Question Re: FIle Content Conversion in Technology Q&A

FIle Content Conversion

Former Member — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:33:57 GMT

Hi,

I'm new to SAPXI , Pls give me some info about file content conversion.

Thanks,

Devi

Re: FIle Content Conversion

Former Member — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:36:07 GMT

Hi Devi...

follow the link....you'll definately get good idea about FCC...

http://saptechnical.com/Tutorials/XI/File2File/page1.htm

Thanks,

Madhu

Re: FIle Content Conversion

Former Member — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:36:31 GMT

Hello,

U have FCC option in Sender & Receiver File Adapter.

U can use this option when ur Source or Target is Text File.

Check these weblogs :

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2004/12/15/how-to-send-a-flat-file-with-fixed-lengths-to-xi-30-using-a-central-file-adapter

/people/jeyakumar.muthu2/blog/2005/11/29/file-content-conversion-for-unequal-number-of-columns

/people/anish.abraham2/blog/2005/06/08/content-conversion-patternrandom-content-in-input-file

/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/06/08/how-to-send-a-flat-file-with-various-field-lengths-and-variable-substructures-to-xi-30

Thanks,

Mahi

Re: FIle Content Conversion

Former Member — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:36:41 GMT

You can covert the flat file format to XML files and vice versa which is required for mapping format using FCC parameters available in the adapter.

follow this thread for more info..

Re: FIle Content Conversion

Former Member — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:41:54 GMT

Hi Devi,

What is File Content Conversion?

File content conversion is used for converting flat files (fixed lenght, comma seperated) into XML messages for further processing by an integration engine. The internal XI processing (mapping, routing etc) is based on XML messages hence you need messages to be converted to XML.

SAP By default understands xml data structure. If your file is coming in an xml format you can process it as it is.

In case of file that is coming with a delimiter then you need to have File content conversion for SAP adpater to conver file into an XML structure which will then go to next step of Message Mapping.

What is its function?

Check these blogs for content conversion,

/people/arpit.seth/blog/2005/06/02/file-receiver-with-content-conversion

/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/06/08/how-to-send-a-flat-file-with-various-field-lengths-and-variable-substructures-to-xi-30

For its use:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/2c/181077dd7d6b4ea6a8029b20bf7e55/content.htm

Thanks,

Vijaya.

Re: FIle Content Conversion

Former Member — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:42:52 GMT

Hi Devi,

File Content Conversion is used to Convert XML file to Flat File(Text File) at the receiver side.

File Content Conversion Module can be used in various adapters(File Adapter,JDBC Adapter).

Regards,

D.Rajesh

Re: FIle Content Conversion

aashish_sinha — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:44:04 GMT

Hi,

If you want to send the Integration Engine or the PCK a text file with complex data structures that are to be converted into an XML document, choose File Content Conversion and make the required entries for conversion under Content Conversion Parameters

regards

Aashish Sinha

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Re: FIle Content Conversion

Former Member — Tue, 27 May 2008 11:00:07 GMT

We use FCC parameters when the files arent in XML format. SAPXI only understands XML Language, so inorderto send files such as text,etc n in turn the XI to understand the file we use the FCC Parameters.

Check these weblogs :

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2004/12/15/how-to-send-a-flat-file-with-fixed-lengths-to-xi-30-using-a-central-file-adapter

/people/jeyakumar.muthu2/blog/2005/11/29/file-content-conversion-for-unequal-number-of-columns

/people/anish.abraham2/blog/2005/06/08/content-conversion-patternrandom-content-in-input-file

/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/06/08/how-to-send-a-flat-file-with-various-field-lengths-and-variable-substructures-to-xi-30

cheers

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Re: FIle Content Conversion

Former Member — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:51:35 GMT

Hi,

File Content prameters for the Receiver Adapter

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/d2/bab440c97f3716e10000000a155106/frameset.htm

File Content prameters for the Sender Adapter

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/2c/181077dd7d6b4ea6a8029b20bf7e55/content.htm

Refer

File Receiver with Content Conversion

/people/arpit.seth/blog/2005/06/02/file-receiver-with-content-conversion

Configuring the Receiver File/FTP Adapter

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/95/bb623c6369f454e10000000a114084/frameset.htm

File content conversion sites

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/d2/bab440c97f3716e10000000a155106/content.htm

Please see the below links for file content conversion..

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2004/12/15/how-to-send-a-flat-file-with-fixed-lengths-to-xi-30-using-a-central-file-adapter - FCC

File Content Conversion for Unequal Number of Columns

/people/jeyakumar.muthu2/blog/2005/11/29/file-content-conversion-for-unequal-number-of-columns - FCC

Content Conversion (Pattern/Random content in input file)

/people/anish.abraham2/blog/2005/06/08/content-conversion-patternrandom-content-in-input-file - FCC

/people/harrison.holland5/blog/2006/12/20/xi-configuration-for-mdm-integration--sample-scenario - FCC - MDM

XI in the role of a FTP

/people/shabarish.vijayakumar/blog/2006/04/03/xi-in-the-role-of-a-ftp - FCC

File to R/3 via ABAP Proxy

/people/prateek.shah/blog/2005/06/14/file-to-r3-via-abap-proxy - FCC

/people/mickael.huchet/blog/2006/09/18/xipi-how-to-exclude-files-in-a-sender-file-adapter - EOIO - File

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/ee/c9f0b4925af54cb17c454788d8e466/frameset.htm - cc

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005vp/helpdata/en/95/bb623c6369f454e10000000a114084/content.htm - fcc cOUNTER

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/da1e7c16-0c01-0010-278a-eaed5eae5a5f - conversion agent

Regards,

Soumya