working. So, I'm betting > the process is very similar. > > In order to check your maps into GIS they have to be > changed to > "Sterling Integrator" maps. (Compiled map > extensions must be .txo > (standard) or .ltx (XML).) This breaks all Update > or Select Standard > Rules that reference Gentran data. It also breaks > any Extended Rules > that reference the database. You will have to > rebuild your Standard > Rules and rewrite your Extended Rules so they > reference the GIS database > instead. This of course requires recompiles of > every map you have to > migrate! > > GIS uses "Correlation Data" points to keep track of > reference data like > PO number or PO date. These replace the Updates to > Document Records. > > If you are using ODBC maps then there's a whole new > can of worms to play > with. The details regarding these maps are too > painful to explain here. > Let me know if you need the gory details off-line. > > Other than that, the map migration is not too bad. > We had to recompile > 150+ maps and it took us a few months to complete > properly. Of course > we had to compensate for the ODBC issues too. > > Let me know if this helps or if you need more > information on ODBC maps. > And of course, a bit of study (days on end) of the > GIS documentation > always helps too. > > Good Luck! > > David Nielson > Lifetime Products > (EDIJunkie) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > i_like_edi > Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 7:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EDI-L] Help Needed > > Hi all, > > I need a help in migrating a map from Gentran 5.3 to > GIS 4.0. If > anybody done the same or know that please help me. > > Regards, > Maddy > > > > > > > > > ... > Please use the following Message Identifiers as your > subject prefix: > <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, > <OFF-TOPIC> > > Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or > requests for work: > <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > This email has been proactively scanned for all > known and unknown > viruses. This message is now certified Virus-free. > ________________________________________________________________________ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
