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Sents

2004-12-02, 7:50 am

Hi,

In BizTalk 2004, I am having a flat file with multiple records. I am
converting into xml file in pipleline using xml disassembler and the in the
port i am mapping to another xml file. This xml data goes into orchestration
for further processing.

In this case, i want to send the records one by one to orchestration. ie i
want to split multiple records in to single records. Where i have to do it
(in mapping?) and how to do that.

I heard that if it is an xml file, the we can do it using envelope. in this
case, it is flat file and multiple records.

Thanks
Senthil

Mike Watson

2004-12-02, 5:48 pm

Hi,

I spent sometime looking into this for a project that was working on a while
ago.
Unless someone else knows different, I could not find a simple ‘out of the
box’ solution. Even, as you mentioned, the envelope would not work for me
when reading in a flat file (XML no problem!!)….
Anyway, to cut a long story short, I wrote a very simple pipeline component,
using the IDisassemblerComponent interface. This enables you to split the
incoming document, in my case via a CR/LF delimiter, build a simple xml
document and then push the results to the messagebox one-by-one.
Take a look @ this link with regards to the interface methods…
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...emberstopic.asp

Cheers,
Mike Watson


"Sents" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In BizTalk 2004, I am having a flat file with multiple records. I am
> converting into xml file in pipleline using xml disassembler and the in the
> port i am mapping to another xml file. This xml data goes into orchestration
> for further processing.
>
> In this case, i want to send the records one by one to orchestration. ie i
> want to split multiple records in to single records. Where i have to do it
> (in mapping?) and how to do that.
>
> I heard that if it is an xml file, the we can do it using envelope. in this
> case, it is flat file and multiple records.
>
> Thanks
> Senthil
>

Greg Forsythe

2004-12-02, 5:48 pm

There are anumber of ways to do this depending on the layout of the flat
file
1. For a file of records

Rec|1234|field|field
Rec|1234|field|field
Rec|1234|field|field
Rec|1234|field|field

just declare the record in the schema with a maxoccurs = 1

2. If your file has a header/footer

Hdr|date|blah
Rec|1234|field|field
Rec|1234|field|field
Rec|1234|field|field
Ftr|count

You must declare a header schema, a record schema and a footer schema. Again
specify the record schema with a maxoccurs =1. The 3 schemas need to be set
on the flat file disassembler component in your pipeline.

3. More complicated
Hdr|date|blah
Doc|1234
Line|field|field
Line|field|field
Line|field|field
Doc|2345
Line|field|field
Line|field|field
Line|field|field
Ftr|count

Use the header/record/footer technique and specify the maxoccurs = 1 on the
Doc record to create a separate message for each document.

Hope this helps
Greg



"Sents" <Sents@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A4665D92-1F87-4EF6-83D7-F90EEF4BF9D7@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> In BizTalk 2004, I am having a flat file with multiple records. I am
> converting into xml file in pipleline using xml disassembler and the in

the
> port i am mapping to another xml file. This xml data goes into

orchestration
> for further processing.
>
> In this case, i want to send the records one by one to orchestration. ie i
> want to split multiple records in to single records. Where i have to do it
> (in mapping?) and how to do that.
>
> I heard that if it is an xml file, the we can do it using envelope. in

this
> case, it is flat file and multiple records.
>
> Thanks
> Senthil
>



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