FILE to multiple BAPI/RFC calls

Hi,
I have one input source (CSV with about 100 rows) and I wish to call a custom rfc for each row in my spreadsheet. (The custom RFC has a single flat import structure as opposed to a table or anything complex).
I am struggling to do this in XI.
I assumed I needed to assign one source to multiple targets in the Message interfaces, but this errors on activation due to the RFC occurrence being set to 1.
Do I need to do the same trick as with IDOCS or am I missing the point somewhere?
I have read several threads and one in particular seems to indicate it is possible, but so far this has evaded me.
Re: BOM CREATION
Please could you point me in the right direction.
Thanks
Andrew

Andrew,
You could read the CSV file into an Integration Process
Save the message in a multiline container (in your case 100 rows)
Create a block
Create another container to hold the single row defined within this block
Set the following for the block
Step Name eg SplitForRFC
Mode ParForEach
Multiline Element Multiline container defined above
Current Line Single line container defined above
The Mode 'ParForEach' acts like a loop
Then within the block create a synchronous Send step which calls your RFC
Design
I would question having to make 100 RFC calls
If possible change the design so that the RFC interface can accept multiple messages and the RFC logic to loop through them and process the messages one at a time
Regards,
Mike

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