File Content Conversion on the Sender Adapter in PI 7.1

Hi Experts
I am working on a file to Proxy scenario where my file is fixed format length which will have only one Structures (Details Records) that would be coming from the text file but in the message type I have delcared Header, Detail , Trailer,
However I would be receiving the only Detail part (No header and Trailer) in some instances what value should I give for the header and trailer in the Content conversion part,
Thanks
PR

Since you are going to get values only some instances for header and trailer node, you can create
Header structure & Trailer structure - make the occurence 0 to 1
Note: if your Header and Trailer values are empty for some instances then no worries. You declare FCC fields for header and trailer similar to Details.
Refer SAP FCC help link.

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Hi All,
I have a requirement ....We are using Message Transform Bean at the sender adapter (we are not going for FCC as we are tranforming a decryption) ..its is a flat file...
we dnot have a key field for one of the node .....we have total 5 nodes under parent node and one of the node does not have key field ....
NOTE: I guess we have to do either Java mapping or XSLT ..but not getting proper weblogs with program...
and not well versed with coding...i got few codes which were either not fulfilling requiremment or they use stream tranformation where it is decaprecated in NWDS and does not allow to compile it properly .
Can somebody get me a code for Java which uses Abstract tranformation ...which can full fill below requirement
parent node
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                   node 1b
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example:
Employee Headre Flat files
Employee Detail Flat Files(this repeates numerous times as much as number of employees)
Employee Trailer Flat Files
Loan Headre Flat files
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Loan Trailer Flat files
Assitance much appreciated thanks .
Regards
Kiran

Hi Stefan,
I will rephrase the question i guess its communication gap...
1) we have an existing interface in 3.0..we are not copying the same interface to 7.1 as it was not according to standards and they are phasing out that system.
2) In 3.0 they are reading the Flat files under one record .. the structure is as follows:
Parent Node
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They are reading all the flat files row by row.
and even in receiver they are reading in the similar fashion
3) In the current structure according to the FS we have to create a structure defined by them which is as below
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Employee
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4) We have pulled a sample file from 3.0 for the existing interface as we din get the sample file for existing one in FS and Iam not sure whn are they gonna send it.
5) In the existing interface payload we have everything matching even the field lengths and postions and even key fields and key fields we got from the FS
6) problem is we donot have key fields for the Details node 1a and 1b even in FS or the existing payload and we got an update from the FS consultant that we will be receiving these fields but without keyfields...
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Issues in File Content Conversion in a Sender Adapter

Hi Folks ,
The XMl Structure of my input file is
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<ns:file_sender_mt xmlns:ns="urn:filetofiledemo">
<recordset>
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      <city />
      <age />
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    <adress>
      <fnaame />
      <lanme />
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</recordset>
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data.fieldNames name,city,age
adreess.fieldSeparator ,
adreess.fieldNames fnaame,lanme
ignoreRecordsetName true
recordset.fieldSeparator ,
data.endSeparator ,
I fail to understand when in my input file
i give
1,2,3
4,5
ie value of data and adrees on diff lines it works fine
bt when i give the imput as 1,2,3,4,5
it fails in adapater
giving the exception
Sender Adapter v1014 for Party '', Service 'filetofile_bs':
Configured at 12:11:43 2006-07-18
Last message processing started 05:22:34 2006-07-19, Error: Conversion of complete file content to XML format failed around position 0 with java.lang.Exception: ERROR converting document line no. 1 according to structure 'data':java.lang.Exception: ERROR in configuration: more elements in file csv structure than field names specified!
last retry interval started 05:22:34 2006-07-19
length 10,000 secs
I dont understand why i am getting this error as my data.endSeparator is ,
any inputs on this would be of grt help
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Amit

Mam if you look at my XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ns:file_sender_mt xmlns:ns="urn:filetofiledemo">
<recordset>
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      <city />
      <age />
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    <adress>
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      <lanme />
    </adress>
</recordset>
</ns:file_sender_mt>
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<ns:FILEINPUT_MT xmlns:ns="http://File2FileTest">
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File Construction Mode = Add Time Stamp
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Check these blogs...Might help you.
/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/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/arpit.seth/blog/2005/06/02/file-receiver-with-content-conversion
/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/sap.user72/blog/2005/01/06/how-to-process-csv-data-with-xi-file-adapter
/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2004/12/15/how-to-send-a-flat-file-with-fixed-lengths-to-xi-30-using-a-central-file-adapter
Link for SAP Help
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/2c/181077dd7d6b4ea6a8029b20bf7e55/content.htm

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Is there a way in which if I want a Pipe Delimited File as a result, after the last field also I get a pipe with next record starting in the next line.

