Flat File Schemas
- Flat File Schema Editor Overview
A Flat File Schema is metadata that describes the format and structure of Flat File data processed by the Integration Appliance. When you create a Flat File Schema, a corresponding internal XML Schema-based representation of the metadata is also generated. - About delimited data
- About fixed length or 'positional' data
- Mixed positional and delimited example
- Creating a flat file schema
- Testing flat file schemas
- Root node properties
When a root node is selected in the Schema Layout tab, the following two sections of properties are available in the pane: Basic Properties and Delimiters. - Adding Fields or Field Types
- Field properties
- Adding Records or a Record Type
- Record properties
- Adding Groups or Group Types
- Group Properties
When a group is selected in the Schema Layout tab, the Basic Properties of a group are displayed. When a group type is selected in the Type Library tab, the Basic Properties of the group type are displayed. The Basic Properties of a group or group type are listed in the following table: - Group Example
- Working with Nodes in the Schema Tabs
- Adding Several Children
- Valid Node Names
- The Type Library Tab
- Specifying Optional Fields and Records
- Generating a flat file schema from an IDOC
At design time, using the Project > Import > SAP IDOC Schema toolbar menu option, you can interrogate an SAP endpoint for IDOC metadata and from that metadata generate a Flat File Schema. - Using the Flat File Wizard