Header at text file (Destination ) in SSIS

How to give the header while fetching from database source to text files destination (Tab Delimiter)

kalsubu,
You may embed it as a part of your query itself if possible.
Had a similar requirement in one of my earlier projects. We obtained the header using a UNION ALL within the query..
declare @tab table (id varchar(10),name varchar(10),[key] varchar(10))
insert @tab select 'a1','temp','k1'
insert @tab select 'a2','temp','k1'
insert @tab select 'a3','temp','k1'
--your actual data
select * from @tab
--Output for text file
select 'H' as val,cast(getdate() as varchar) as date,NULL --Header row
UNION ALL
select 'id','name','key' --Column Names
UNION ALL
select * from @tab --Regular Column Data
(Note that you NEED NOT enable the display column names header checkbox in SSIS)
Thanks,
Jay
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Header in flat file destination (ssis)

Hi
I am creating a header in the flat file destination which has some hard coded values and record count which will get its value from a variable assisgned to a row count transformation in the package.
There is no problem in hard coded value but when i try to get the value of record count, i always get zero.
This is how i am doing it.
In the flat file destination, when we open flat file destination editor, i hard code the values which i want in the HEADER itself right there in the editor.
For the record count, i go properties of the flat file and select expression. In the expression editor, in property, i am selecting 'HeaderRowDelimiter' and drag that variable in the expression box.
Let me know if there is any suggestion.
Thanks

The value of the rowcount is only known AFTER the Data Flow Task is completely finished... and there header is writen before that.
Here are some examples:
http://agilebi.com/jwelch/2008/02/08/adding-headers-and-footers-to-flat-files/
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Search/en-US/sqlserver?query=add%20header%20and%20footer%20ssis&rq=meta:Search.MSForums.ForumID(00e50af7-5f43-43ad-af05-d98b73c1f760)+site:microsoft.com&rn=SQL+Server+Integration+Services+Forum
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Include heading in text file

Hi Experts,
I need your HELP to include headings START_DATE, NUM_LOGS,MBYES,RSIZE in my text file "redo_history.log" below.
05-3-2009,36, 3600,100
05-4-2009,191, 19100,100
05-5-2009,56, 5600,100
06-1-2009,220, 22000,100
06-2-2009,245, 24500,100
06-3-2009,217, 21700,100
My desired output text file (redo_history.log) should be on below:
START_DATE, NUM_LOGS,MBYES,RSIZE
05-3-2009,36, 3600,100
05-4-2009,191, 19100,100
05-5-2009,56, 5600,100
06-1-2009,220, 22000,100
06-2-2009,245, 24500,100
06-3-2009,217, 21700,100
Im executing the following script below to generate text file named redo_history.log:
select dump_csv('SELECT Start_Date,
Num_Logs,
to_char(Round(Num_Logs * (Vl.Bytes / (1024 * 1024)),2),''999999999'') AS Mbytes,
Vl.Bytes / (1024*1024) AS RSize
FROM (SELECT To_Char(Vlh.First_Time,''MM-W-YYYY'') AS Start_Date,
COUNT(Vlh.Thread#) Num_Logs
FROM V$log_History Vlh
WHERE Vlh.First_Time > current_date - interval ''30'' day
GROUP BY To_Char(Vlh.First_Time,''MM-W-YYYY'')) log_hist,
( select distinct bytes from V$log ) Vl
ORDER BY Log_Hist.Start_Date',',','EXT_TABLES','redo_history.log')
from dual;
Please find below dump_csv.sql:
CREATE OR REPLACE function dump_csv( p_query in varchar2,
p_separator in varchar2
default ',',
P_DIR in varchar2 ,
p_filename in varchar2 )
return number
AUTHID CURRENT_USER
is
l_output utl_file.file_type;
l_theCursor integer default dbms_sql.open_cursor;
l_columnValue varchar2(2000);
l_status integer;
l_colCnt number default 0;
l_separator varchar2(10) default '';
l_cnt number default 0;
begin
l_output := utl_file.fopen( P_DIR, p_filename, 'w' );
dbms_sql.parse( l_theCursor, p_query, dbms_sql.native );
for i in 1 .. 255 loop
begin
dbms_sql.define_column( l_theCursor, i,
l_columnValue, 2000 );
l_colCnt := i;
exception
when others then
if ( sqlcode = -1007 ) then exit;
else
raise;
end if;
end;
end loop;
dbms_sql.define_column( l_theCursor, 1, l_columnValue,
2000 );
l_status := dbms_sql.execute(l_theCursor);
loop
exit when ( dbms_sql.fetch_rows(l_theCursor) <= 0 );
l_separator := '';
for i in 1 .. l_colCnt loop
dbms_sql.column_value( l_theCursor, i,
l_columnValue );
utl_file.put( l_output, l_separator ||
l_columnValue );
l_separator := p_separator;
end loop;
utl_file.new_line( l_output );
l_cnt := l_cnt+1;
end loop;
dbms_sql.close_cursor(l_theCursor);
utl_file.fclose( l_output );
return l_cnt;
end dump_csv;
Thanks in advance for you HELP.
Regards,
Eddie

