File Content Conversion: Empty File

Dear Experts,
I'm doing a file to file scenario with FCC. My file gets picked up from the source folder but the communication channel doesn't send the file for processing ahead. This is the error I get in Communication channel monitoring:
Channel Send_Acceptance_File: Entire file content converted to XML format
2008-10-10 12:09:38| Warning |Channel Send_Acceptance_File: Empty document found. Proceed without sending message
2008-10-10 12:09:38| Success |Confirmation mode test found. File will be resent next time
I don't see any entry in sxmb_moni.
What could be the possible reason for this.
Thanks and Regards,
Merrilly

Hi Merrily
Problem is with your FCC.
Are you using Key field in FCC with and keyFieldInStructure as ignore?
This problem arises due to incorrect keys or Data type mis match for the record structure in FCC.
Thanks
Gaurav

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hi all,
Can some one give me the links for File Content Conversion for File to File Scenario. please.
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For Sender
/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/06/08/how-to-send-a-flat-file-with-various-field-lengths-and-variable-substructures-to-xi-30
/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2004/12/15/how-to-send-a-flat-file-with-fixed-lengths-to-xi-30-using-a-central-file-adapter
/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/01/06/how-to-process-csv-data-with-xi-file-adapter
/people/anish.abraham2/blog/2005/06/08/content-conversion-patternrandom-content-in-input-file
SAP Help for sender
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/2c/181077dd7d6b4ea6a8029b20bf7e55/content.htm
For Receiver:
/people/arpit.seth/blog/2005/06/02/file-receiver-with-content-conversion
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Hi Udo
According to your suggestion, I am trying to use mapping.
I am getting a flat file and i am reading it.
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File Content Conversion CSV File

Hello All,
I have a CSV file in the below format.
a,b,c
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<1>a</1>
<2>b</2>
<3>c</3>
Sometimes I get the records in the file as
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My conversion is failing, I mean it give me file as
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Okay Satish I will give a last try to explain you my issue..
my CSV file is like this a,b,c,d
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<2>b</2>
<3>c</3>
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<3>c</3>
tag <4></4> is not getting created and my Outbound expects the XML to be in that format, so for this I tried to use lastfieldsoptional so that empty <4></4> tag is created but no luck...
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File content conversion in File-to-RFC without BPM

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I am using FCC for file to RFc scenario.
My input record is in the following format:
Header record
data rec1
data rec2
Trailer record..
The parameters are used in File content conversion:
Recordset Name : Header,item
Recordset Structure: Header,1,item,*
key field name : data1
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Header.keyFieldValue       Fname
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Hi,
I assume you have header, item and trailer structure in source file.
Source Data Type will be as follows.
RecordSet
--> Header
      --> KeyField(Value OH)
      --> H1
      --> H2
--> Item
      --> KeyField (Value OL)
      --> I1
      --> I2
-->Trailer
      --> KeyField (Value OT)
      --> T1
      --> T2
Where Item Strucutre can come multiple times.
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Recordset name: RecordSet
RecordSet Structure: Header,1,Item,*,Trailer,1
Key Field Name: KeyField
Header.fieldNames: KeyField,H1,H2
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Header.processFieldNames: fromConfiguration
Header.keyFieldValue: OH
Header.LastFieldsOptional: YES
Item.fieldNames: KeyField,I1,I2
Item.fieldFixedLengths: 2,5,6
Item.processFieldNames: fromConfiguration
Item.keyFieldValue: OL
Item.LastFieldsOptional: YES
Trailer.fieldNames: KeyField,T1,T2
Trailer.fieldFixedLengths: 2,8,9
Trailer.processFieldNames: fromConfiguration
Trailer.keyFieldValue: OT
Trailer.LastFieldsOptional: YES
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Gouri

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I want to read a flat file in the following message structure using file content conversion.
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you cant acheive this heirarchy using the file adapters cont. conv, cos it supports only to a single level.
Maybe you can have a module or use the conversion agent !!
Some good reads on the Conv. agent!!!
/people/william.li/blog/2006/03/17/how-to-get-started-using-conversion-agent-from-itemfield
/people/paul.medaille/blog/2005/11/18/conversion-agent-a-free-lunch
/people/alexander.bundschuh/blog/2006/03/14/integrate-sap-conversion-agent-by-itemfield-with-sap-xi
/people/paul.medaille/blog/2005/11/17/more-on-the-sap-conversion-agent-by-itemfield

