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My ideas: IBM Host Access Transformation Services

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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

Handle multiple lines of header data

For HATS screen combinations, give HATS the ability to capture multiple rows of header data, and keep those separated from the actual table data. Today HATS can only extract one row of header data. Many host screens with tabular data have two or m...
7 months ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 2 Planned for future release

Add last screen handling for Screen Combinations

Add the capability to screen combinations last screen processing such that data may not extracted on the last screen if the data that is displayed is repeated. This happens when the last screen of data is only recognized when a PF key is hit and t...
7 months ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 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

Containerization of HATS projects

System: HATSActor: Official support for HATS containers HATS is a commonly used product that provides Host Access modernization. HATS projects are normally web applications that are deployed to an application server and accessed over a browser. De...
over 3 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 1 Planned for future release

Support for JAX RS 2.1

HATS 9.7.1 does not support JAX RS 2.1.This can result in JSON output that has erroneous data in it, significantly growing the payload size. Support case TS005196179 details examples and such. Please add support for JAX RS 2.1
over 3 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 1 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

HATS User List -- User selection enhancement

We are experiencing an issue with our connect macro, our connect macro made use of a user list If by mistake any of the IDs on the user list has a typo, that connection fails to be established which in turn causes that connection to never end and ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 1 Planned for future release