• Course 1: What’s new in WTX 8.1 and Migration from Mercator ( 2 days)

WTX 8.1 two-day training program designed for current users of WebSphere Transformation Extender (WTX aka Mercator) Software's design tools. The course offers instruction focused on use of the new and improved GUI and functionality and is designed to facilitate the transition for current users to Version 8.1

The course includes hands-on exercises designed to help attendees become at ease with Version 8.1

• Course 2: Fundamentals of WTX, Implementing Database Solutions, Launcher, and Advanced Techniques.

This 5-day course provides an overview of the WebSphere Transformation Extender (WTX) and the fundamentals of data transformation. This course offers basic instruction, through lecture and hands-on exercises.

This course covers the Design Studio components to define source and target data formats w, business processes and transform data for use on one system to another. The components covered include the Type Designer, Map Designer, Integration Flow Designer and Database Interface Designer and over view of Launcher.

The instructor led course includes presentations, hands-on exercises designed to help the student utilize the skills acquired. This course is designed for programmer/analysts and business systems analysts, who implement data integration and transformation solutions using WTX products.

Prerequisites: There are no course prerequisites for the class; understanding of data formats is required for the fundamentals of data transformation.

• Course 3: WebSphere Transformation Extender Advanced topics with XML, SOAP, JAVA SDK and EDI.

This course covers the WTX Launcher Server highlights workflow management for systems of WTX maps using the Integration Flow Designer and WTX's powerful event and command transformation servers, XML and WTX advanced topics. This course also explores the concepts and techniques needed to optimize and improve the performance of WebSphere Transformation Extender (WTX) maps and type trees, and to solve complex transformation problems.

This course also provides hands on experience in working with XML Technologies, ANSI X12 type trees and other advanced concepts. Also explored are WTX's Launcher and Resource Managers that drive map initiation and synchronization of shared data and timing interfaces in a distributed environment. Participants will learn event settings that watch and trigger events to initiate maps and the events that cause maps to run. Emphasis will be placed on Enterprise monitoring tools to permit developers and production managers to troubleshoot real-time map execution status in a graphical environment.