File adapter

Can we use File adapter to connect to SAP Server to read or write the files to SAP Server
Kris

Hi,
you have 2 options to do that:
1. you can use FTP - and allow FTP connections to SAP
server folders - File adapter can use FTP to connect to
those folders
Reminder
you have to use passive FTP connections till XI SP15
2. you can make Folders on SAP server visible from the XI
server (shared folders) this way you can also connect
with the use of the file adapter to get to the content
of the SAP server folders
Regards,
michal

Similar Messages

FileName in Sender File Adapter Module

Hi Folks,
In my sender file adapter have written a module to read the picked file name. The protocol used is NFS.
Notice that the file name read in the module has the absolute path, including the directory path. E.g The file name xyz has to be picked from source directory
XIServer\Outbound. In the module when I retrieve the file name, it comes up as
XIServer\Outbound\xyz. Is this expected behaviour?
I was expecting just the file name<xyz> to be retrieved.
Thanks,
Anand

HI,
Create an UDF and write this code.
DynamicConfiguration conf = (DynamicConfiguration) container.getTransformationParameters().get(StreamTransformationConstants.DYNAMIC_CONFIGURATION);
DynamicConfigurationKey key =
DynamicConfigurationKey.create("http://sap.com/xi/XI/System/File","FileName");
String ourSourceFileName = conf.get(key);
return ourSourceFileName;
in Adapter u will have Adapter specific parameters check the file name check box.
Using this UDF u will get the file name at target side.
Regards,
Phani.

Getting Error while running a file adapter.

Hi all,
I am doing a small application where I need to read an image from a shared path and send the base64code of that image in response. For that I am using File Adapter and Read
operation. I have just hard coded the image name didnt give any wild card or expressions. I generated a service which is a proxy using the jca of that File Adapter. I added a stage
replacing the response body with the opaque element of the request body. When I run the proxy I am getting something like *"The invocation resulted in an error: "* in response
and in the stack trace I am getting *"Failed to set the value of context variable "body". Value must be an instance of {http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}Body."* as the fault
reason I am unable to detect where exactly I am going wrong. Kindly help me in resolving this.
Thanks,
Phanindra.

Not sure why you want to replace. Since the response of the proxy would remain to hold the request body by default.
If you have stored the opaque element in a variable ($var_opaque), then you can do the following.
XPath : .
In variable : body
Expression : $var_opaque
Check - "Replace node content"

Using a variable in "arrayTerminatedBy" clause while using a file adapter

Hi All,
How can read a file of sample shown below using a file adapter.
ABC|20081010|
2008|xxxxxxx|
2007|yyyy|
2009|zzzzzzz|
3|20081010|
first line is the header
last line is footer
middle portion is the body
'3' in the footer is the total no of record count in the body
I am able to read the header and body.
The problem i am facing is; when it is reading the footer it is treating the footer as a record in the body and is throwing an error stating - expected the format as "yyyy"
I have to use "arrayTerminatedBy" to indicate the end of the body. But that terminating field is a varying field. How can i use this variable field in the "arrayTerminatedBy" clause.
Can any one help in reading this file
Thanks in advance
Edited by: user10308218 on 11-Oct-2008 02:23
Edited by: user10308218 on 11-Oct-2008 02:24

