TDS properties for local attribute and local element boolean types

The TDS Format properties described here apply to:

Field Identification

Property Type Meaning
Tag String Specify the value used to identify the object in a message bit stream If the object is simple and the Data Element Separation property of the complex type or types in which the object is a child is Tagged Delimited, Tagged Fixed Length, or Tagged Encoded Length, this property must contain a non-empty value.

Should the object be a complex element and the Data Element Separation property of its parent is Tagged Delimited, Tagged Fixed Length, or Tagged Encoded Length then the property can contain an empty value.

The value for this property must be unique for every element in the message set, that is, no two elements in the message set can contain the same value for this property.

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.
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..

Physical representation

Property Type Meaning
Physical Type Enumerated type The Physical Type can be set to Characters and Messaging Standard Alternate. This property tells the TDS parser whether the data in the message is the normal TDS character format, or is another alternate form that has a specific messaging standard such as TLOG. The available values and the default value depend on both Messaging Standard and the logical type.
  • Where the logical type of the object is of a dateTime, float, or integer type, this property is disabled.
  • Where the Messaging Standard property (at the message set level) is set to other than TLOG , the Physical Type property will be disabled.
  • Where the Messaging Standard property (at the message set level) is set to TLOG and the logical type of the object is set to a boolean, decimal or string type, the Physical Type property can be set to Characters or Messaging Standard Alternate.
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.

Related concepts
Message modeling
The message model
Related tasks
Developing message models
Working with message model objects
Related reference
Message model reference information
Message model object properties
Logical properties for message model objects
Custom Wire Format physical properties for message model objects
XML wire format physical properties for message model objects
Tagged/delimited string format physical properties for message model objects
Documentation properties for all message set objects
Message model object properties by object
Additional MRM domain information