Problem converting flat file to XML using JMS Adapter

I need to take an MQSeries message in a flat file format and convert it to XML before processing. I have configured the modules as described by the screenshot located here:
http://www.radesix.com/JMSConfig.jpg
The message is received however it isn't converting to XML. When I view the payload I get the message indicated by the screenshot located here:
http://www.radesix.com/JMSError.jpg
I am new to XI. Any ideas?

For simple plain conversion here is a config, which works in our system:
(left parameter key, right parameter value, module key always the same)
Transform.Class com.sap.aii.messaging.adapter.Conversion
TransformContentType text/xml;charset=utf-8
xml.conversionType SimplePlain2XML
xml.addHeaderLine 0
xml.processFieldNames fromConfiguration
xml.documentName SA02_Identnummer
xml.documentNamespace urn:mycompany-com:logistics:DFT:HWL
xml.structureTitle SA02_Identnummer_Satz
xml.fieldNames Satzart,Identnummer,Status
xml.fieldFixedLengths 2,10,3
Be aware, that you must delete all spaces in the config, especially when you copy and paste values.
For struct. conversion the entries are a little bit more complex.
Regards
Stefan

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Hello,
       Good Morning. I want an urgent program to convert a flat file seperated by '/' to an XML file format and store that in the the application server. If any one has done such a developement, could you please send me the code.
The flat file format is as below :
72/070414/114147/11973//100-//EA/00000000///04198//RRT0/RC23///////353825001511172/72/070414/123620/11973//1000//EA/00000000///04198//RRT0/RC23///////354762008125236/72/070414/125411/13814//1000//EA/00000000///04198//INV/ID06///////90000000002697/72/070414/140820/11973//1000//EA/00000000///04198//RRT0/RC23///////353057002479718/72/070414/145438/13814//1000//EA/00000000///04198//INV/ID06///////90000000002739/72/070414/145438/11973//1000-//EA/00000000///04198//INV/ID06///////353057002479718/72/070414/150008/13814//1000
It needs to be filtered by removing the '/' and also grouped based on two fields namely store number and transaction number. The sample XML output required is as below :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<MT_POLL07 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../MT_POLL07.xsd">
<MessageHeader>
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<Transaction>
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      <TRANSACTION>20070414001559</TRANSACTION>
      <STORE_NO>09100</STORE_NO>
      <BOFTTP>72</BOFTTP>
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      <BOFTTM>114147</BOFTTM>
      <BOFSKU>11973</BOFSKU>
      <BOFUPC></BOFUPC>
      <BOFQTY>100</BOFQTY>
      <BOFQTN>-</BOFQTN>
      <BOFCST>0</BOFCST>
      <BOFCSN>+</BOFCSN>
      <BOFUM>EA</BOFUM>
      <BOFHRF>00000000</BOFHRF>
      <BOFSRF></BOFSRF>
      <BOFVND></BOFVND>
      <BOFLOC>04198</BOFLOC>
      <BOFEQT></BOFEQT>
      <BOFEQN>+</BOFEQN>
      <BOFRTP>RRT0</BOFRTP>
      <BOFREA>RC23</BOFREA>
      <BOFCID></BOFCID>
      <BOFAUT></BOFAUT>
      <BOFCUR></BOFCUR>
      <BOFPTP></BOFPTP>
      <BOFUPT></BOFUPT>
      <BOFUMR></BOFUMR>
      <BOFSRN>353825001511172</BOFSRN>
      <GMNUMBER>1</GMNUMBER>
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      <BOFTTM>123620</BOFTTM>
      <BOFSKU>11973</BOFSKU>
      <BOFUPC></BOFUPC>
      <BOFQTY>1000</BOFQTY>
      <BOFQTN>+</BOFQTN>
      <BOFCST>0</BOFCST>
      <BOFCSN>+</BOFCSN>
      <BOFUM>EA</BOFUM>
      <BOFHRF>00000000</BOFHRF>
      <BOFSRF></BOFSRF>
      <BOFVND></BOFVND>
      <BOFLOC>04198</BOFLOC>
      <BOFEQT></BOFEQT>
      <BOFEQN>+</BOFEQN>
      <BOFRTP>RRT0</BOFRTP>
      <BOFREA>RC23</BOFREA>
      <BOFCID></BOFCID>
      <BOFAUT></BOFAUT>
      <BOFCUR></BOFCUR>
      <BOFPTP></BOFPTP>
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      <BOFSRN>354762008125236</BOFSRN>
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</Transaction>
</MT_POLL07>
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i just want to read flat file and convert it into xml but there are some problem ,it throws a ArrayIndexOutOfBoundException.Here is code.
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import java.util.*;
class FlatXMLBudget {
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     /*if (args.length < 2) {
        out = System.out;
      else {*/
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import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
class BudgetData
public static List parse(InputStream src) throws IOException
         // The document as published by the OMB is encoded in Latin-1
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             records.add(splitLine(lineItem));
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// the field names in order
public final static String[] keys = {
    "AgencyCode",
    "AgencyName",
    "BureauCode",
    "BureauName",
    "AccountCode",
    "AccountName",
    "TreasuryAgencyCode",
    "SubfunctionCode",
    "SubfunctionTitle",
    "BEACategory",
    "On-Off-BudgetIndicator",
    "FY1976", "TransitionQuarter", "FY1977", "FY1978", "FY1979",
    "FY1980", "FY1981", "FY1982", "FY1983", "FY1984", "FY1985",
    "FY1986", "FY1987", "FY1988", "FY1989", "FY1990", "FY1991",
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[output/error]
java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 71
at java.lang.String.charAt(String.java:444)
at BudgetData.splitLine(BudgetData.java:55)
at BudgetData.parse(BudgetData.java:16)
at FlatXMLBudget.main(FlatXMLBudget.java:79)
Exception in thread "main"
[output/error]
Can any one help me about this problem.

