Error in Flat File to XML conversion

Question

Hi all,
I am trying to convert a flat file to XML using the Sender File Adapter and I am getting the following error message.
2006-01-23 17:23:00 EST: Error: Conversion of complete file content to XML format failed around position 0: Exception: ERROR converting document line no. 2 according to structure 'GL_FileUpload_SAPECC_Header_DT1':java.lang.Exception: ERROR in configuration: more elements in file csv structure than field names specified!
My flat file looks like this,
--Start
GL,GLI,1,RefTest,4011,Test,1234567890,12032005,12032005,GL,RK
GL,GLI,4011,3011,,,,,,AU,600,7000,8000,9000,5000,RK,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
---End
The adapter configuration is like this:
Document Name: GL_FileUpload_SAPECC_Item_MT1
Document Namespace: urn:corptech.qld.gov.au:sss_std_offering:gl
RecordSet Name: GL_FileUpload_SAPECC_Record_DT1
RecordSet Namespace: urn:corptech.qld.gov.au:sss_std_offering:gl
RecordSet Structure: GL_FileUpload_SAPECC_Header_DT1,1,GL_FileUpload_SAPECC_Item_DT1,*
RecordSet Sequence: Ascending
Key FieldName: TransType
On the Adapter Properties, I have got:
--Start
GL_FileUpload_SAPECC_Header_DT1.fieldNames: TransType,RowType,SequenceNo,ReferenceKey,SenderSystem,HeaderText,CompanyCode,DocumentDate,PostingDate,DocumentType,ReferenceNo
GL_FileUpload_SAPECC_Header_DT1.fieldSeparator: ,
GL_FileUpload_SAPECC_Item_DT1.fieldNames: TransType,RowType,SequenceNo,GLAccount,CostCentre,ProfitCentre,InternalOrder,WBSElement,TaxCode,Currency,GLAmount,VendorAmount,CustomerAmount,AssetAmount,DRCR,ItemText,VendorNo,CustomerNo,Name,Street,City,PostCode,PoBox,State,Country,BankKey,BankAccount,BankCountry,CalcTax,PaymentTerms,BaseDate,PaymentBlock,PaymentMethod,Assignment,AssetNo,AssetSubNo,AssetTransaction
GL_FileUpload_SAPECC_Item_DT1.fieldSeparator: ,
ignoreRecordsetName: true
GL_FileUpload_SAPECC_Header_DT1.keyFieldValue: GL
GL_FileUpload_SAPECC_Item_DT1.keyFieldValue: GL
---End
The structure defined on the data type looks like this,
--Start
GL_FileUpload_SAPECC_Record_DT1   Complex Type
   GL_FileUpload_SAPECC_Header_DT1  Element
      TransType                     Element
      RowType                       Element
      Sequence Number               Element
    GL_FileUpload_SAPECC_Item_DT1   Element
      TransType                     Element
      RowType                       Element
      Sequence Number               Element
      GLAccount                     Element
---End
Any help or suggestion please.
Thank you.
Warm Regards,
Ranjan

Answer 1

Hi, Ranjan.
  First of all, let's look at the meaning of the error.
> ...Exception: ERROR converting document line no. 2 according to
> structure 'GL_FileUpload_SAPECC_Header_DT1':java.lang.Exception:
> ERROR in configuration: more elements in file csv structure than
> field names specified!
  It seems that XI interpreted 2nd line as
Header_DT1 not as Item_DT1 that you meant.
>  GL,GLI,4011,3011,,,,,,AU,600,7000,8000,9000,5000,RK,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
  That's why it says this line has more elements than the structure
defined(Header_DT1)
  And the reason why XI misinterpreted the above as Header is that
you used keyFieldValue with the same value.
> ...Header_DT1.keyFieldValue: GL
> ...Item_DT1.keyFieldValue: GL
  According to the following help,
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/2c/181077dd7d6b4ea6a8029b20bf7e55/content.htm
it says like the following.
Key Field Name
If you specified a variable number of substructures for Recordset
Structure, in other words, at least one substructure has the value
‘*’, then the substructures must be identified by the parser from
their content. This means that a key field must be set with different
constants for the substructures. In this case, you must specify a key
field and the field name must occur in all substructures.
How about using different constants for header and item if possible?
Good luck.