Flat File Definition Editor user interface

Definition Tab

This tab contains Message Definition Tree and Flat File Template Text Editor.

Message Definition Tree View

This tree view is part of the Definition tab and shows the message structure of a flat file. You can define the structure of a flat file using components such as Message, Group, and Record and Field.

Flat File Template editor

This text editor is part of Definition tab shows the structure of a template flat file from which you can create a flat file definition. You can load a template flat file from local file system using the Load button located at the upper right of the Flat File Definition Editor.

Sample Flat File + XML Tab

This tab contains the Sample Flat File view and Sample XML view.

Sample Flat File view

This view is part of Sample Flat + XML tab and shows a preview of the output from an XML-to-flat transformation. This is auto-generated when you click on the tab. Changes made in the Message Definition tree view is reflected in this view.

Sample XML view

This view is part of Sample Flat + XML tab and shows a preview of the output from a flat-to-XML transformation. This is auto-generated as changes in the Message Definition tree view is reflected in this view. You can also save the sample XML file to disk.

XML Schema view

This view shows a preview the XML schema that defines the format of the sample XML. You can generate a schema from the Tools menu. You can save the sample XSD to disk and use it when you define a mapping.

Properties view

This view shows the properties of components selected in the tree view. You can set a value for each property but some properties can have a default value defined on the message level. Some properties are mandatory and some are optional.

Flat File Definition Console view

This view shows import, save, delete, update, activate, and deactivate flat file definition server operation information.