Characterset definition in XML output

Question

Hello,
my issue is the following.
I have R12 instance with UTF8 database.
I have defined a data template which looks something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
- <dataTemplate name="BEGIN" description="Purchase_Orders_Printouts" version="1.0">
- <parameters>
<parameter name="PONumber" dataType="character" />
</parameters>
- <dataQuery>
<sqlStatement name="Q1">SELECT poh.creation_date AS po_ord_date, poh.segment1 AS po_nbr, poh.created_by, ppf.full_name AS created_by, povc.first_name || ' ' || povc.last_name AS po_contact, 'VMI-tilaus' AS po_rmks, vnd.segment1 AS po_vend, vnd.vendor_name AS v_ad_name, vnds.address_line1 AS v_ad_line1, vnds.address_line2 AS v_ad_line2, vnds.address_line3 AS v_ad_line3, vnds.state || '-' || vnds.zip || ' ' || vnds.city AS v_ad_line4, fndt1.territory_short_name AS v_ad_country, vnd.segment1 AS po_bill, vnd.vendor_name AS i_ad_name, loc.address_line_1 AS i_ad_line1, loc.address_line_2 AS i_ad_line2, loc.address_line_3 AS i_ad_line3, loc.postal_code || ' ' || loc.town_or_city AS i_ad_line4, fndt.territory_short_name AS i_ad_country, vnd.segment1 AS po_ship, vnd.vendor_name AS d_ad_name, loc.address_line_1 AS D_ad_line1, loc.address_line_2 AS D_ad_line2, loc.address_line_3 AS D_ad_line3, loc.postal_code || ' ' || loc.town_or_city AS D_ad_line4, fndt.territory_short_name AS D_ad_country, FNDT.territory_short_name AS orig_country, --FNDT.territory_short_name AS d_ad_country, POH.ship_via_lookup_code AS po_shipvia, FNDL.meaning AS po_fob, TRMS.name AS ct_desc FROM po_headers_all poh, per_all_people_f ppf, fnd_user fnd, po_vendor_contacts povc, po_vendors vnd, po_vendor_sites_all vnds, hr_locations_all loc, fnd_territories_tl fndt, fnd_territories_tl fndt1, FND_LOOKUPS FNDL, AP_TERMS TRMS WHERE ppf.person_id = fnd.employee_id AND fnd.user_id = poh.created_by AND poh.vendor_site_id = povc.vendor_site_id AND poh.vendor_id = vnd.vendor_id AND poh.vendor_site_id = vnds.vendor_site_id AND loc.location_id = poh.bill_to_location_id AND fndt.territory_code = loc.country AND fndt1.territory_code = vnds.country AND FNDL.lookup_code(+) = POH.fob_lookup_code AND TRMS.term_id = POH.terms_id AND poh.segment1 = :PONumber</sqlStatement>
</dataQuery>
- <dataStructure>
- <group name="PURCHASE_HEADER" source="Q1">
<element name="sls_language" value="sls_language" />
<element name="paper_size" value="paper_size" />
<element name="australian" value="australian" />
<element name="tcp_ip" value="tcp_ip" />
<element name="fax_nbr" value="fax_nbr" />
<element name="fax_dir" value="fax_dir" />
<element name="email_from" value="email_from" />
<element name="email" value="email" />
<element name="arc_dir" value="arc_dir" />
<element name="arc_file" value="arc_file" />
<element name="arc_file_type" value="arc_file_type" />
<element name="data_output" value="data_output" />
<element name="deljit" value="deljit" />
<element name="entity" value="entity" />
<element name="po_buyer" value="po_buyer" />
<element name="forwarding_agent" value="forwarding_agent" />
<element name="po_vend" value="po_vend" />
<element name="v_ad_name" value="v_ad_name" />
<element name="v_ad_line1" value="v_ad_line1" />
<element name="v_ad_line2" value="v_ad_line2" />
<element name="v_ad_line3" value="v_ad_line3" />
<element name="v_ad_line4" value="v_ad_line4" />
<element name="v_ad_country" value="v_ad_country" />
<element name="po_ship" value="po_ship" />
<element name="d_ad_name" value="d_ad_name" />
<element name="d_ad_line1" value="d_ad_line1" />
<element name="d_ad_line2" value="d_ad_line2" />
<element name="d_ad_line3" value="d_ad_line3" />
<element name="d_ad_line4" value="d_ad_line4" />
<element name="d_ad_country" value="d_ad_country" />
<element name="po_ord_date" value="po_ord_date" />
<element name="po_nbr" value="po_nbr" />
<element name="po_contact" value="po_contact" />
<element name="po_rmks" value="po_rmks" />
<element name="po_bill" value="po_bill" />
<element name="i_ad_name" value="i_ad_name" />
<element name="i_ad_line1" value="i_ad_line1" />
<element name="i_ad_line2" value="i_ad_line2" />
<element name="i_ad_line3" value="i_ad_line3" />
<element name="i_ad_line4" value="i_ad_line3" />
<element name="i_ad_country" value="i_ad_country" />
<element name="orig_country" value="orig_country" />
<element name="d_ad_country" value="d_ad_country" />
<element name="po_shipvia" value="po_shipvia" />
<element name="po_fob" value="po_fob" />
<element name="ct_desc" value="ct_desc" />
<element name="po_curr" value="po_curr" />
</group>
</dataStructure>
</dataTemplate>
Now the problem is, that the concurrent request generates XML with UTF-8 specified. And as soon as there are language specific characters the XML fails to parse.
Is there any way how to force XML publisher to put ISO-8859-1 in the xml specification?
Thanks,
Martins

Answer 1

Hi,
My Source BLS output is an XML file. In the ValueMap.vmap (in the Meta-Inf when defining the rule) when I click on "Browse Document" it doesn't give me the option to select the source bls's xml output. Please see the sceenshot below. Is there way to sepecify the BLS XMl output here?
Thanks,
Latha.