Adding New Records Using BPC Data Manager

Question

Hi All,
Thanks for reading my post.
I have a requirement in which file format is as given below
Account|Category|Time|RptCurrency|Amount|Quantity
I am able to upload Amount into my application, I need to update Quantity into another account. I have tried options using *NEWCOL(A) with combinations of with and without Header file format. In case of without header my Transformation is as following:
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*OPTIONS               
FORMAT = DELIMITED               
HEADER = NO               
DELIMITER =                
SKIP = 0               
SKIPIF =               
CREDITNEGATIVE=NO               
VALIDATE_RECORDS=YES               
*MAPPING               
ACCOUNT = *COL(1)               
CATEGORY = *COL(2)               
DATASRC = *COL(3)               
ENTITY = *COL(4)               
RPTCURRENCY = *COL(5)               
Time=*COL(6)               
AMOUNT=*COL(7)               
*CONVERSION               
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I need to add another Mapping to read the Quantity coming in the file but moment I do that, BPC Transformation  reports error that Account dimension is already mapped and in second case when I have two columns in the file   with Header, Data manager reports error "DUPLICATE SIGNEDDATA"
I may end up having another dimension to store quantity, will appreciate your comments which can be give me some hints to fix this issue. 
Regards,
Umesh

Answer 1

Umesh,
What you are trying to achieve is not standard possible. You have in fact two columns with measure data in it, this is not possible with some workarounds.
One possibilitie is that you create a ssis package that in fact loads in the file twice, each go with each own transformation/conversion files, the first go will then load in the amounts, the second the quantity. You have to make sure that the second go is a merge instead of a clear and replace.
Another possibilitie is that you create a ssis that  first load in the delivered file in a staging table, combine the amount and quantity table, dump the records to a tempfile and than load in this file using one transformation/conversion file.
I have an example package that does the second possibilitie (never looked/used this package myself, just got it in my library), please drop me an email if you want this example.
Alwin