Hi,
For | (Pipe), use corresponding hex code as fieldSeparator i.e. 0x7C as fieldSeparator.
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[Simple FCC|http://www.riyaz.net/blog/index.php/2008/02/19/xipi-file-content-conversion-for-simple-structure/], [Complex FCC|http://www.riyaz.net/blog/index.php/2008/02/20/xipi-file-content-conversion-for-complex-structures/]
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Edited by: Riyaz Sayyad on Aug 21, 2008 3:00 PM

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Hi
I have a scenario file with pipe delimited file.
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venkat

Sedamkar,
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Header.fieldSeparator:|
Header.endSeparator:'nl'
DetailRecord.fieldSeparator:|
DetailRecord.endSeparator:'nl'
TrailerRecord.fieldSeparator:|
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In recordset structure you give as:Header,1,DetailRecord,*,TrailerRecord,1
Regards,
---Satish

Error in File content conversion in the target

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<MT>
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</Header>
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</BODY>
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    <filename>
</MT>
however in the target i have to ignore the last 2 fields: <filename_output> and <filename>.
I'm able to do it.
The problem is coming that in the target structure,when we open in Textpad, 2 trailing empty lines are there at the end.
we need to remove these lines.
Any idea how to do it?

Hi Alok,
Try with parameters given in this blog:
/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2005/08/11/solution-to-the-problem-encountered-using-variable-substitution-with-xi-sp12
If didnot work try: FileName.endSeperator = '0' as given in this thread: Re: Blank Lines While writing files
else give .endSeparator as two backspaces (if you have two new lines). The ascii code is '0xBS'. see this code:
http://www.december.com/html/spec/ascii.html
---Satish

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I have a field which has to be truncated at 50th character. What content conversion parameters do I need to add ...?!?!?
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Hi Smita,
As understood by your question you want a target field to be of 50 character,
either you can apply substring function in your mapping to that target node.
It would be much more clear if you mention hows your source file structure is it fixed length or delimiter separated, if it fixedlength file you can apply this parameter in Content conversion <b>fixedLengthTooShortHandling</b> with value <b>Cut</b> nad mention your required length.
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XIer

Dynamic attributes are part of the XI message. They provide options for dynamical configuration of SFTP receiver channels (Outbound direction) using parameters that have been dynamically added or set by modules and mappings before the SFTP adapter. These attributes can be set using the Attribute Mapper module for example. Besides, the SFTP adapter dynamically adds specific parameters to the XI message on Inbound case, which can be used by the modules and mappings after SFTP adapter.
Check also
/people/william.li/blog/2006/04/18/dynamic-configuration-of-some-communication-channel-parameters-using-message-mapping
/people/daniel.graversen/blog/2006/10/05/dynamic-configuration-in-adapter-modules
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Hi All,
I m trying to do FCC at receiver, i have to convert Idocxml in to a flat file.
Input structure is smthing like this:
MT_source
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          <ZZR>test2<ZZR>
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<ZJDU>
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> it tried giving like . header.feildSeperater    ""
>                               ZJDU.feildseperater ""
>
I could see spelling mistate in the above line..... fieldSeparator
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i do have a problem with the file content conversion at the sender file adapter.
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keyfield: key
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When ever i change the whole logic to be not based on fieldseparator but on fixed length, everything is working perfectly fine.
but this unfortuantly doesn't help as i have no fixed structure for the rest of the fields.
also when i change the recordsetstructure to head,1,item,1 my file is also processed correctly, of corse only for the first line, it at least tells me that the file structure is correctly defined.
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Hello All,
thanks for the helpful answers.
So i tried Jayan tip and removed the begin Separter.
Unfortuantly my file is really looking like this |H|...|...| for the header record
and for the item record |I|...|...| ( this was an" I" like in Item ...
In my opinion this means i really do have a begin seperator which is the same like the field separator.
When i removed it from both the file and the config it started to work.
So i wrote an java function which will trow away the first digit in this case and integrated it in my szenario.
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Sender Adapter File Content Conversion - question

Hi!
Could you help me to make xml-file from csv?
I have file like:
12345#254#9765#89654
55#9066#77127#47
And i need file like:
<dealings>
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                <field2>9066</field2>
                <field3>77127</field3>
                <field4>47</field4>
        </deal>
</dealings>
I haven't key fields - all fields are accidental. And lengths of all fields are accidental.
How to put content conversion parameters?
Thank you.

