File content conversion Document offset not working?

Question

hi All,
I have a flat file which i need to convert into an xml using content conversion.
The document consists of 18 lines as shown below:-
#HEADER_ARCDLX3098   OMD.I.170 0000000000000002#HEADERFECHADOC A 8
HEADER A 25
CLAMOVIM A 3
MOTIVMOV N 4
CENTRO A 4
DEPOSITO A 4
PROVEED A 10
DEPRECEP A 4
MATERIAL A 18
CANTIDAD N 13
UNMEDIDA A 3
FLAGDEIMPRESION A 1
TRANSPORTISTA A 12
CHOFERPATENTE A 50
CENTRORECEPTOR A 4
MATERIALRECIBIDO A 18
NUMERWMS A 16
#DATA10521000          12345678            12210521000          12345678            12210521000          12345678            122#EOF
the first 17 lines are to be ignored. And only the 18th line to  be taken.
The 18th line however, contains multiple records based on fixed field length.
For example the above example contains 3 records - "10521000          12345678            122" , "10521000          12345678            122" and "10521000          12345678            122".
I tried to do a content conversion with document offset. However, it doesnt seem to work. There is no error and the xml is created without ignoring the first 17 lines.
xml.documentOffset
17
this is what is given in the content conversion.
Please help.
thnx,
Ninu

Answer 1

Hi,
Under Document Offset parameter, specify the number of lines(in ur case its 17) that are to be ignored at the beginning of the document.
This enables you to skip comment lines or column names during processing.
This should work. check the below link:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nwpi711/helpdata/en/44/6713ec3f914ddee10000000a1553f7/frameset.htm