Flat File Definition tool user tasks

The Flat File Definition (FFD) tool is a set of design time tools within Business Document Mapper, that is used to create flat file definition according to the specifications in a flat file message. FFD is a component within the Infor Enterprise Collaborator (IEC) product.

The FFD tool supports flat file messaging in IEC. The FFD tool is used in IEC to process a message and transform a flat file to XML or an XML to a flat file.

Initially, flat file messaging supports conversion of bank messages using banking plug-ins. Later, this feature is extended to become the flat file parser that manages a larger range of flat files in runtime. Starting from IEC release version 2.0, flat file messaging includes design time tooling and simplified administration, and configuration of flat file messaging.