ow005731 wrote:
No, I am not asking how to know the column name.
I am questioning why go through all the hassles to determine the column names, while they are already known.
When the user prepares the query to pass on to dump_csv():
SELECT Start_Date,
Num_Logs,
to_char(Round(Num_Logs * (Vl.Bytes / (1024 * 1024)),2),''999999999'') AS Mbytes,
Vl.Bytes / (1024*1024) AS RSize
FROM ...
he obviously specifies/knows the column names. (It's not like he was doing select * ...)But what if he was doing select *? And why hard code column names for this query and then have to change them if the query changes when you can write it to be completely dynamic?
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE run_query(p_sql IN VARCHAR2
                                     ,p_dir IN VARCHAR2
                                     ,p_header_file IN VARCHAR2
                                     ,p_data_file IN VARCHAR2 := NULL) IS
v_finaltxt VARCHAR2(4000);
v_v_val     VARCHAR2(4000);
v_n_val     NUMBER;
v_d_val     DATE;
v_ret       NUMBER;
c           NUMBER;
d           NUMBER;
col_cnt     INTEGER;
f           BOOLEAN;
rec_tab     DBMS_SQL.DESC_TAB;
col_num     NUMBER;
v_fh        UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE;
v_samefile BOOLEAN := (NVL(p_data_file,p_header_file) = p_header_file);
BEGIN
c := DBMS_SQL.OPEN_CURSOR;
DBMS_SQL.PARSE(c, p_sql, DBMS_SQL.NATIVE);
d := DBMS_SQL.EXECUTE(c);
DBMS_SQL.DESCRIBE_COLUMNS(c, col_cnt, rec_tab);
FOR j in 1..col_cnt
LOOP
    CASE rec_tab(j).col_type
      WHEN 1 THEN DBMS_SQL.DEFINE_COLUMN(c,j,v_v_val,2000);
      WHEN 2 THEN DBMS_SQL.DEFINE_COLUMN(c,j,v_n_val);
      WHEN 12 THEN DBMS_SQL.DEFINE_COLUMN(c,j,v_d_val);
    ELSE
      DBMS_SQL.DEFINE_COLUMN(c,j,v_v_val,2000);
    END CASE;
END LOOP;
-- This part outputs the HEADER
v_fh := UTL_FILE.FOPEN(upper(p_dir),p_header_file,'w',32767);
FOR j in 1..col_cnt
LOOP
    v_finaltxt := ltrim(v_finaltxt||','||lower(rec_tab(j).col_name),',');
END LOOP;
-- DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_finaltxt);
UTL_FILE.PUT_LINE(v_fh, v_finaltxt);
IF NOT v_samefile THEN
    UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_fh);
END IF;
-- This part outputs the DATA
IF NOT v_samefile THEN
    v_fh := UTL_FILE.FOPEN(upper(p_dir),p_data_file,'w',32767);
END IF;
LOOP
    v_ret := DBMS_SQL.FETCH_ROWS(c);
    EXIT WHEN v_ret = 0;
    v_finaltxt := NULL;
    FOR j in 1..col_cnt
    LOOP
      CASE rec_tab(j).col_type
        WHEN 1 THEN DBMS_SQL.COLUMN_VALUE(c,j,v_v_val);
                    v_finaltxt := ltrim(v_finaltxt||',"'||v_v_val||'"',',');
        WHEN 2 THEN DBMS_SQL.COLUMN_VALUE(c,j,v_n_val);
                    v_finaltxt := ltrim(v_finaltxt||','||v_n_val,',');
        WHEN 12 THEN DBMS_SQL.COLUMN_VALUE(c,j,v_d_val);
                    v_finaltxt := ltrim(v_finaltxt||','||to_char(v_d_val,'DD/MM/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'),',');
      ELSE
        v_finaltxt := ltrim(v_finaltxt||',"'||v_v_val||'"',',');
      END CASE;
    END LOOP;
-- DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_finaltxt);
    UTL_FILE.PUT_LINE(v_fh, v_finaltxt);
END LOOP;
UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_fh);
DBMS_SQL.CLOSE_CURSOR(c);
END;This allows for the header row and the data to be written to seperate files if required.
e.g.
SQL> exec run_query('select * from emp','TEST_DIR','output.txt');
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.Output.txt file contains:
empno,ename,job,mgr,hiredate,sal,comm,deptno
7369,"SMITH","CLERK",7902,17/12/1980 00:00:00,800,,20
7499,"ALLEN","SALESMAN",7698,20/02/1981 00:00:00,1600,300,30
7521,"WARD","SALESMAN",7698,22/02/1981 00:00:00,1250,500,30
7566,"JONES","MANAGER",7839,02/04/1981 00:00:00,2975,,20
7654,"MARTIN","SALESMAN",7698,28/09/1981 00:00:00,1250,1400,30
7698,"BLAKE","MANAGER",7839,01/05/1981 00:00:00,2850,,30
7782,"CLARK","MANAGER",7839,09/06/1981 00:00:00,2450,,10
7788,"SCOTT","ANALYST",7566,19/04/1987 00:00:00,3000,,20
7839,"KING","PRESIDENT",,17/11/1981 00:00:00,5000,,10
7844,"TURNER","SALESMAN",7698,08/09/1981 00:00:00,1500,0,30
7876,"ADAMS","CLERK",7788,23/05/1987 00:00:00,1100,,20
7900,"JAMES","CLERK",7698,03/12/1981 00:00:00,950,,30
7902,"FORD","ANALYST",7566,03/12/1981 00:00:00,3000,,20
7934,"MILLER","CLERK",7782,23/01/1982 00:00:00,1300,,10

