ABAP Program that generates XML and calls an XSLT transformation,

Question

Hello,
I am creating a program that creates some XML output, and I am using STRANS to create a transformation.
The file created looks like below before transformation.
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <asx:abap xmlns:asx="http://www.sap.com/abapxml" version="1.0">
- <asx:values>
- <EMPLOYEE_DATA>
- <item>
     <EMPLOYEE_ID>00000010</EMPLOYEE_ID>
    <FIRSTNAME>Joe</FIRSTNAME>
    <SURNAME>Bloggs</SURNAME>
    <DOB>1940-11-10</DOB>
    <SALARY>200000.0</SALARY>
  </item>
<item>
  <EMPLOYEE_ID>00000055</EMPLOYEE_ID>
  <FIRSTNAME>Lydia</FIRSTNAME>
  <SURNAME>Jones</SURNAME>
  <DOB>1965-03-09</DOB>
  <SALARY>90000.0</SALARY>
  </item>
  </EMPLOYEE_DATA>
  </asx:values>
  </asx:abap>
I want to make EMPLOYEE_ID  an attribute like in the following
and what I want to output is:
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <asx:abap xmlns:asx="http://www.sap.com/abapxml">
- <asx:values>
- <EMPLOYEE_DATA>
- <EMPLOYEE_DETAILS EMPLOYEE_ID="00000010">
   <FIRSTNAME>Joe</FIRSTNAME>
   <SURNAME>Bloggs</SURNAME>
   <DOB>1940-11-10</DOB>
   <SALARY>200000.0</SALARY>
  </EMPLOYEE_DETAILS>
<EMPLOYEE_DETAILS EMPLOYEE_ID="00000055">
    <FIRSTNAME>Lydia</FIRSTNAME>
    <SURNAME>Jones</SURNAME>
    <DOB>1965-03-09</DOB>
    <SALARY>90000.0</SALARY>
    </EMPLOYEE_DETAILS>
    </EMPLOYEE_DATA>
  </asx:values>
  </asx:abap>
the XSLT I have cureently produces:
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <asx:abap xmlns:asx="http://www.sap.com/abapxml">
- <asx:values>
- <EMPLOYEE_DATA>
- <EMPLOYEE_DETAILS EMPLOYEE_ID="00000010">
  <EMPLOYEE_ID>00000010</EMPLOYEE_ID>
  <FIRSTNAME>Joe</FIRSTNAME>
  <SURNAME>Bloggs</SURNAME>
  <DOB>1940-11-10</DOB>
  <SALARY>200000.0</SALARY>
  </EMPLOYEE_DETAILS>
- <EMPLOYEE_DETAILS EMPLOYEE_ID="00000038">
  <EMPLOYEE_ID>00000038</EMPLOYEE_ID>
  <FIRSTNAME>Fred</FIRSTNAME>
  <SURNAME>Johnson</SURNAME>
  <DOB>1960-12-11</DOB>
  <SALARY>123450.0</SALARY>
  </EMPLOYEE_DETAILS>
- <EMPLOYEE_DETAILS EMPLOYEE_ID="00000055">
  <EMPLOYEE_ID>00000055</EMPLOYEE_ID>
  <FIRSTNAME>Lydia</FIRSTNAME>
  <SURNAME>Jones</SURNAME>
  <DOB>1965-03-09</DOB>
  <SALARY>90000.0</SALARY>
  </EMPLOYEE_DETAILS>
  </EMPLOYEE_DATA>
  </asx:values>
  </asx:abap>
But it is repeating the Employee_ID, I want it to start from Firstname, the XSLT I have is:
<xsl:transform xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:sap="http://www.sap.com/sapxsl" version="1.0">
  <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
  <xsl:template match="node()">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="item">
    <EMPLOYEE_DETAILS>
      <xsl:attribute name="EMPLOYEE_ID">
        <xsl:value-of select="EMPLOYEE_ID"/>
      </xsl:attribute>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>
    </EMPLOYEE_DETAILS>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:transform>
How do I get it to start from the next node?
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi
I am also trying the similar kind of requirement.
I am trying to convert XML file in to ABAP using transformations.
Problem
When I am trying to execute the Transformation (Selection is Transformation name, Source File Path) using STRANS it is giving the bellow message.
XSLT Tester                                                                               
Runtime Errors                                                                               
Reason          : No valid XSLT program supplied 
Could you please guide me how to test the Transformation using STRANS
Thanks
Nikhil.B