See if this helps, I haven't tested it but it will give you a hint in how to achieve it. As you can see I use the startsWith command. I'm not sure how to handle your detail as it seems to start with different elements every time.
cheers
James
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:nxsd="http://xmlns.oracle.com/pcbpel/nxsd"
targetNamespace="http://TargetNamespace.com/Write_File"
xmlns:tns="http://TargetNamespace.com/Read_File"
elementFormDefault="qualified"
attributeFormDefault="unqualified" nxsd:encoding="ASCII" nxsd:stream="chars" nxsd:version="NXSD">
<xsd:element name="FileRecord">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="Header" nxsd:startsWith="ABC|" maxOccurs="1">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence nxsd:style="array" nxsd:arrayTerminatedBy="${eol}">
<xsd:element name="FileDate" type="xsd:string" nxsd:style="terminated" nxsd:terminatedBy="${eol}" nxsd:quotedBy="""/>
<xsd:element name="Record" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence nxsd:style="array" nxsd:arrayTerminatedBy="${eol}">
<xsd:element name="DetailData1" type="xsd:string" nxsd:style="terminated" nxsd:terminatedBy="|" nxsd:quotedBy="""/>
<xsd:element name="DetailData2" type="xsd:string" nxsd:style="terminated" nxsd:terminatedBy="${eol}" nxsd:quotedBy="""/>
<xsd:element name="Footer" nxsd:startsWith="3|" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence nxsd:style="array" nxsd:arrayTerminatedBy="${eol}">
<xsd:element name="FooterData" type="xsd:int" nxsd:style="terminated" nxsd:terminatedBy="${eol}" nxsd:quotedBy="""/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>

Receiver file adapter

hi all,
i'm using file adapter receiver and want to generate an fixed length text file. the name of the text file i want to generate it dynamically based on a field of the xml.
the structure of xml:
<mt_PO>
<Header>
</Header>
<Detail>
</Detail>
<Filename>
 </name>
</Filename>
</mt_PO>
For generate the name of the file i'm using variable substitution in this way:
var1 -> payload:mt_PO,1,filename,1,name,1
and in the file name schema field: PO.%var1%.txt
this it's correctly done.
After, for generate the text file in the format i want i use content conversion:
RecordSet structure: Header,Detail,filename
Name Value
Header.addHeaderLine 0
Header.fieldFixedLengths 2,2,10,10,8,100
Header.endSeparator 'nl'
Detail.fieldFixedLengths 2,5,18,35,35,13,3,13,5,35,12,40,60,40,10
Detail.endSeparator 'nl'
filename.fieldFixedLengths 0
filename.fixedLengthTooShortHandling Cut
The problem is that resulting text file is generated with an empty line to the end, and that is my problem. i don't know how to avoid generate that empty line.
has anybody been in the same scenario and know how to solve this issue?
Thanks.

Hi,
Ok No problem, let me give you the blog which contains all the steps,
Dynamic Configuration of Some Communication Channel Parameters using Message Mapping
Here you need to create one UDF in mapping and have to map it with target Message Type.
Remove the filename from Target side structure.
Thus at runtime it will take the value from Source side payload (Or you may pass any values in mapping )
and that will be used in communication channel.
The given blog have used HTTP as receiver communciation channel.
For file adapter you need to fill-up below parameters with variable substitution.
File Name Scheme : %Var1%
Variable substitution -- enable
>Var1----
>message:message_id
Adapter Specific Attributes
Mark Filename & Use Adapter Specific attributes.
PS Note : once you apply this UDF the mapping will give exception while testing from test tab. Let it be.
This UDF will work on Runtime. Thus execute the scenario to see the results.
Thanks
Swarup

File Adapter - SP12

Hi,
 We are in XI 30, SP12 and we were trying out passing the payload value as the file name.
SAP help says that in the Variable Substitution, we should be giving as follows:
Variable Name FileName
Reference payload: Record,1,DT_HEADER,1,FILE_IDENTIFIER,1
(Reference will show the XML path traversal till the least node to get the relevant value from the payload as per SAP help).
In the filename Scheme we are mentioning the variable name %FileName%. But its not taking the value contained in the variable FileName which should hold the payload value. But its not happening.
Anyone did some trial on the same pls throw some light on this issue..
Thanks in advance
Jayakrishnan