Off-by-one error.
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Hello Dheeraj,
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I need to write a interface program in the R/3 to pull the flat file data from the unix application server and do some manipulation and place back into the unix application server in XML format, From the unix box XML file taken by the XI server.
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please download tool from this link:
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how to use:
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Error in Flat File to XML conversion

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RecordSet Namespace: urn:corptech.qld.gov.au:sss_std_offering:gl
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GL_FileUpload_SAPECC_Header_DT1.fieldSeparator: ,
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> ...Exception: ERROR converting document line no. 2 according to
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> ERROR in configuration: more elements in file csv structure than
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constants for the substructures. In this case, you must specify a key
field and the field name must occur in all substructures.
How about using different constants for header and item if possible?
Good luck.

Flat file into XML

Hi,
I have a requriment like source will be sending IDoc DELVRY03 in form of flatfile(fixed length).So i have to convert to XML so that PI can do transformation.I cant do file content conversion.Target is also IDoc DELVRY03.
Kinldy suggest me how to convery flat file into XML.
Regards,
Anitha M
Edited by: Anitha m on Aug 3, 2010 10:07 AM

Hi Anitha,
You should use File content conversion to convert flat file into XML file.
Please check the below link, which help you to know how to do it.
http://saptechnical .com/Tutorials/XI/Contentconversion/page2.htm
Please check the weblink given below for converting the file content:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm40/helpdata/en/2c/181077dd7d6b4ea6a8029b20bf7e55/content.htm
Thanks,

