Regarding Flatfile extraction

Question

Hi ,can any one tell how to remove escape or extra characteristics  when uploading flat file data  to BW .
for example .
Attn: Alvin Joseph.
When RFG MM are created please default the BATCH status of the following Material groups as follows.  Please note that SEMI-FGs should remain as-is (non-batch).
BATCH      MATL GRP        DESCRIPTION
Y               RFG001000         NRE
Y               RFG002000         MPW
Y               RFG004000         WAFER
Y               RFG005000         DIE
Y               RFG006000         PROBE
Y               RFG007000         FINAL TEST
N               RFG001000         NRE
N               RFG004000         MASK
N               RFG008000         DESIGN SERVICES
when uploading above data  the data will come for 60 chars as one line & other data  like
BATCH      MATL GRP        DESCRIPTION
will go to some other records ,so is there any solution for this .
like should we write any routine  ? if so give me the code.
regards,
prash

Answer 1

I don't think that Eugene's blog will help you a lot here. But you're right, you need to write some code. In your case it could be the easiest way to delete the wrong lines. The coding in the start routine of the transfer rules could look like:
DELETE datapak WHERE batch <> 'N' AND batch <> 'Y'.
if your first field in the transfer structure is called batch. You could also add additional lines if you want to make sure that you don't add any records accidentally because an extra line starts with 'N' or 'Y'.
Best regards
Dirk