message mapping

[Former Member]

Hi all,

Can any one explain the concept of p1,p2,p3...... before the Data Types in message mapping object.

ex:- p5:DT_Consumer

       p4:DT_Employee

Thanks & Regards

[Former Member]

HI,

ex:- p5:DT_Consumer

       p4:DT_Employee

both are referring to other Data type in other namespace....if u place ur cursor on DT_Consumer data type within main data type you can see different namesapce...

thanks

chirag

[former_member184681]

Hi,

You could look at it even broader, since these namespaces are not PI-specific, but rather XML specific. There is also a nice description in w3schools that gives an idea on how and why to use namespaces in XML, see it here: http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_namespaces.asp

If you need even further information, you can always go to W3C definition and recommendations: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/

Hope this helps,

Greg

[Former Member]

Hi, these are namespace prefixes. Please refer to SAP help:

In XML, you can assign element names and attribute names to a namespace in order to differentiate them from other elements and attributes with the same name, which come from other XML documents. Namespaces are identified in XML documents by a URI (Unified Resource Identifier) and are used in the XML document by means of a prefix.

The message mapping will take care of the namespaces, you usually don't need to worry. Why do you ask?