One thing to note when you are using ThreadA -> ThreadB -> ThreadC, there is no way to save data in the SMAT files on TheadB. If your goal is to save an ASCII version of the message you don’t need this thread arrangement.
For your situation, do the EBCDIC to ASCII conversion on the inbound side of ThreadA. Raw route the ASCII version of the message to ThreadB configured as File:/dev/null. Translate the ASCII version of the message to ThreadC and others if needed. When you want to edit and resend, use the messages from the SMAT file on ThreadB. When you resend messages, be sure to put them “Post TPS” on the inbound side of ThreadA — otherwise they will get double-converted from EBCDIC to ASCII (not pretty).
- Mark Thompson
HealthPartners