To make the example if the online help run, you have to do following:
File Access Parameters:
-> File Name Scheme: %var1%.xml
Processing Parameters
-> File Construction Mode: Add Time Stamp
Variable Substitution
-> Enable: x
Variable Name: var1
Reference: payload:root,1,e1,1,e2,2
Send this payload (use sender file adapter)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<root>
<dummy>
 <e1>
 <e2>Data_1</e2>
 <f/>
 <g attr="abc">text</g>
 <e2>Data_2</e2>
 </e1>
</dummy>
<e1>
 <e2>illegal/value</e2>
 <f/>
 <g attr="abc">text</g>
 <e2 attr="fghij">Example Value</e2>
</e1>
</root>
Result: Your file name looks like this:
Example Value20050607-131921-414.xml
=====================================================
The example of Michal was ( _ omitted):
payload:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<OutputTag>
<From>newfilename</From>
</OutputTag>
same config as above, besides:
Reference: payload:OutputTag,1,From,1
Result: newfilename20050607-133624-145.xml
Hope this helps
Stefan

File Adapter - special character in Filename

Hi,
i have a question concerning file adapter.
Scenario: we are polling files via file sender adapter (FTP).
Problem: if the filename contains a special character, an error is thrown with 'The System cannot find the file specified'
Scope: Special character in filename (not in payload)
Installed: XI 3.0 SP 19 on Linux
Questions:
- what FTP implementation does XI use?
- What do i have to check/upgrade to unicode?
- is it an OS problem or an Java problem or a XI problem?
- or is it not possible copiing files with special characters in filename?
Thank you very much in advance.
Michael

Hi Michael,
The file/FTP adapter supports both passive and active FTP data connection. You can select the data connection while configuring the adapter.
The file/FTP adapter follows specification RFC 959. The specification can be found on the Internet under www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0959.txt.
For FAQs about the file/FTP adapter, see SAP Note 821267. Please note that you'll need an account to log in on service.sap.com.
Question: How are you specifiying the file name? i.e. Are you using placeholders, like ?, *, *.txt, etc ?
If there's a problem with the filenames, then it should be a problem in the JAVA implementation of the adapter I assume. So you could for instance build your own adapter extension to by-pass that problem.
Just for your information; I haven't encounter a problem with filenames in other projects.
Good luck!

Dynamic Filename in File adapter

Hi,
I am doing idoc-file scenario.I get the filename as a field in one of the segments of my idoc.Can anyone please let me know how i can get the filename from my idoc and use this filename in my file adapter.
--Thanks

Hi all,
Thanks a lot for your replies.
Please find below the inbound message that i get. Now i need to get the filename that i get in one of the segments and use that in the file adapter.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <ZSSV_GENERIC_IDOC>
- <IDOC BEGIN="1">
- <EDI_DC40 SEGMENT="1">
 <TABNAM>EDI_DC40</TABNAM>
 <MANDT>100</MANDT>
 <DOCNUM>0000000000203015</DOCNUM>
 <DOCREL>620</DOCREL>
 <STATUS>30</STATUS>
 <DIRECT>1</DIRECT>
 <OUTMOD>2</OUTMOD>
 <IDOCTYP>ZSSV_GENERIC_IDOC</IDOCTYP>
 <MESTYP>ZSSV_GENERIC_MSG</MESTYP>
 <SNDPOR>SAPYRA</SNDPOR>
 <SNDPRT>LS</SNDPRT>
 <SNDPRN>YRACLNT100</SNDPRN>
 <RCVPOR>YXDTEST_GI</RCVPOR>
 <RCVPRT>LS</RCVPRT>
 <RCVPRN>IDES_LS1</RCVPRN>
 <CREDAT>20060420</CREDAT>
 <CRETIM>184948</CRETIM>
 <SERIAL>20060420184948</SERIAL>
 </EDI_DC40>
- <Z1SSV_ITEMS_SUMMARY SEGMENT="1">
 <IDOC_SEQ_NUM>1</IDOC_SEQ_NUM>
 <TOTAL_REC_COUNT>50</TOTAL_REC_COUNT>
 <IDOC_SEG_COUNT>50</IDOC_SEG_COUNT>
 <OUTPUT_REC_LENGTH>90</OUTPUT_REC_LENGTH>
 <INTERFACE_DESCRIPTOR>OUT_RYDER_0001</INTERFACE_DESCRIPTOR>
<HOST_FILENAME>TEST1</HOST_FILENAME>
<RECORD_DELIMITER>^</RECORD_DELIMITER>
<SEGMENT_DELIMITER>|</SEGMENT_DELIMITER>
</Z1SSV_ITEMS_SUMMARY>
In the file adapter, I have specified "%filename%.xml" as my file name and in variable substitution the reference is "payload:ZSSV_GENERIC_IDOC,1,IDOC,1,EDI_DC40,1,Z1SSV_ITEMS_SUMMARY,1,HOST_FILENAME,1".
I still get the same error "Message processing failed: Error during variable substitution: "
Waiting for your help in this matter.
Regards,

