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Using Macro Vars to Define Extract Location Retrieves Only 1 Char in the REST Web Service

The developer is using macro variables to define where on the screen to extract a piece of data and the macro extracts it properly, but the web service built on that macro always replies with only a 1-character string. The macro is using macro var...
4 months ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Non-industry Specific 2 Planned for future release

Permit SAF keyrings to be used instead of jks files for host connection.

Currently HATS requires a jks files to be used if the host connection is secure. When the HATS application is deployed on z/OS in WAS the SAF keyrings should be used either as a default or a method to switch when deploying. This is required due to...
over 1 year ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Non-industry Specific 2 Planned for future release

Generate Galasa Code from HATS Macros

In addition to generating web services from HATS macros, we'd like the option to generate Galasa code. Both are Java-based, and since very few companies are currently using the option to generate restful service files and Galasa seems to be attrac...
8 months ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Non-industry Specific 2 Planned for future release

CSRF filters for Webfacing applications

As discussed with an IBM representative, the CSRF filters are not available for Webfacing applications as of now. Hence, token based validation (CSRF) can't be enabled for Webfacing applications. In relation to this, IBM's L3 team's recommendation...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Non-industry Specific 2 Planned for future release

Newer software support releases for HATS

HATS 9.7 is currently not supported on Windows 2019, only 2016 - this is classed as end of life for Microsoft. There have also been reliability issues with the OS, so it would be better to support this on Windows 2019. Similarly, HATS has not been...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Non-industry Specific 2 Planned for future release

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