tEDIFACTtoXML – Docs for ESB 5.x

Component family

XML/Unstructured > EDIFACT

Function

This component reads a United Nations/Electronic Data Interchange
For Administration, Commerce and Transport (UN/EDIFACT) message and
transforms it into the XML format according to the EDIFACT version
and the EDIFACT family.

Purpose

This component is used to transform an EDIFACT message file into
the XML format for better readability to users and compatibility
with processing tools.

Basic settings

Schema and Edit
Schema

A schema is a row description, it defines the number of fields to
be processed and passed on to the next component.

The schema of this component is fixed and read-only, with only
one column: document.

EDI filename

Filepath to the EDIFACT message file to be transformed.

EDI version

Select the EDIFACT version of the input file.

Ignore new line

Select this check box to skip carriage returns in the input
file.

Die on error

Select this check box to stop Job execution when an error is
encountered. By default, this check box is cleared, and therefore
illegal rows are skipped and the process is completed for the error
free rows.

Advanced settings

tStatCatcher Statistics

Select this check box to gather the Job processing metadata at a
Job level as well as at each component level.

Global Variables

ERROR_MESSAGE: the error message generated by the
component when an error occurs. This is an After variable and it returns a string. This
variable functions only if the Die on error check box is
cleared, if the component has this check box.

A Flow variable functions during the execution of a component while an After variable
functions after the execution of the component.

To fill up a field or expression with a variable, press Ctrl +
Space to access the variable list and choose the variable to use from it.

For further information about variables, see Talend Studio
User Guide.

Usage

This component is usually linked to an output component to gather
the transformation result.

Limitation

n/a