Benifits of XSLT Mapping.

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Hi Experts,

Benfits of XSLT Mapping and when it is used.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Advantages of using XSLT mapping

1)XSLT program itself defines its own target structure.

2)XSLT programs can be imported into SAP XI. Message mapping step can be avoided. One can directly go for interface mapping once message interfaces are created and mapping is imported.

3)XSLT provides use of number of standard XPath functions that can replaces graphical mapping involving user defined java functions easily.

4)File content conversion at receiver side can be avoided in case of text or html output.

5)Multiple occurrences of node within tree (source XML) can be handled easily.

6)XSLT can be used in combination with graphical mapping.

7)Multi-mapping is also possible using xslt.

8)XSLT can be used with ABAP and JAVA Extensions

When to use

1)When the required output is other than XML like Text, Html or XHTML (html displayed as XML )

2)When default namespace coming from graphical mapping is not required or is to be changed as per requirements.

3)When data is to be filtered based on certain fields (considering File as source)

4)When data is to be sorted based on certain field (considering File as source)

5)When data is to be grouped based on certain field (considering File as source)

reg,

suresh