Flat file to idoc - mapping

Question

Gurus,
I have a flat txt file of following format
Doc#         Whse        Item          Matnr         date                       code
3256999     WH20     1001     861927     09/12/200713:24     9596     2
3256999     WH20     1002     861928     09/12/200713:24     9596     2
3256999     WH20     1003     861929     09/12/200713:24     9596     2
3257169     WH20     2000     861964     09/12/200713:24     9596     2
The first 2 columns are header fields rest all are item fields. How do i map this to an Idoc, so as to move doc# and whse to header segment and rest of columns to add multiple item segments on the same idoc ? So for above file i should get 2 idocs only.

Answer 1

You can navigate thru these links to get more information:
/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2005/12/08/message-mapping-simplified-150-part-ii
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/ef/df564b6aa24fc9ab0d685460747de5/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/ee/bf9640dc522f28e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
Do your want the source and target structures to resemble the structures below?
Source:-
<source_file>
<row_1>
<item_a>
<item_b>
<item_c>
</row_1>
<row_2>
<item_p>
<item_q>
<item_r>
</row_2>
<row_3>
<item_x>
<item_y>
<item_z>
</row_3>
</source_file>
Target:-
<target_idoc>
<item_a>
<item_b>
<item_c>
<item_p>
<item_q>
<item_r>
<item_x>
<item_y>
<item_z>
</target_idoc>
If so, then all you need to do is to use the node function: "remove context" for all the items under your rows. In other words,do the following mapping:-
*source_file mapped to target_idoc
*map each of the items under all the three rows in the following way:-
"source item" mapped to "remove context" (node function) mapped to (corresponding) "target item".
Also check the occurences for each of your variables in both source and target structures.
/people/ravikumar.allampallam/blog/2005/03/03/creating-purchase-order-idoc-through-xi
Regard's
-Prabhakar.A