File type support by SAP XI

[Former Member]

Hello,

I looking for table with details about file formats that support by SAP XI.

file format that support by SAP XI with adding's (like Itemfield) and formats that not support by SAP XI.

For example:

File type .CSV support by SAP XI

File type .EDI support by sap xi with Itemfield add in

Thank you in advance for your help

Elad

[bhavesh_kantilal · Accepted solution]

Elad,

I dont think there is such a standars template available

As file adapters support Modules, it is always possible by using java Api's to read any kind of file.

Ofcourse tools like itemfield make our ( devlopers ) task easier, and so do the SeeBurger EDI adapters etc, but in the end if you are comfortable with customizations you should be able to to achieve anything inside modules with Java API's.

Just my 2 cents,

Regards

Bhavesh

[Former Member]

Hi

Since FTP adapter follows RFC959 sepcification , you can have a look at the following RFC note for the types supported

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0959.txt

regards

krishna

[prateek]

XI talks with files using its File Adapter. This file adapter can pick up any file with any structure.

After picking up the file, the task of adapter is to convert it into XI readable XML format. For this,

- XI could directly understand input xml file or

- XI could read text file using file content conversion or

- u could write ur own code to read structures of any other file

So no limitations as such.

Regards,

Prateek

[Former Member]

Hi

I believe XI can intake any kind of file as Input but if you want to do some transformation (mapping) with XI, you need to look for converting the file into XML format.

Regards

Krishna