Target and Target Groups overview

A target is a unique path to a single XML element, a single XML attribute, or a single position-based field in a flat file that is used for message detection. The XML element and XML attribute is defined by its absolute XPath.

A target group contains several XML or flat targets that is grouped together and used for message detection. There are two different target groups, the XML targets and Flat File targets. When detecting a message envelope, you must have one target group that corresponds to the envelope.

The XML targets included in a target group define all the elements and attributes in the XML envelope. You can use any element contained in the XML document for detection, but, you do not need to use an envelope.

The Flat targets included in a target group define the position-based fields. Detection can run on several position-based fields in one or more records. These records use record separators such as CRLF.