Patent attributes
A tool for standardized layout transformations of BIDI data exchanged between legacy and modern systems is provided. Responsive to a determination that data requested in a client request is BIDI data, the tool initiates a layout transformation of the data requested at a single point within a database server. The tool determines a plurality of data from a connection string of the client request, wherein the plurality of data indicates a type of bi-directional data transformation. Responsive to the plurality of data from the connection string indicating data being returned to the client application from a database, the tool converts visual data to logical data at the single point within the database server. The tool returns transformed BIDI data to a client application. The tool inserts the transformed BIDI data into a database.
