Transpose Flat File Structure

[Former Member]

Hello Pros

I have a requirement where I need to transpose a structure. My input is illustrated below. In this example the output file has one u201Cheader level recordu201D, two u201CIntermediate level recordsu201D, and four u201CItem level recordsu201D (2items per Intermediate record, hence 4 total item level records).

I assume to achieve this in a 2 step process. First I had a MM for idoc>file to populate my dataset. Now Iu2019m attempting to transpose the structure as a second MM step. Originally I attempted to do this in 1 step and thought successful but where I fell short was the u201Cintermediate levelu201D records in the 3rd and 4th positions (see output below) pulled incorrect values when transposed.

Input Nodes:

<HeaderRequest>

<HeaderRecrod1/>

<HeaderRecrod2/>

<IntermediateRequest>

<intermediate1/>

<intermediate2/>

<ItemRequest>

<item1/>

<item2/>

</ItemRequest>

</IntermediateRequest>

</HeaderRequest>

The output I require is noted below.

Output Nodes

RecordInformation

HeaderRequest u2026 (headerRequest1>IntermediateRequest1>itemRequest1.1)

HeaderRequest u2026 (headerRequest1>IntermediateRequest1>itemRequest1.2)

HeaderRequest u2026 (headerRequest1>IntermediateRequest2>itemRequest2.1)

HeaderRequest u2026 (headerRequest1>IntermediateRequest2>itemRequest2.2)

Please note, lets just say there is no data in u201CHeaderRecord1u201D (see u201Cinputu201D structure above) trying to utilize u201CuseoOeAsManyu201D will throw an error.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Try using the Constants function CopyValue[0] with index 0

Regards,

Aravind

[Former Member]

Hi Aravind-

Thank you for your feedback. With a little trial and error I came up with 3 alternatives and that was the first but it only solved the problem when seeking the first cardinal position in the queue. I resolved the issue. Points awareded.