Header in text file.

Hi expert,
wn i m downloading a text file into presentation server , hw can i add header there for heading of the particular fieds which is showing in file.plz suggest.
thanx and regards...
sunil.

hello,
you can try doing as mentioned above
however, in some cases, the datatype of the internal table may not allow you to entire the text header string that you need
in such cases you can use this method
what i have done here, is to make a simple internal table with text values to insert the text
i used that table with the FM first
then i called the function module again and passed the data
in the second call, i set the append parameter to 'X'.
types: begin of header_type,
field1(20),
field2(20),
field3(20),
end of header_type.
data: it_header type header_type occurs 0 with header line.
it_header-field1 = 'field_1'.
it_header-field2 = 'field_2'.
it_header-field3 = 'field_3'.
append it_header.
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
EXPORTING
    filename              = 'c:\test_xls.xls'
    filetype              = 'ASC'
    write_field_separator = 'X'
    DAT_MODE              = 'X'
    TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS = 'X'
TABLES
    data_tab              = it_header.
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
EXPORTING
    filename              = 'c:\test_xls.xls'
    filetype              = 'ASC'
    append                = 'X'
    write_field_separator = 'X'
    DAT_MODE              = 'X'
    TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS = 'X'
TABLES
    data_tab              = itab.

Create SSIS Import parsing based on text file...

I have a text file listing 500 field names and their lengths. (In a few months we will begin receiving monthly data files matching that schema). I can create an SSIS 2008 project and manually parse the columns (inside SSIS) to match that
schema but I wonder if there is an easier way to do what I want (e.g. if I created a table using t-sql commands could SSIS somehow "pickup" the SSIS parsing from the table schema?)
TIA,
edm2

