Doubt regarding file content conversion Recever File adapter.

target structure.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ns1:MT_ChangeOfAddress xmlns:ns1="urn:passhe.com/ChangeOfAddressISA28">
     <BUSINESS_PARTNER>
          <item>
               <CAMPUSCODE>65</CAMPUSCODE>
               <STUDENTNUMBER>6500000192</STUDENTNUMBER>
               <ST_OBJID>732298498</ST_OBJID>
          </item>
     </BUSINESS_PARTNER>
</ns1:MT_ChangeOfAddress>
target structure is look like this.
MT_ChangeOfAddress
     BUSINESS_PARTNER (1,1)
          item       (0 to unbounded)
              CAMPUSCODE (0,1)
              STUDENTNUMBER (0,1)
                    ST_OBJID      (0,1)
I have given below parameters in recever file adapter (file content conversion)
Recordset Structure : item
item.fieldNames : CAMPUSCODE,STUDENTNUMBER,ST_OBJID
item.fieldSeparator: , (comma)
i am getting first two digits in my output file: that file has only first two digits that is : 65
may i know how hould i define file contente conversion recever adapter to get proper data in file adapter.
thanks,s
Dhanush

Hi,
Go through these blogs:
/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/03/02/introduction-to-simplefile-xi-filescenario-and-complete-walk-through-for-starterspart1
/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/03/03/introduction-to-simple-file-xi-filescenario-and-complete-walk-through-for-starterspart2
/people/anish.abraham2/blog/2005/06/08/content-conversion-patternrandom-content-in-input-file
/people/shabarish.vijayakumar/blog/2005/08/17/nab-the-tab-file-adapter
/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/06/08/how-to-send-a-flat-file-with-various-field-lengths-and-variable-substructures-to-xi-30
/people/anish.abraham2/blog/2005/06/08/content-conversion-patternrandom-content-in-input-file
/people/shabarish.vijayakumar/blog/2005/08/17/nab-the-tab-file-adapter
/people/jeyakumar.muthu2/blog/2005/11/29/file-content-conversion-for-unequal-number-of-columns
/people/shabarish.vijayakumar/blog/2006/02/27/content-conversion-the-key-field-problem
/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2004/12/15/how-to-send-a-flat-file-with-fixed-lengths-to-xi-30-using-a-central-file-adapter
/people/arpit.seth/blog/2005/06/02/file-receiver-with-content-conversion
Thanks,
Satya

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Dhanush,
According to help.sap.com standard structure
<root>...
<nameA>
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</nameA1>
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/0b/9a50465ccf84479e39a6d50c90fb3f/frameset.htm
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/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/06/08/how-to-send-a-flat-file-with-various-field-lengths-and-variable-substructures-to-xi-30
/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2004/12/15/how-to-send-a-flat-file-with-fixed-lengths-to-xi-30-using-a-central-file-adapter
/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/01/06/how-to-process-csv-data-with-xi-file-adapter
/people/anish.abraham2/blog/2005/06/08/content-conversion-patternrandom-content-in-input-file
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/2c/181077dd7d6b4ea6a8029b20bf7e55/content.htm
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/people/arpit.seth/blog/2005/06/02/file-receiver-with-content-conversion
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Hi Praveen,
Change your File Adapter as below
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Document Namespace - http://abc.com/xi
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Key Field Type - String (Case Sensitive)
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Employee.endSeparator - 'nl'
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PERNR
KID
PNALT
NACHN
NAME2
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When doing this make sure RightClick on PERNR and Select Context ---> Employees.
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○       fromConfiguration
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I assume you have header, item and trailer structure in source file.
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