How i can implement the desired format in ODI ??

Question

Hi
i want to export data from table to file
but in file i have specific format like
Account Number :A123456
Cutomer 1
Customer 2
Customer 3
Account Number : B999999
Cutomer 4
Customer 5
Customer N
How i can implement this
plz suggest me possible solutions for this
thanks

Answer 1

Hi,
I have done this before by using three files. The first file contains the header row - in your case, I would create a variable which selects the account number via rownum for example (you could add another variable so you could increment the rownum until exhausted). Then in the first ODISqlUnload
select 'Account Number :'||#variable.account_number
from table.
This creates you header row in a file
Then, in a second ODISqlUnload, select the 'Customer' data for the account number into another file
select customer_details
from table
where account_number = #variable.account_number.
So you end up with a list :
Customer 1
Customer 2
etc etc
Then using an ODIFileAppend, append the two files created above in the final output file. Then loop round in a package for all your account numbers, using the two temp files, then append to the final output.
Your final output file, then looks like:
Account Number :A123456
Customer 1
Customer 2
Customer 3
Account Number : B999999
Customer 4
Customer 5