Flat File to XML mapping Problem

I am facing some issues in mapping from flat file to XML. I have not reached to the stage of actually executing the scenario and the problem has not advanced beyond mapping tests.
Following are structures of inbound flat file (as specified in content conversion parameters of sender adapter)
Document Name          MMADealerStatementInbound_MT
Recordset Name          MMADealerStmtInbound_Type
Recordset Structure 
BatchHeader,1,DealerHeader1,,DealerHeader2,,DealerDetail,,DealerAgeing,,Trailer,1
Recordset Sequence           Ascending
Key Field Name          RecordType
Key Field Type               String (Case Sensitive)
Following are structures of Outbound XML file needed
All DealerDetail nodes are lumped together in first DealerStmt nodes. They need to be distributed across many DealerStmt nodes.
Company          CompanyName                    25
Company          CompanyAddress          StreetAddress     Company Street Address     50
Company          CompanyAddress          City     Company City     40
Company          CompanyAddress          State     Company State     3
Company          CompanyAddress          ZIP     Company ZIP     10
Company          CompanyAddress          Country     Company Country     3
Company          RunParams          RunDate     Statement Run date     8
Company          RunParams          StmtPeriod     Statement Period     20
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerNumber                    10
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerName                    35
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerAddress          StreetAddress     Dealer Street Address     50
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerAddress          City     Dealer City     40
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerAddress          State     Dealer State     3
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerAddress          ZIP     Dealer ZIP     10
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerAddress          Region     Dealer Region     4
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerRemitToAddress          CompanyName     Company Name     50
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerRemitToAddress          StreetAddress1     Street Address 1     50
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerRemitToAddress          StreetAddress2     Street Address 2     50
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerRemitToAddress          StreetAddress3     Street Address 3     50
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerDetail     0-unbounded     DocDate     Document Date     8
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerDetail     0-unbounded     InvoiceNumber     Invoice Number     10
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerDetail     0-unbounded     TransDescription     Transaction Description     50
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerDetail     0-unbounded     TransAmount     Transaction Amount     16
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerDetail     0-unbounded     AmountSign     Amount Sign     1
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerAgeing          CurrentBal     Current Balance     15
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerAgeing          Bal1to31days     Balance 1 to 31 Days     15
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerAgeing          BalOver31     Over 31 days Old     15
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerAgeing          BalOver61     Over 61 days Old     15
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerAgeing          BalOver92     Over 92 days Old     15
DealerStmt     0-unbounded     DealerAgeing          BalOver123     Over 123 days Old     15
Trailer          DealersCount                    5
Trailer          TransCount                    10
Trailer          TotalAmount                    20
Here is the mapping I used for this node.
/ns0:MMADealerStatementOutbound_MT/MMADealerStmtOutbound_Type/DealerStmt/DealerDetail=ifWithoutElse(stringEquals(/ns0:MMADealerStatementInbound_MT/MMADealerStmtInbound_Type/DealerDetail/RecordType=, const()), SplitByValue(/ns0:MMADealerStatementInbound_MT/MMADealerStmtInbound_Type/DealerDetail=))
My email address is [email protected] and i can send some screen shots to understand better.
I need help of XI mapping Gurus.
Thanks
Rajesh

HI,
Possible mention the source Message/Data Type and Target Data Type and Mapping Rules reuired. Then I think it may be useful to give some hints.
btw , What is the error in Mapping ?
Regards,
Moorthy

Classes for converting a flat file to XML

I've been asked to convert text in a flat file to an XML document. The XML document must conform to an XML schema. Currenlty, there is no requirement to store the resulting xml in the database.
Therefore my approach will be:
1. parse the flat file and store the contents in an array (the flat file and target xml is fairly simple in structure)
2. Transfer the contents of the array to the xml structure
3. validate the xml against the schema
I'm new to Java. Therefore, what classes should I be using to assist in step 2. Obvoiusly, I dont want to have to write my own implementation from scratch (i.e. a method to build an element, method to escape reserved characters etc).
Could you please suggest classes that cover both DOM and SAX API's.
I'm working with a 9.2.0.4 database and XDK.
Thanks

The Stylus Studio may be used to convert text file to XML.
http://www.stylusstudio.com/text_file_to_xml.html
Another reference:
http://www.devx.com/getHelpOn/10MinuteSolution/20356

How o place Flat file Using JMS Adapter.

Hi Frnds,
I have one scenario ,
Sender side i am having IDOC, i want convet the IDOC into Flat file. But my receiver side i have to use only JMS Adapter,
Flat file i have to place in FTP Server using JMS Adapter.
Can ne share your thoughts..
Regards,
raj

Raj,
The below Link will help
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/50061bd9-e56e-2910-3495-c5faa652b710
Surya,
Welcome Back to SDN.
Regards
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