Not exactly. What I was hoping for is that instead of pointing SSIS to the data file and manually parsing all the fields that I could create an (empty) table with the right schema and have SSIS use that table schema to define how it should
parse the input data. (Kind of backwards from the usual approach.)
edm2
Sorry you cant parse text file for metadata like that as metadata has to fixed in SSIS
However one way you can implement this is as follows
1. Create your table with required schema
2. In SSIS have a data flow task with flat file source which points to your file. Choose only a row delimiter and no column delimiter
3. Put a oledb destination and point to staging table with an identity column
4. Put a Execute SQL Task with query as below
SELECT CASE WHEN (SELECT Column FROM Staging WHERE IDCol=1) = STUFF((SELECT ',' + COLUMN_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'Your schema table name'
AND TABLE_SCHEMA = 'dbo'
FOR XML PATH('')),1,1,'')
THEN 0
ELSE 1
END AS SchemaDiff
FROM (SELECT 1)t
Then map SchemaDiff column in the resultset to a boolean variable created in ssis. Also make sure you set resultset option to single row
Then you can use this boolean variable to check if schema is same. If False means no difference in schema else there's difference.
just a caution thar this will only compare column details without comparing their datatypes,lengths etc
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How do i create an ssis package that transforms data from a text file?

I have a text file with data that in the following format; i want this data in columns with the appropriate heading. Any ideas??
Name – Tony
Married – 2 children (Girl:3, Boy:1)
AddressLine1: 10 Sunnhill Ave
AddressLine2: Streatham
AddressLine3: London
PostCode: SW18 7NN
Name – Sarah
Married – 2 children (Girl:3, Boy:1)
AddressLine1: 10 High St
AddressLine2: Streatham
AddressLine3: London
PostCode: TW18 7NN
Name – Tom
Married – 2 children (Girl:3, Boy:1)
AddressLine1: 10 Bridge Ave
AddressLine2: Hammersmith
AddressLine3: London
PostCode: TF20 8HN
sukai

I don't see how you're going to pivot that using SSIS. I happen to know VBA pretty well, and I'll give you this Macro, which should do what you want.
Sub CombineRows()
lastRow = Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
'set rowcount to row where you want 1st entry
RowCount = 1
NewRow = RowCount
Start = False
Do While RowCount <= lastRow
If Start = False Then
If Range("A" & RowCount) <> "" Then
Start = True
StartRow = RowCount
End If
Else
If Range("A" & (RowCount + 1)) = "" Then
ColCount = 1
For MoveRow = StartRow To RowCount
Cells(NewRow, ColCount) = Cells(MoveRow, "A")
ColCount = ColCount + 1
Next MoveRow
NewRow = NewRow + 1
Start = False
End If
End If
RowCount = RowCount + 1
Loop
Rows(NewRow & ":" & lastRow).Delete
End Sub
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How to add header and fooder in text file

Hi,
i have created simple application for generate report from database into text file.
But i need to add header and fooder in text file. I dont know is there any API for adding these.
Can anyone help me to create header and fooder in text file.
the below text are needs to be print in the header
name of the table :
Recorder type :
file creation time:
the below text are needs to be print in the footer
Recorder Number:
Record Type;
the actual code is
                       pst = con.prepareStatement("select REQUEST, DOMAIN_NAME, TRUNC(DATE_OF_CONFIGURATION) AS dateofConfig FROM employee where id=300");
                           rs = pst.executeQuery();
                        while (rs.next()) {
                             request = rs.getString("REQUEST");
                                domain_name = rs.getString("DOMAIN_NAME");
                                dateofconfig = rs.getString("dateofConfig");
                                System.out.println(request + " " + domain_name + " " + dateofconfig);
                               data.add(request + " " + domain_name + " " + dateofconfig);
                        System.out.println("before calling method");
                        writeToFile(data, "c:/Employee.txt");
                        System.out.println("file created successfull");
                        rs.close();
                        pst.close();
       private static void writeToFile(List list, String path) {
                BufferedWriter out = null;
                try {
                        File file = new File(path);
                        out = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file, true));
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                            String s= obj.toString();
                             out.write(s);
                                out.newLine();
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Edited by: user13836688 on Mar 21, 2011 4:06 AM
Edited by: user13836688 on Mar 21, 2011 4:07 AM
Edited by: user13836688 on Mar 21, 2011 4:08 AM

user13836688 wrote:
i have created simple application for generate report from database into text file.First off, when posting code, use [code]...[/code]. or '' tags, not '<code>'.
But i need to add header and fooder in text file. I dont know is there any API for adding these.
Can anyone help me to create header and fooder in text file.Well you plainly have the code to write the file contents; and furthermore your report seems to be contained in a List called 'data'. Why not just add the header and footer lines to it? I'd also suggest making 'data' a LinkedList. That way you can add the header afterwards with no performance hit, just in case the information it contains isn't available at the start of your report loop.
Winston

