Create substructures via file adapter - file content conversion

Question

I have a need to create a structure as follows using file content conversion from a flat file
source:
H1~00
S1~1A
L1~1B
S1~2A
L1~2B
S1~3A
L1~3B
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ns:x_MT xmlns:ns68="urn:abt.com/IAM">
  <DocHeader>
      <Label />
      <type />
  </DocHeader>
  <DocItem>
      <Ship>
        <Label />
        <type />
      </Ship>
      <Lines>
        <Label />
        <type />
      </Lines>
   </DocItem>
</ns:x_MT>
I can successfully create a x_MT but I do not get the  heirarchy (DocItem node) and therefore I'm having trouble on the mapping side.
My file content conversion is as follows:
Document Name: x_MT
Document Namespace: urn:abt.com/IAM
Recordset Name: x_DT
Recordset structure: DocHeader,1,Ship,,Lines,
Recordsets per message: *
Key Field Name: label
DocHeader.fieldSeparator     '0x7E'
DocHeader.endSeparator             'nl'
DocHeader.fieldNames             label,type
DocHeader.keyFieldValue         H1
Ship.fieldSeparator     '0x7E'
Ship.endSeparator     'nl'
Ship.fieldNames             label,type
Ship.keyFieldValue      S1
Lines.fieldSeparator     '0x7E'
Lines.endSeparator     'nl'
Lines.fieldNames     label,type
Lines.keyFieldValue     L1
What I get is a structure without the node DocItem and therefore appears like a flat structure and mapping fails since I have multiple 'Lines' and only the last one gets mapped.
I've read all the weblogs around this topic and none seemed to address more than one node. Please help.
Thank you,
Parimala

Answer 1

Hi Parimala,
As per SAP help document the structure created by content conversion would look like this..
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/2c/181077dd7d6b4ea6a8029b20bf7e55/content.htm
<documentName>...
   <recordset>
<NameA>
<field-nameA1>field-value</field-nameA1>
<field-nameA2>field-value</field-nameA2>
<field-nameA3>field-value</field-nameA3>
</NameA>
<NameB>
<field-nameB1>column-value</field-nameB1>
<field-nameB2>column-value</field-nameB2>
<field-nameB3>column-value</field-nameB3>
</NameB>
   </recordset>
   <recordset>
   </recordset>
</documentName>...
If you require a <DocItem> node then you have to handle this in mapping.
Regards
Anand