Mainframe report text file question

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Is it possible to use wm EDI to parse a mainframe style 32 column text file report?

There is a header 2 different types of detail lines from which we need to extract data.

Our current system uses a tool called Monarch (www.datawatch.com) to parse the file, but we would like remove this step from the process.

Thanks,
Art Kayne

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Art,

You could use the wm EDI package but you may be better off using the WmFlatFile package. You would need to create a flat file schema that describes your input file and use the appropriate services to massage the data.

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Hi,

I am trying to parse the mainframe punch file which is of fixed length of 400 characters. I have created the flatfile Dictionary and schema. I am using the schema to parse the flatfile which contains the multiple records each of length 400 characters. while parseing using the Test tab on the Flatfile Editor from the developer, I am able to get only the first record parsed successfully. All the remaining records are not parsed and I get the “recordWithNoID” for the number of records in the flatfile.

Could you please tell me how can I solve this problem.

Thanks