Hi, This is a good answer for migrating from the "NT" version of Gentran, but is not valid for 5.3 which as someone pointed out is the Unix version which only supported the Visual Mapper. Historically speaking, the "Application Integration" mapper is the Gentran NT mapper and was chosen as the direction for having a "Common Mapper" (another term Sterling uses for it) across all platforms. This is why a version of it was added for Unix starting with 6.x (and temporarily for 5.4 which is not an upgrade path, but was for new customers only), and a rewrite of it is used in GIS.
Gentran NT maps can also be used in Gentran Unix 6.x; the migration process includes changing the map type, and some registry settings must be changed on your workstation (and you lose some features such as the ability for interaction with the database). Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: David Nielson To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 6:21 PM Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Help Needed 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. __________________________________________________________ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ... 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/
