Group reference TDS properties

Field Identification

Property Type Meaning
Repeating Element Delimiter String Specify the delimiter to be used between repeating elements.

Start of changeA default value might be provided if the element repeats. This will depend on the messaging standard and certain conditions that would also need to be met:End of change

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  • For HL7, the mnemonic <HL7_RS> is used, but only if the Data Element Separation is set to All Elements Delimited or Variable Length Elements Delimited.
  • For all other messaging standards, if the element repeats a fixed number of times, the delimiter of the parent group or complex type is used.
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Start of changeIf the above rules are not met, a default will not be applied.End of change

This property does not apply to attributes..

Length Reference Enumerated type Specify the identifier of a sibling Integer object, the value of which dictates the length of the object in question. The sibling object must be defined before the current object within the message structure.

For information about reordering elements, see Reordering objects.

Data Pattern String Specify the regular expression to be used by the parser to identify the data in the message to be assigned to the object. Used when the Data Element Separation method has been set to Use Data Pattern in the complex type. See Regular expression syntax for further details.
Related concepts
Physical formats in the MRM domain
Tagged/delimited string format
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Working with physical properties
Configuring physical properties
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Message model object properties
Physical properties for message model objects
Custom Wire Format physical properties for message model objects
XML wire format physical properties for message model objects
Documentation properties for all message set objects
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