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Stuart HamptonSubject: EDIFACT to XML with multiple QTY lines per EDI record
Author: Stuart Hampton
Date: 28 Jan 2008 07:05 AM
I am trialling SS 2008 Enterprise to see whether the Inventory files our distributors send to us in EDI can be converted to XML effectively. Unfortunately for each inventory record there are 2 QTY lines within the EDI file, one of which I don't need - but it would seem I can't remove this one line without removing the other QTY line. Also with this file when I try to name the components (seperated by ':') it renames all components the same & not individually as I had expected. Any help on either of these problems would be appreciated.


UnknownI000081C.EDI
EDIFACT EDI Inventory file

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Tony LavinioSubject: EDIFACT to XML with multiple QTY lines per EDI record
Author: Tony Lavinio
Date: 28 Jan 2008 02:08 PM
First, are you using the EDI converter, or the Custom XML Converter?
You should be using the latter.

To see the results, do File|Open, choose the EDI file, check the box
that asks if you 'Open using XML Converter', and choose the EDI option.
Since your input file also uses at least one non-standard codelist item,
(or one from a different version), set the 'Force error if item not in
codelist' to 'no'.

> I am trialling SS 2008 Enterprise to see whether the Inventory files
> our distributors send to us in EDI can be converted to XML
> effectively. Unfortunately for each inventory record there are 2 QTY
> lines within the EDI file, one of which I don't need - but it would
> seem I can't remove this one line without removing the other QTY line.

Since there are more than two, I assume you mean the pairs. So, which
of the two in each pair do you want to remove? The one with the
'Quantity on hand' or the one with the 'Committed quantity'? Also, do
you care at all about the INV segments associated with either?

> Also with this file when I try to name the components (seperated by
> ':') it renames all components the same & not individually as I had
> expected.

If you use the built-in EDI converter instead of manually building one
using Custom XML Converters, all these will be named for you
automatically.

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Stuart HamptonSubject: EDIFACT to XML with multiple QTY lines per EDI record
Author: Stuart Hampton
Date: 29 Jan 2008 03:47 AM
Thanks for the reply Tony.

The built-in converter has solved the component naming as mentioned (when first trying to use the built-in converter I hadn't set the 'Force error if item not in codelist' to 'no' as you mentioned hence I'd built a custom converter and things weren't working).

In the file I'm only interested in the Vendor's Part Number (LIN) and the 'Quantity on Hand', I would like to remove all other information.

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Tony LavinioSubject: EDIFACT to XML with multiple QTY lines per EDI record
Author: Tony Lavinio
Date: 29 Jan 2008 04:07 PM
Okay, try this.

Use the attached XQuery file against your EDI file.
It will map the output from the XML Converter against
a very simple schema that looks like this:

<inventory>
<item>
<part></part>
<quantity></quantity>
</item>
<item>
<part></part>
<quantity></quantity>
</item>
</inventory>


Unknownstuart.xquery

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Stuart HamptonSubject: EDIFACT to XML with multiple QTY lines per EDI record
Author: Stuart Hampton
Date: 31 Jan 2008 05:18 AM
Thanks - that's perfect!

 
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