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RE: looking for mapping tools
I second Art's comments. Softshare's product line cannot be beat!
I have used Mercator in the past and compared to Sotshare Delta - well there
is no comparison. Delta is an easy to learn, easy to use yet extremely
powerful and flexible data translator. It will map just about anything to
anything. You can tie it into Softshare's other products (ECS or Vista) or
you can run it stand-alone.
Take a look at www.softshare.com for more info.
I have also used ProEDI in a past life and still support a few sites that
still have it. It is a decent translator but does not come even close to
what Delta can do. At approximately the same price point, Delta's the way to
go. Also, last I checked, ProEDI only maps from flat file to EDI and not to
any other format nor does it allow database connectivity enabling you to map
directly from your databases. It is also limited as to what your flatfile
can look like in order for the translator to map it right.
So if you plan to map directly from within your database or from an
'normalized' flat file, then ProEDI won't cut it.
Softshare's support is excellent and their maintenance fees are very
reasonable. (ie. Cheap).
Translation tools vs mapping tools? I personally don't know of a difference.
The only difference that someone can argue is that a translator must have
built-in dictionaries when transforming data from say flat file to EDI,
whereas a mapper will only map between the same data format and not create a
new data format on the output.
Other than that, the terms are used to mean the same thing.
John Fiorino
CompuSys Solutions
Softshare Application Systems Integrator
(514)592-7144 / (450)669-5506
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