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Go through these blogs:
/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/03/02/introduction-to-simplefile-xi-filescenario-and-complete-walk-through-for-starterspart1
/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/03/03/introduction-to-simple-file-xi-filescenario-and-complete-walk-through-for-starterspart2
/people/anish.abraham2/blog/2005/06/08/content-conversion-patternrandom-content-in-input-file
/people/shabarish.vijayakumar/blog/2005/08/17/nab-the-tab-file-adapter
/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/06/08/how-to-send-a-flat-file-with-various-field-lengths-and-variable-substructures-to-xi-30
/people/anish.abraham2/blog/2005/06/08/content-conversion-patternrandom-content-in-input-file
/people/shabarish.vijayakumar/blog/2005/08/17/nab-the-tab-file-adapter
/people/jeyakumar.muthu2/blog/2005/11/29/file-content-conversion-for-unequal-number-of-columns
/people/shabarish.vijayakumar/blog/2006/02/27/content-conversion-the-key-field-problem
/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2004/12/15/how-to-send-a-flat-file-with-fixed-lengths-to-xi-30-using-a-central-file-adapter
/people/arpit.seth/blog/2005/06/02/file-receiver-with-content-conversion
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Hi Experts,
I have following structure in receiver side:
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>>My target structure in below format:
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<F3>Bye</F3>
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Finally your Target Structure will resembles like this.
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- <MT_Test>
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<F3>Bye</F3>
<F4>Hi</F4>
</Structure>
</MT_Test>
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Structure.fieldSeparator = ,
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Hi Srinivas,
There are other ways also to get the filename. See this link for this:
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File content conversion for File Reciever

Hi,
I am working on Idoc to file scenario.
I need the file in the format which doesnt have have separators between the fields.
I used the follwing FCC:
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HeaderRecord.fieldNames          CARDCODE,SUBCODE,DNSORDERNUMBER,UNITCODE,DEALERNUMBER,DEALERORDERNUMBER,ORDERTYPE,RECEIVEDBY,SHIPMODE,EDITONLY,DIRECTEDSOURCE,PRIORITY,INVENTORYTYPE,PARTIALSHIPCODE,PROGRAMNUMBER,SPECIALTERMSID,REENTRYUNIT,SVPORDOVSHIPMTHDCARRIER,SVPORDOVSHIPMTHDSERVICE,SVPOVDISTRIBUTIONSTOP,ORDERNUMDESIGNATION,SHIPDATE,SVPORDDESTCODESUFFIX
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<DIRECTEDSOURCE />
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<PARTIALSHIPCODE />
<PROGRAMNUMBER />
<SPECIALTERMSID />
<REENTRYUNIT />
<SVPORDOVSHIPMTHDCARRIER />
<SVPORDOVSHIPMTHDSERVICE />
<SVPOVDISTRIBUTIONSTOP>F</SVPOVDISTRIBUTIONSTOP>
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<SUBCODE />
<DNSORDERNUMBER />
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<CARDCODE>4</CARDCODE>
<FILLER />
</Trailerrecord>
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<CARDCODE>1</CARDCODE>
<SUBCODE />
<DNSORDERNUMBER>0000001717</DNSORDERNUMBER>
<DEALERNUMBER />
<DEALERORDERNUMBER />
<ORDERTYPE>SN</ORDERTYPE>
<RECEIVEDBY />
<SHIPMODE />
<EDITONLY>N</EDITONLY>
<DIRECTEDSOURCE />
<PRIORITY />
<INVENTORYTYPE />
<PARTIALSHIPCODE />
<PROGRAMNUMBER />
<SPECIALTERMSID />
<REENTRYUNIT />
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<SVPORDOVSHIPMTHDSERVICE />
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<FILLER />
</Trailerrecord>
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char description hex char code html
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nwpi71/helpdata/en/44/655453b48a4ddfe10000000a1553f7/frameset.htm
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File content conversion - flat file to Idoc error

Dear Experts,
I have a situation where im using FCC in the sender adapter The data is in flat file with multiple fields separated by space .
(*header444456    line4445758 header343434 line445687*) sample falt file data . should be divided as below
header - 44456 , 343434
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So i want to read the header items and pass it into header data of the IDoc and line items into line item data of the Idoc . And the header items and fields items are mixed up in the flat file . How do i read from the position 20 to 26 , 37 to 56 intermittently .And im not using any key field name . as the whole data is in one line . Any solution would be of great help .
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Edited by: N.Ganga on Jan 28, 2012 3:30 PM
Edited by: N.Ganga on Jan 28, 2012 3:30 PM

Dear Grzegorz ,
Yes i totally agree with you it can be separated by comma . But it is as below
Header       - (once ).............................................. Flat file example :
     Field 1    -
>order    line no 1   plant        material 1 code 1 quantity 1
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     Field 2 (plant vlaue shuld come........................................................|
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   field 1 (line no 1)----
|                                     |                             |
   field 2(material1)----
|                             |
   field 3 (quant 1)----
|
   field 1 (line no 2)----
|                                     |                             |
   field 2(material2)----
|                             |
   field 3 (quant 2)----
|
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I am able to update the records in R3 when i get a fixed length file with a single record.
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How to get RFC return messages when ever there is return message , as this is not the synchronous scenario.
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Once that is done, open the function module [SE37] and select the tab [Table].
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