Creating a flat file structure in webMethods.io Integration takes hours? Is there a way to quickly generate a flatfile schema? Give an example of this

[kranshi123 (kranthi k)]

Dave,

Creating a flat file structure in webmethod io integration takes hours?

Is there a way to quickly generate a flatfile schema?

Give an example of this.

[kranshi123 (kranthi k)]

Hello , could you please update on about flatfile?

[Dave_Pemberton]

You can create from a sample file if you have one already - this quickly accelerates the schema creation.

Also, if it’s something not too complex like a CSV, you can even avoid just creating the schema, and use the FlatFile services inside the FlowService directly without creating a schema, which is honestly a path I do take quite often .

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I’ve raised some Features to improve the usability of the FlatFile connector, but I can’t give dates yet on when these will be available - there are some other higher prio features we have to get completed first.

[reamon]

@Dave_Pemberton

the FlatFile services i

Does this one escape delimiters that appear in the data the way WmFlatFile does? Cool if it does.

[Dave_Pemberton]

You can provide a text qualifier, so it will wrap that around strings. If you have the qualifier character inside that string it does do the escaping - it’s really just WmFlatFile anyway, just presented slightly differently