Advance select for source file in Sender File Adapter

Hi
I am trying to utilise the parameter 'Advance Selection for source file' on a sender file adapter to pick the file from multiple folders
My problem is that this parameter that is listed on the SAP help is not getting in File accessing Parameters.
I am running PI 7.02 (NW702_07_Rel)
Service pack 07
Has anyone come across this before?
any suggestions on how to do this?

Hi,
In PI7.0 the property exists. I have used it previously. I think SP was 13.
Regards,
Nutan
Edited by: nutan champia on Nov 24, 2011 10:42 AM

Mapping problem due to FCC in sender file adapter

Hi All
I am doing File( Flat File ) to RFC Scenario.it is working fine..
the problem comes in mapping with multiple records.
FCC at sender file adapter is used
my Data Type are :
Source DT Target RFC import parameter(table).
E2ED20* ITEM*
 KEY VBELN
 VBELN POSNR
E2E24* CHARG
 KEY
 POSNR
 CHARG
*->>multiple occurence
E2ED20 and E2E24 are 2 segment ,KEY is used in FCC to identify E2EDL20 & E2EDL24
My source text file is like this :
E2EDL20 0200
E2EDL24 xyz
E2EDL20 0201
E2EDL24 abc
E2EDL24 efg
E2EDL24 mln
E2EDL20 0202
E2EDL24 gty
so the payload should be :
0200 xyz
0201 abc
0201 efg
0201 mln
0202 gty
in FCC ignoer record set= true
otherwise is not called...
i try to use split by value & use oneasmany , not helpfull.
in message mapping when i checked th field VBELN -> display queue
i am getting an array 0200
 0201
 0202 in white fields
thanks & regards
Ashutosh Rawat

