WebMethods Flat File Schema

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How does one parse multiple “documents” using the Flat File functionality in webMethods 6?

For instance, I have created a Flat File Schema/Dictionary to parse the following flat file

Header,ABC Chemicals,01/01/2003
Line,1,Item 1,200,200
Line,2,Item 2,200,200
Line,2,Item 3,200,200

How do I modify this to parse repeat structures? something like and generate seperate “Documents”?

Header,ABC Chemicals,01/01/2003
Line,1,Item 1,200,200
Line,2,Item 2,200,200
Line,2,Item 3,200,200
Header,ABC Chemicals,01/01/2003
Line,1,Item 1,200,200
Line,2,Item 2,200,200
Line,2,Item 3,200,200

Thanks

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I’m struggling to bend the flat file adapter to my will myself…

Perhaps creating a record including a subrecord could do the trick for you? I mean, a Header record which includes a Line record, using your example. I haven’t tried this myself, but I know it is possible to add records instead of fields to a given record when making the schema. Please tell how it goes.

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Thanks for the tip. That indeed did the trick. I now have the LINE record as a child to the HEADER record. The convertToValues does the job of providing an array of HEADER records which can be looped to get individual Orders.

Basically, I am doing this excercise to understand the overall migration process of an integration based on webMethods Enterprise+Enterprise IO Adapter to webMethods 6. (BTW, is there any tools/utilities available to assist this whole process?)

Another quick follow-up question, what is needed to be done to get the “resubmit capability” which was provided by webMethods Integration Monitor+Logger Adapter? Would the webMethods Business Process tools (aka Modeler) be involved or could it be done within the webMethods 6 (aka Integration Server) itself?

Thanks

Thanks again.

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The Trading Networks package more or less provides functionality equivalent to Monitor and Logger.