Reoccurring Nodes with IDOC to Flat File

Hi there
I am trying to create a comma seperated file from idoc to flat file with FCC.
My structure looks like this:
StructureNode - (1TO1)
--SubNode1 - (1TO1)
Element1
--Subnode2 - (1ToMany)
ElementA
ElementB
ElementC
ElementD
My FCC is as follows:
Recordset Structure = StructureNode
StructureNode.fieldNames = SubNode1, SubNode2
StructureNode.fieldSeparator = ,
SubNode1.fieldSeparator = ,
SubNode2.fieldSeparator = ,
My problem is the flafile only has the ElementA for each occurence.
Ex. if my sample source file looks like this:
<StructureNode>
<SubNode1>
<Element1>Test</Element1>
</SubNode1>
<Subnode2>
<ElementA>A001
<ElementB>B002
<ElementC>C003
<ElementD>D004
</Subnode2>
<Subnode2>
<ElementA>A005
<ElementB>B006
<ElementC>C007
<ElementD>D008
</Subnode2>
<Subnode2>
<ElementA>A009
<ElementB>B010
<ElementC>C011
<ElementD>D012
</Subnode2>
</StructureNode>
My output will look like this:
Test,A001,A005,A009
Its missing B, C and D?
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Regards,
Jan

Your content conversion should look like
Recordset Structure = SubNode1,Subnode2
SubNode1.fieldSeparator = ,
SubNode2.fieldSeparator = ,
As this is receiver content conversion, no need to mention fieldNames.
Also deault endSeparator is newline. If it is anything else, mention it explicitly

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