WTX Overview

Agenda

Goal today is to provide the very basics

The fundamentals course for WTX is a 5 day class

Overview

WTX Tools, Components, Development Environment.

Demo building a WTX interface start to finish.

What is WTX?

IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender

WTX is

A fully mature tool

Its been around since 1992.

IBM bought in 2006 and version 8.2 was the first in Eclipse.

An any-to-any mapper

Multiple inputs and outputs in any format

Adapters:

Flat files, XML, Database, X12, SWIFT

File, Database, MQ, HTTP, FTP, SOAP, Shell/Batch

Very good at:

Parsing and validating flat files

Complex transformations

What Sets WTX Apart? Its Fast.

Very Fast Development

Full library available on your desktop for fast and easy testing

No deployment to a server necessary to unit test code

Very Fast Runtime Execution

Compiled C

Parse and validate 500 meg flat files

in 20-30 seconds

WTX Components
Type Tree Designer

Trees are similar to XML schemas

They represent the structure of the input and output data

Just like XML you have simple and complex objects to build representations of
your data

Simple Objects are called Items

Complex Objects are called Groups

Map Designer

Defines Transformations and Business Rules

Other Tools

Database Interface Designer

Importers

Resource Registry

WTX Development Methodology

WTX in Four Steps

1. Develop Trees

Create or import Input Trees to parse and validate data

Create or import Output Trees to build your output structure

2. Develop Maps

Functional Maps (Looping), Drag and Drop Groups and Items

Unit test locally on your desktop

3. Deploy to Runtime

Deploy compiled maps to be executed by WESB

4. Troubleshooting

Trace, Audit logs, Debugger, Profiler

DEMO

WTX Importers
Importing Trees

Provides automated creation of

Type Trees saving you hours of
development work

Formats Include:
XSD (XML)
Fixed length Flat Files (copybook)
WSDL
Type Tree Maker (advanced)

WTX 8.4.1 Map Designer

Map Source File Name and current
functional or executable map name

Rule Bar

Cards
Rule Column
Extender Navigator

From Window

Map Navigator
Extender Properties Window

To Window

WTX 8.4.1 Tree Designer

Tree Source File

Name and Project
name
Type Tree with a Group highlighted

Component Rule Bar

Tree Navigator

Components

WTX Perspective

Design Studio

Has its own version of Eclipse

WebSphere Integration Developer

We can use this version of Eclipse to develop WESB flows and

open maps/trees using the WTX perspective

WTX at Runtime Execution

WTX Runtime Mapping Steps

1. Read all input cards sequentially into memory
Read Input card 1, 2, 3, etc.
All Inputs are available for use in any output
2. Executes output cards sequentially
Output card 1 completes, 2 completes, etc.
Output card 3 card may use data from output card 1 & 2