Source payload
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <ns:MT_MATNO_FILE xmlns:ns="urn:abc:xxx">
- <E2ED20>
<KZ>E2EDL20</KZ>
<FIELD1>020</FIELD1>
<VBELN>0083662685</VBELN>
</E2ED20>
- <E2E24>
<KZ>E2EDL24</KZ>
<FIELD2>020</FIELD2>
<POSNR>900001</POSNR>
<CHARG>1078629</CHARG>
<LFIMG>3200</LFIMG>
<MEINS>PCE</MEINS>
</E2E24>
- <E2E24>
<KZ>E2EDL24</KZ>
<FIELD2>020</FIELD2>
<POSNR>900002</POSNR>
<CHARG>1078630</CHARG>
<LFIMG>1895</LFIMG>
<MEINS>PCE</MEINS>
</E2E24>
- <E2E24>
<KZ>E2EDL24</KZ>
<FIELD2>020</FIELD2>
<POSNR>900003</POSNR>
<CHARG>1079145</CHARG>
<LFIMG>1883</LFIMG>
<MEINS>PCE</MEINS>
</E2E24>
- <E2E24>
<KZ>E2EDL24</KZ>
<FIELD2>020</FIELD2>
<POSNR>900004</POSNR>
<CHARG>1079146</CHARG>
<LFIMG>3195</LFIMG>
<MEINS>PCE</MEINS>
</E2E24>
- <E2ED20>
<KZ>E2EDL20</KZ>
<FIELD1>020</FIELD1>
 <VBELN>0083662648</VBELN>
</E2ED20>
- <E2E24>
<KZ>E2EDL24</KZ>
<FIELD2>020</FIELD2>
<POSNR>900011</POSNR>
<CHARG>1001450</CHARG>
<LFIMG>2946</LFIMG>
<MEINS>8PC</MEINS>
</E2E24>
- <E2ED20>
<KZ>E2EDL20</KZ>
<FIELD1>020</FIELD1>
 <VBELN>0083673936</VBELN> </E2ED20>
- <E2E24>
<KZ>E2EDL24</KZ>
<FIELD2>020</FIELD2>
<POSNR>900012</POSNR>
<CHARG>1073953</CHARG>
<LFIMG>2458</LFIMG>
<MEINS>PCE</MEINS>
</E2E24>
</ns:MT_MATNO_FILE>
at target what required is
<item>
<VBELN>0083662685</VBELN>
<POSNR>900001</POSNR>
</item>
<item>
<VBELN>0083662685</VBELN>
<POSNR>900002</POSNR>
</item>
<item>
<VBELN>0083662685</VBELN>
<POSNR>900003</POSNR>
</item>
<item>
<VBELN>0083662685</VBELN>
<POSNR>900004</POSNR>
</item>
<item>
<VBELN>0083662648</VBELN>
<POSNR>900011</POSNR>
</item>
<item>
<VBELN>0083673936</VBELN>
<POSNR>900012</POSNR>
</item>
in Sender FCC
E2ED20.fieldFixedLengths 7,76
E2ED20.fieldNames KZ,VBELN
E2ED20.keyFieldValue E1EDL20
E2ED20.endSeparator 'nl'
E2E24.fieldFixedLengths 7,24,13,7,3
E2E24.keyFieldValue E1EDL24
E2E24.fieldNames KZ,POSNR,CHARG,LFIMG,MEINS
E2E24.endSeparator 'nl'
ignoreRecordsetName true
source file is already there...
Message was edited by:
 ashutosh rawat

Multiple Exclusion Criteria[Exclusion Mask] in Sender File Adapter

Hello All,
I have a requirement to specify multiple exclusion criteria in the 'Exclusion Mask' property of a Sender File Adapter, i.e. I need to pick up files that correspond to 111*.txt from a specified source directory, but I would also want to exclude specific individual files that go by the following names:-111ACC.txt, 111INV.txt & 111PUR.txt.
I have tried the following - Specified 111*.txt in the 'File Name' field and in the 'Exclusion Mask' field specified ACC, INV & PUR - the exclusion criteria separated by commas. But this does not seem to work. All the 111* files are getting picked up.
Have gone through a couple of weblogs that deal with exclusion masks, but they do not talk about multiple exclusion criteria.
Is there any other way I could accomplish this?
Thanks,
Anand

Hi,
Try this config.
Give *.txt in filename. and Directory as <YourDir>
In exclusion mask give 111ACC.txt
Below this there will be a table. Add two Entries
Dont add anything to FilenameMask.
Directory ->FileNameMask--->ExclusionMask
<yourDir>->--->111INV.txt
<YourDir>->--->111PUR.txt
Try this and get back.
Regards,
Sudharshan
Message was edited by:
Sudharshan Aravamudan

Errro when referring a Bean in Sender file adapter

Hi
I have created a sample code and deployed in the server and when i refer that in the sender file adapter module processor using the naming format
localejbs/sap.com/com.vas.mod/GetFileNameBean
where
com.vas.mod is the EAR Project name
GetFileNameBean is the Bean name
I am getting the erro in the XI Adaptor monitor as follows
- 2006-07-31 13:06:51 UTC: Error: NameNotFoundException: Path to object does not exist at com.vas.mod, the whole lookup name is localejbs/sap.com/com.vas.mod/GetFileName.
I checked theJNDI name in the server it is exactly the same.
can some one help me on this please?
vasagam R K

Hi Vasagam,
Please check these threads..
They deal with ur question...
NameNotFoundException during JNDI lookup for Deployable WebService Proxy
Strange Lookup Error (SAP Resource Adapter)
cheers,
Prashanth
P.S Please mark helpful answers

Archive file with errors in sender file adapter not working! please help!

