Released: May 27, 2026

Updates in 2026 Release 2

Features

• Altova AI for creating data mappings
  • MapForce 2026r2 supports optional integration with the new Altova AI Server, which is available as an add-on subscription. In this latest version of MapForce, you can use Altova AI to build data integration projects. Once you insert your source and target structures, Altova AI analyzes the actual data, generates the field connections, suggests transformation functions, and produces connections with defined data flows and processing steps - all in the standard MapForce graphical environment.
  • The process is interactive: review each suggested connection and accept or decline it individually, or apply all the changes at once.
  • Just specify your source and target to get started. In the screenshot below, Altova AI has mapped data fields and suggested the data processing function shown in green to create a working data integration project - in minutes and with no manual work required.
  • You can hover over suggestions and accept or decline each separately or all at once. If you need additional suggestions, click on a node of interest to generate additional mapping options.
  • Benefits of Altova AI for data integration and ETL include:
    • Speed / time saved - what used to be manual field-by-field connection work happens automatically.
    • Provides smart options - it analyzes your actual data structures before suggesting connections.
    • You stay in control - interactive accept/decline per connection means it's not a black box.
    • Suggests transformations - handles the logic between fields, not just the connections.
    • Native to MapForce - output is returned in the normal graphical environment, so you can edit it like any other mapping.
    • Decodes cryptic field names - automatically maps fields with opaque or abbreviated labels, like those common in EDI, so you don't have to decipher them first.
    • Bridges human languages - recognizes the semantic match between fields even when the labels don't visibly line up.
    • Lowers the barrier to entry - users who aren't mapping experts can produce working integrations.
  • Altova AI Subscription - Altova AI is available via a subscription that customers purchase in addition to their product license. A Support and Maintenance Package (SMP) is required for purchasing Altova AI. Customers may purchase an Altova AI subscription at the same time as a new SMP or add it to an existing SMP subscription.