Segment count in EDIFACT ORDERS

Question

Hi,
Can anyone advise which function to use to calculate the number of segment in the message trailer (EDIFACT D98A ORDERS UNT/0074)?
Regards,
Scott.

Answer 1

I had to do a two activities to get the count:
(1) Create a variable contains the list of element containing the name "Segment"
<xsl:template match="/">
<tns:SegmentList>
<xsl:for-each select="//*[position() &lt;= 99]">
<xsl:if test="contains(name(), 'Segment')">
<tns:SegmentName>
<xsl:value-of select="name()"/>
</tns:SegmentName>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</tns:SegmentList>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
(2) Use an assign activity to perform the countNodes
<assign name="Assign_SegmentCount">
<copy>
<from expression="ora:countNodes('Variable_segmentList','/ns3:SegmentList/ns3:SegmentName')"/>
<to variable="SendPurchaseOrder_send_InputVariable" part="body"
query="/ns4:Transaction-ORDERS/ns4:Segment-UNT/ns4:Element-0074"/>
</copy>
</assign>
Cheers,
Scott.