Numbering nodes when loading hierarchy from a flat file.

Hi All,
I want to load a hierarchy from a flat file. When we number the nodes, do they have to be in a sequence or can I give them any number I want? I want to make the GL account number as the node number since it makes it easy to generate the node number that way. The way I see it, the important thing is the parent node number; so this approach should be fine. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Thanks,
Uday

Hi Uday,
   You need to have a running sequence numbers for Node Id field in the flat file. The file structure is as
NODEID IOBJNM      NODENAME TLEVEL LINK PARENTID
00000001 0GLACC     GL233344             00000001
00000002 0GLACC     GL435556             00000001
00000003 0GLACC     GL545666             00000001
00000004 0costcenter cc433232            00000002
00000005 0costcenter cc433233            00000002
00000006 0costcenter CC555551            00000003
The Parentid will calculated by the system automatically.
when you prepare you file csv please ensure that you have 8 characters for the Node ID " 00000003" other wise you will get error.
And if you want to add GL Account number to your hierarchy then you need to add GL A/c Number as external characteristics in hierarchy and add it to your flat file .
Hope it helps.
Cheers,
Balaji

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