SSIS none text qualifier results in text file containing "_x003C_none_x003E"

There is a bug in SSIS when exporting data from SQL to a comma delimited text file where you specified no text qualifier.
This bug apparently only occurs when you develop the SSIS on a x64 win7 PC and copy the .dtsx file (windows explorer copy/paste) to network path of a x86 SQL server and schedule the job to run from SQL Agent on the same x86 SQL server.
When the SSIS runs, the text file is written out containing text qualifier = "“_x003C_none_x003E".
If you look at "
_x003C_none_x003E", it actually means <none>. x003C = "<" and x003E = ">".
If you go into the SSIS package, double-click in the connection manager section to open the flat file connection manager editor and try to clear the text qualifier removing the <none>,
the <none> value get added back in.
The only work-around is to NOT open the
flat file connection manager editor, but instead make the change using the property window and clear out any value in the TextQualifier field.
Other similar problems occur when you actually want to put a real value in the text qualifier. For explain if you select the double-quote as the text qualifier and copy to a
x86 server and run, you end up with a text file containing the value "
_x0022" around each field instead of a double quote.
In my mind this is a serious bug, I did some research and other people have been having this same issue.
FYI, the SQL server is currently SQL2008 with SP2. I will try to get it updated to SP3/4 this weekend to see that will help.
FYI2, when I am developing the SSIS using VS2008 and my local test/run is done through visual studio on my Dev PC (x64). Everything works fine this way. I do not have a instance of SQL on my machine so I did not test it running from SQL Agent
on my PC.

Todd,
Sorry to revive an older post, but we are currently running into this problem...again, but this is happening on SQL Server 2008 R2 SSIS servers and the corresponding developer machines.
Everything that I'm finding in forums and blogs pretty much points that this is an issue with build mismatches (i.e. one system not being caught up to the server while others are), but I have yet to find anything that really outlines how to properly rectify
the situation and prevent it from happening going forward.
Currently all but our production server (from a server perspective) are exactly the same version numbers (same CU applied).
I can't really speak to all of the developer boxes, but mine matches all but the production server (production is showing a lower number than the expected 10.50.2500.0).
As shown below, what is really odd is the second entry and last entry. Second entry is showing SP1 as the generic identifier, but yet shows Build 7600.
The bottom one shows RTM in the generic identifier, but yet shows Build 7601 Service Pack 1, and the version number isn't the expected 10.50.2500.0.
SQL Server Version
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (SP1) - 10.50.2500.0 (X64)   Jun 17 2011 00:54:03     Standard Edition (64-bit)
on Windows NT 6.1 <X64> (Build 7601: Service Pack 1) (Hypervisor)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (SP1) - 10.50.2500.0 (X64)   Jun 17 2011 00:54:03     Standard Edition (64-bit)
on Windows NT 6.1 <X64> (Build 7600: ) (Hypervisor)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (SP1) - 10.50.2500.0 (X64)   Jun 17 2011 00:54:03     Standard Edition (64-bit)
on Windows NT 6.1 <X64> (Build 7601: Service Pack 1) (Hypervisor)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (RTM) - 10.50.1617.0 (X64)   Apr 22 2011 19:23:43     Standard Edition (64-bit)
on Windows NT 6.1 <X64> (Build 7601: Service Pack 1) (Hypervisor)

How can I add a header to a text file without mapping? [Using only ID]

Hi Experts,
I am doing a scenario in which I want to add a dynamic header to a text file, due to the complications related to the structure, I dont want to create a message type, data type etc so I cant use mapping.
I want to do all the manipuations in Integration Directory itself.
Can you all please help me out in this?
Thanks in advance
Thomas

