Flat file mapping question

Hello
I'm very new to XI. I have to a flat file which contains Order No, Product, Value, and looks something like this:
A,A,1
A,B,1
A,C,1
B,A,1
B,B,2
B,C,3
I need to be able to map it to a target structure that has a header for Order No, and detail for the Product and Value fields, i.e. looks a bit like this:
<Order No>
A
<Product> A </Product>
<Value> 1 </Value>
<Product> B </Product>
<Value> 1 </Value>
<Product> C </Product>
<Value> 1 </Value>
</Order No>
<Order No>
B
<Product> A </Product>
<Value> 1 </Value>
<Product> B </Product>
<Value> 1 </Value>
<Product> C </Product>
<Value> 1 </Value>
</Order No>
In my attempts with various contexts etc. I either get just one output message for order A, or a message for every product within an order (so 6 messages). Amateur stuff, I know.....
Thanks for your help
Regards
Robert

Hi,
Please do this mapping:
For the node Order
OrderNumber --> removeContext --> splitByValue:ValueChanged --> collapseContext --> Order
For the node Ordernumber
OrderNumber --> removeContext --> splitByValue:ValueChanged --> collapseContext --> splitByValue:EachValue --> Ordernumber
For the node OrderLines
OrderNumber --> removeContext --> splitByValue:ValueChanged --> OrderLines
For the node Product
Product --> Product
For the node Value
Value --> Value
Hope this helps,
Edited by: Mark Dihiansan on Mar 12, 2009 6:04 PM

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