Hi Experts,
I have a file to RFC scenario. the input is a XML file. I have setup the flag in sender file adapter channel for archiving the input files with errors. But it is not working.
For testing I have used an invalid xML file for example without the main XML tag. I have also tested with a MSWORD file saved with.xml extension. But in both the cases the files are not getting archived.
My archive location permissions are fine and in fact normal archive operation is happening. That is, if I select the processing mode as "Archive" and gave the Archive directory then files are getting archived. The problem is only with the "Archive faulty source files" option.
What am I missing? DO I need to do some more configurations?
What are the prerequisites if any for this option?
How to test this?
Please help me! I will be greatfull to you all!
Thanks & Regards
Gopal

and go thru this links
Creating a Single Archive of the Version Files
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/79/1e7aecc315004fb4966d1548447675/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/31/8aed3ea86d3d67e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
Note: reward points if solution found helpfull
Regards
Chandrakanth.k

Unzip file using PayloadZipBean in Sender FILE adapter

I am trying to unzip a flat file in Sender FILE adapter using PayloadZipBean.
I am getting mapping error. The problem is File adapter is reading data without unzipping. I am getting weird characters/data, so mapping error.
I searched all the blogs/ forum threads and help.sap.com, everywhere the focus is on zipping, not unzipping.
the file I have is with .gz extension, but I tried with .zip extension also.
Please help in resolving this issue.
Edited by: Gopal Janagama on May 2, 2008 11:42 PM

Gopal,
GZIP and ZIP format are slightly different, as stated here :
"GZIP compresses only one file and does not have a header. ZIP contains header information about what files are contained in the file."
So I'm not sure the PayloadZipBean supports GZIP format ... Try to ungzip and then zip its content and see if the bean works for it
Rgds
Chris

Date and Time in Sender File Adapter Target Directory

Hi there,
is there a way of using Date and Time from XI to the Target Directory naming? To use variable substitution some fields of the message had to contain that date and time information, which is not our case.
For filename you can use "add time stamp" option, but and for target directory?
Thanks and regards,
Henrique.

> Do you have further information on how to perform
> this with shell commands?
> >> You need to write a shell script. This script will
> add the date/time stamp into the folder in the target
> system. This shell script is executed from the File
> adapter. So once the file is written into the target
> directory, then it will rename the directory.
Hi there, Moorthy
We've tried to write that shell script that you mentioned, but now we have a few doubts on how to make it create the proper directory.
In the file adapter, my target directory is "/%var1%/%var2%/", where %var1% and %var2% are variable substitutions, referencing data which comes from the payload. Now, I need the shell script to append "/<Year>/<Month>/" in the target directory. But where to archive the script? If it stays in the root directory, than how to make it create "/<Year>/<Month>/" folders inside a directory which is variable (/%var1%/%var2%/)?
Is there a way of passing %var1% and %var2% as parameters for the shell script?
Thanks a lot,
Henrique.

Maximum record length in sender file adapter

Hi,
My requrement is to read a test file which contains the records of fixed length of 4096 charcters. I tried a quick test but sender adapter seems to be terminating the records.
Is there any limitation on the number of characters in records which file adapter can read? Please suggest. I am putting togather a prototype for a potential client and it will have a big impact on decision whether PI can be used in project or not.
Thanks for help!

Never tried this one. How ever, were you trying with content conversion? When you say the records are being truncated, can you tell after how many characters the adapter is truncating the record?
VJ

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