IBM WebSphere Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) gives you all the tools you need to quickly and easily extend your legacy applications to business partners, customers, and employees. HATS makes your 3270 and 5250 applications available as HTML through the most popular Web browsers, while converting your host screens to a Web look and feel. With HATS it is easy to improve the workflow and navigation of your host applications without any access or modification to source code.
The HATS rules-based transformation engine makes it possible to extend your host applications to the Web within hours of installing the software. HATS is a zero-footprint, zero-download Web-to-host solution. The only software needed on the client is a Web browser.
The power of HATS lies in its ability to accurately recognize the components of host screens and transform them in real time to a Web interface according to a set of predefined rules. It is easy to modify the rules according to the specific needs of your application. With HATS, you can add a variety of elements to your host screens, such as drop down lists, hot links, tables, buttons, valid value lists, tabbed folders, and graphs. You can also add HTML elements such as logos, graphics, backgrounds, and Web links.
HATS has macro support that allows you to provide programmed navigation through multiple legacy screens to improve the productivity and ease of use of your host applications. HATS enables such programmed access to a single host application, or can integrate screens from multiple host applications into a single Web interface. You can also use macros created in IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand or IBM WebSphere Host Publisher.
The HATS Studio is fully integrated with the Eclipse-based IBM WebSphere Studio. It offers an intuitive interface for customizing the rules for transformation of host screens. The HATS applications can be deployed to both WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Portal, and can take advantage of the extensive security and reliability features found in both platforms.
