to answer some of these issues, based on a mercator to wm conversion 
that i've
been doing ....

1. unfortunately no.  you're going to have to take a step back, gap all 
of your maps, and
remap from scratch in wm.  hopefully you'll find along the way some 
commonalities - as we
did - that will allow you to combine some maps and normalize processes.
2. our volumes were so small that we were wondering how management 
justified replacing an
expensive installation that wasn't a year old with another even more 
expensive.solution.  and a cost
of two man-years of services to install.
3. probably, depending on how you use wm.  if you replace translator for 
translator, no.  but you'll
be tempted to smooth processes and integrate services ... or replace old 
cobol code with nice integrated
java. 

now that i've said all that ... the word on the street is that 
installing tn is a bear, and running tn as a translator
in another environment presents all sorts of new challenges.  we're all 
used to running in a protected space,
and you don't get that here (or can't afford it.)  you just don't 
"reboot the box" at the first sign of trouble.
the cost of consulting services is high, and the supply is not 
plentiful.  it's a very expensive process to install
and run.  and, since the common method of operations is to shield wm and 
tn from the operations and edi
staffs, very frustrating to run.  and the design of tn leaves a lot to 
be desired compared to other products from other
vendors. 

jonnalagadda suresh wrote:

>Can somebody help me on migration from Gentran Basic
>on Mainframe to webMethods on Windows? I want to know,
>
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>1. are there any tools available for migration of
>mappings in the market? 
>2. Can webMethods be effective as Gentran Basic in
>handling volumes?
>3. will there by any process change from current?
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>We have close to 50+ trading partners and total of
>300+ mappings. We do close to 200,000 transactions a
>month.
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>appreciate your early responses.
>
>Regards,
>Suresh
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