Doubt regarding Recever file adapter file content conversion (FCC)

Hi Expetrts, below is the my target structure.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="TF-8"?>
<ns1:MT_StatusChange xmlns:ns1="urn:passhe.com/ChangeOfStatusISA26">
 <IV_ST_OBJID>65390091</IV_ST_OBJID>
 <IV_BEGDA>25082008</IV_BEGDA>
 <LT_STUDENT_STATUS>
 <item>
 <HS_CAMPUS>65</HS_CAMPUS>
 <STOBJID>65390091</STOBJID>
 <STUDENT12>michal</STUDENT12>
 <HS_STATUS>MISC</HS_STATUS>
 <item>
 <LT_STUDENT_STATUS>
</ns1:MT_StatusChange>
How to configure in File Content Conversion Recever File Adapter for above target structure. i have done as below, but i am getting error. please correct me where i did mistake.
Recordset Structure : IV_ST_OBJID,IV_BEGDA,LT_STUDENT_STATUS,item
IV_ST_OBJID.fieldNames : IV_ST_OBJID -> for this field there is no subfield
IV_ST_OBJID.fieldSeparator: , (comma)
IV_BEGDA.fieldNames : IV_BEGDA -> for this field there is no subfield
IV_BEGDA.fieldSeparator: , (comma)
LT_STUDENT_STATUS.fieldNames : HS_CAMPUS,STOBJID,STUDENT12,HS_STATUS
LT_STUDENT_STATUS.fieldSeparator: 'nl'
item.fieldNames : HS_CAMPUS,STOBJID,STUDENT12,HS_STATUS
item.fieldSeparator: , (comma)
I am getting below error:
'Conversion configuration error: Unknown structure 'ns1:MT_StatusChange' found in document', probably configuration error in file adapter (XML parser error)'
Thanks
Dhanush.

Hi Dhanush,
 It is better always if u have a structure with Header and trailers if u have a subsrtuctures in it & always try make it in this format:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MT_ContentConversion_Test>
 <Header>
 <F1>HF1</F1>
 <F2>HF2</F2>
 </Header>
 <Item>
 <F1>IF1</F1>
 <F2>IF2</F2>
 <Item>
 <Trailer>
 <F1>TF1</F1>
 <F2>TF2</F2>
 </Trailer>
</ns0:MT_ContentConversion_Test>
Try to go through this blog it will be very helpful to u :
/people/shabarish.vijayakumar/blog/2007/08/03/file-adapter-receiver--are-we-really-sure-about-the-concepts
Regards,
Vinod.

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Edited by: Varun Reddy on Feb 26, 2009 4:52 PM

Varun,
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When the last field is blank, I would expect that an empty node gets created, however, the node doesn't get created at all.
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Edited by: William Krick on Jun 17, 2011 4:49 PM

Giuseppe Agnello wrote:
> Sorry, there was a typo in the parameter name.
> Word fields should start with capital F.
> Try with Record.missingLastFields, with value "add"
>
> http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/ae/d03341771b4c0de10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
>
> Similar issue was resolved with same parameter in this thread:
> Sender file adapter with FCC not creating last field
That did the trick. It was a typo. Thanks Giuseppe.
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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.
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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.
So that when this file is read there is no | as a begin flag anymore.
And the whole thing starts to work, this sounds more like a bug then a feature but anyway i am happy.
so thanks a lot
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