Can SeeBurger BIC Mapping tool automatically remove Delimiters?

[Former Member]

Hi all,

When we map IDOC's to EDI X12 messages using the SeeBurger BIC Mapping tool, we sometimes have delimiters occur in fields such as name or address. We are using the setDestinationDelimiter and have changed our delimiters so this occurance is rare. However the problem may still occur. This causes an invalid message to be passed to our partner.

One option is to use XI mapping and the replace function on each field however this is cumbersome and not the ideal solution.

Is there a way to automatically remove Delimiter characters from fields as part of the BIC Mapping.

Cheers,

John

[Former Member]

Hi Satish,

Thanks for re-iterating the problem. You are absolutely right that this does cause an invalid message.

Also thanks for your suggestion regarding asking business not to enter the data, this has been done and as stated the occurences of these delimiters in the fields will be low, usually due to user error.

We still however want to cater for these occurrences and prevent an invalid message being sent to the partner.

I'm not sure if you've ever used the BIC Mapping tool and what I'm really looking for is someone with experience in this area to give a solution that works. Anyone out there who can help?

Cheers,

John

[Former Member]

John,

Delimiter you will have between fields. So you should not have a delimiter within a field because the conversion will thrown an error for this additional delimiter. One option is you should request the end user to not to send the delimiter within the field because that is against the business rules. Also the EDI standards doesnot abide this way.

Regards,

---Satish