HI
File Content prameters for the Sender Adapter
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/2c/181077dd7d6b4ea6a8029b20bf7e55/content.htm
File content conversion sites
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/d2/bab440c97f3716e10000000a155106/content.htm
Please see the below links for file content conversion..
The specified item was not found. - FCC
The specified item was not found. - FCC
File Content Conversion for Unequal Number of Columns
File Content Conversion for Unequal Number of Columns - FCC
Content Conversion (Pattern/Random content in input file)
Content Conversion (Pattern/Random content in input file) - FCC
XI Configuration for MDM Integration - Sample Scenario - FCC - MDM
XI in the role of a FTP
XI in the role of a FTP
File content conversion sites
Introduction to simple(File-XI-File)scenario and complete walk through for starters(Part1)
Introduction to simple (File-XI-File)scenario and complete walk through for starters(Part2)
File Receiver with Content Conversion
Content Conversion (Pattern/Random content in input file)
NAB the TAB (File Adapter)
Introduction to simple(File-XI-File)scenario and complete walk through for starters(Part1)
Introduction to simple (File-XI-File)scenario and complete walk through for starters(Part2)
How to send a flat file with various field lengths and variable substructures to XI 3.0
Content Conversion (Pattern/Random content in input file)
NAB the TAB (File Adapter)
File Content Conversion for Unequal Number of Columns
Content Conversion ( The Key Field Problem )
The specified item was not found.
File Receiver with Content Conversion
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/d2/bab440c97f3716e10000000a155106/content.htm
Please see the below links for file content conversion..
The specified item was not found. - FCC
The specified item was not found. - FCC
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File content conversion using SOAP adapter

Hi,
     I'm using a receiver SOAP adapter in my IDOC to file scenario and need to do file content conversion in the receiver side.
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Please note that I have to use a SOAP adapter, can't use any other adapter.
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XML Document Conversion Type
●      Enter recordTypes as the parameter name.
Under Parameter Value, enter the complete, comma-separated list of all names of recordset types that occur in the document to be converted.
If you decide to use this method, you can define a different conversion type for each recordset type that occurs in the XML document.
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●      Enter singleRecordType as the parameter name.
Under Parameter Value, enter the name of a recordset type that is to be used to convert all elements that occur in the XML document.
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You must enter exactly one parameter only. Whichever parameter you choose, you automatically exclude the second parameter.
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○       error (default)
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○       cut
Cuts off superfluous characters
○       ignore
Ignores the field length restriction
Further Entries
●      <RecordType>.beginSeparator
Enter a string. The string is placed in front of the first field of a recordset.
●      <RecordType>.endSeparator
Enter a string. The string is appended to the last field of a recordset as a concluding character. The default is \r\n.
●      contentType
Enter the MIME type of the converted payload. The default value is text/plain.
●      addHeaderLine
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○       none (default)
Does not insert a header line
○       fromXML
The header line is generated from the element name of the first recordset of the XML document
○       fromConfiguration
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●      headerLine
Only define this parameter if you have already set addHeaderLine=fromConfiguration.
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●      fixedLineWidth
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●      lineSeparator
Only define this parameter if you have already defined fixedLineWidth.
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Use of Special Characters
You can use special characters in the following parameters: <RecordType>.fieldSeparator, <RecordType>.beginSeparator, <RecordType>.endSeparator, headerLine, and lineSeparator.
●      Tabulator: \t
●      Carriage Return (CR): \r
●      Line Feed (LF): \n
●      Arbitrary character: \x<code>
<code>indicates the hexadecimal character code of the character to be displayed.
Regards,
Phani

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My source structure looks like:-
DT_TRAN
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|_____INVOICE    0...unbounded
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The content conversion parameters are:-
Record.endSeparator = 'nl'
Record.fieldNames = HEADER,QUOTE,ORDER,INVOICE,BILLING,CONTACT,FOOTER
Record.fieldSeparator = 'nl'
like the above, i have done for all the nodes. However, if i remove the record from line 5 and process the file, the file is picked up and processed succesfully. i have checked many times. the line no.5 record is not having any issues with structure or fixed length calculation. for some reaosn, it gives the error.

When should message protocol be FILE CONTENT CONVERSION

HI one and all,
What doubt keeps haunting me is when should message protocol be selected FILE CONTENT CONVERSION.
for what format of sender information IS THIS USED ?
Ur answer is awaited.
Thanking you,
Ranjith.

Ranjith,
Consider the below cases u are sending XML file as
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ns0:Test_MT xmlns:ns0="urn:test">
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</ns0:Test_MT>
But while writing the output u need the file as
1000 , J, SAP
Then u have to go for File Content Conversion at the Receiver adapter.
Similarly ,consider the other way around u are sending the file input as
1000 , J, SAP   and u want XML , then u have to do FCC in sender adapter.
Hope it clears!!!
Best regards,
raj.

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