These properties are used to configure tHL7Output running in the Standard Job framework.

The Standard
tHL7Output component belongs to the Business family.

The component in this framework is generally available.

Basic settings

Advanced settings

Global Variables

Usage

1. Drop two tFixedFlowInput components and
   one tHL7Output component onto the
   workspace.
2. Rename the two tFixedFlowInput components
   as MSH and MSA respectively.
3. Link MSH and MSA to tHL7Output using a
   Row > Main connection.
4. Rename the link between MSH and tHL7Output to MSH.
5. Rename the link between MSA and tHL7Output to MSA.

1. Click tHL7Output to open its Basic settings view.
   

   In the File Name/Output Stream field,
   specify the full output directory of the HL7 ACK message.
   From the HL7 Version drop-down list,
   select your HL7 version, 2.3 in this
   example.
2. Click the Configure HL7 Tree button to
   open the HL7 tree editor.
   Right-click the rootTag node in the
   Linker Target panel and select
   import HL7 Structure from the pop-up
   contextual menu.
   

3. In the [Open] window, select the file
   that contains the following HL7 ACK message.
   MSH|^~&|CATH|StJohn|AcmeHIS|StJohn|20130808||ACK|MSGID8|P|2.3 MSA|AA|MSGID8

   1 2	MSH|^~&|CATH|StJohn|AcmeHIS|StJohn|20130808||ACK|MSGID8|P|2.3 MSA|AA|MSGID8

   For details about HL7 ACK messages, see http://www.hl7standards.com/blog/2007/02/01/ack-message-original-mode-acknowledgement/.
   Click the Open button to import the
   structure of this file.
   

   Then click Ok to close HL7 tree editor.
   Two rows row_MSH_1 and row_MSA_1 are added in the Schema(s) table in Basic
   settings view of tHL7Output.
4. In the Schema(s) table, click in the
   Parent row field for row_MSH_1 and select MSH from the drop-down list.
   Do the same to select MSA from the
   drop-down list in Parent row column for
   row_MSA_1.
   

5. In the Schema(s) table, select the cell
   row_MSH_1 and click the […] button in the cell to open the schema
   editor.
   

   Click the

   

   button and then click OK in the pop-up dialog box to copy all MSH segment columns from the output schema to the
   input schema.

   Do the same to the cell row_MSA_1 and
   copy all MSA segment columns from the
   output schema to the input schema.
   This way, you do not have to define the input schemas column by column
   manually.
6. Double-click the MSH component to open
   its Basic settings view.
   

   Select the Use Single Table option in the
   Mode area, and fill the Value field for each column:

   • MSH_1_1__1_1_ST_:
     "|"

   • MSH_2_1__1_1_ST_:
     "^~\&", be sure to use the escape character
     before in Use Single
     Table or Use Inline
     Table mode

   • MSH_9_1__1_1_ID_:
     "ACK"

   • MSH_10_1__1_1_ST_:
     "MSGID66"

   • MSH_11_1__1_1_ST_:
     "P"

   • MSH_12_1__1_1_ID_:
     "2.3"

   The columns above must have specific values for the MSH segment. For
   details, see http://www.hl7.org/documentcenter/public_temp_194525B1-1C23-BA17-0C3D37E51D9F8BA0/wg/conf/HL7MSH.htm.
   Fill the value fields for the other columns with "".
7. Double-click the MSA component to open
   its Basic settings view.
   

   Select Use Single Table in the Mode area, and fill the Value field for each column:

   • MSA_1_1__1_1_ID_:
     "AA"

   • MSA_2_1__1_1_ST_:
     "MSGID66"

   The columns above must have specific values for the MSA segment. For
   details, see http://www.hl7standards.com/blog/2007/02/01/ack-message-original-mode-acknowledgement/.

1. Press Ctrl + S to save the Job.
2. Press F6 to run the Job.
   

   As shown above, the Job has been executed successfully.
3. Open the generated HL7 ACK message:
   

   As shown above, the generated message only contains the mandatory
   information and is fully in line with the HL7 standards.