Hi Experts,
I am new to XI, so only elaborate answers would help me
This is the specific requirement i want;
There is a 'source text file' which is a collection of 1000+ records, I want to make a 'target file' which is a combination of 2 fields, one field will be the dynamically generated name [for the target file] and the other field will be the whole 'source file' content.
From the last response for my question, I understand the dynamic file generation part can be done using java mapping.
Is there anyway by which I can get in the whole content of the source file into a field in the target file?
Thanks in Advance
Thomas

SSIS best practice on importing External text files

Hi -
I am a fairly seasoned SSIS/ETL developer and I am struggling with the best architecure on how to import vendor files into a shared database. I see there being 2 methods with in importing files, and I'm really wanting input from senior
level SSIS developers on their thoughts of importing vendor files, I see there being 2 methods:
- Set up the ETL to match the format of the file, and if the format is invalid, the entire ETL is unable to process the file, various error handling will be set up to log that the file import failed, but at this point, the ETL can no longer continue
- Set up the ETL to just take a text file, NOT looking at the format within the file, bring all of the data into ONE column, and then parse through the data, using the given file delimter and log any issues at that point
I have done both methods and I think there are advantages and disadvantages to both. Hopefully I explained that well enough. Can anyone give me their thoughts, suggestions, experience, etc. on these 2 approaches of importing a file? Any input
is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Jenna G

It depends on how much control you've on the source end. If you can ,best thing always would be to prefix the metadata and create your package based on that. Any violation should be flagged as an error and reported back for correction with row/column details
etc.
If you've no way to fix the source, then only go for single column approach. But this can still prove to be a nightmare if the source format keeps on changing. Giving that flexibility to users can prove to be costly sometimes and you may have to spend quite
a bit of time trying to fix inconsistencies in the source.
So in my opinion best would be the former approach. Only thing is the format (matadata) has to be fixed only after sufficient discussions with all involved and exception handling also has to be agreed upon.
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Looping Multiple Text files in SSIS

Hi,
I have a requirement in which i have 100 text files having one row each in it. Now i need to load Each row of data into a SQL table using SSIS and i dont want to stop the package even though it fails for any reason ( like inapporiate Data something like
that ). How can i configure the SSIS package with error handling.. Please guide me on this..!
Thanking you in advance..!
Balaji - BI Developer

If you have pre-2014 SSIS, you have to loop through all the files in a folder.
http://www.sqlis.com/sqlis/post/Looping-over-files-with-the-Foreach-Loop.aspx
http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2874/loop-through-flat-files-in-sql-server-integration-services/
Now, in 2014, you can do this same thing, and do it even easier than what's mentioned in the links above.
http://www.dotnetfunda.com/articles/show/1196/looping-through-all-the-files-in-a-folder-and-loading-data-to-sql-ssis
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Is it possible to import a Fixed Text file that does not have a header?

I'm trying to import a Fixed Text file through Import Manager, but the text file I am receiving does not have a header on it (the first row is valid data). When I try importing this, Import Manager uses the first row of data as the headings. Is there any way to turn this off and tell Import Manager there is no header data in the file?
Thanks!

Hi Ryan ,ur requirement can be met only when u import the file as ODBC .for this follow the below steps.
1)Go to control panel,in ur settings,select administrative tools
2) In that select DATA SOURCE(ODBC ).
3)Go to SYSTEM DSN tab select tab .
4)Select ur file type MICROSOFT TEST DRIVER (.txt,.csv)
5)Double click on "Import DSN" and in the blank give the name of DATA SOURCE NAME any name u want to give.
6)Uncheck the use current directory box and select the directory ur file is it will automatically show ur source file select it and click ok.
7) Now when u import ur file as ODBC give the name of ur DATA source name which u have given and it will show ur file in the source preview itself .
In this way u can import ur file as ODBC.
Hope this may help u.
Regards
Ankit

Add header line to the text file in receiver file adapter

Hello Experts,
I have to add a new line to the text file generated at the receiver end.
My structure is
Record
   Item......0-unbounded
         field1
         field2
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I have defined below parameters in receiver FCC.
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Record.fieldSeparator : nl
Record.endSeparator : '0x0D''0x0A' ( this is to get a carriage return at the end of the file)
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Please help.
Thanks,
Swetha.

Hi, it looks like that the headerline "specification is only permitted if exactly one structure is defined." Please check [SAP help under Define Parameters for Recordset Structures|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/44/686e687f2a6d12e10000000a1553f6/frameset.htm].
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