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/AWS1/CL_BDI=>CREATETRANSFORMER()

About CreateTransformer

Creates a transformer. A transformer describes how to process the incoming EDI documents and extract the necessary information to the output file.

Method Signature

IMPORTING

Required arguments:

IV_NAME TYPE /AWS1/BDITRANSFORMERNAME /AWS1/BDITRANSFORMERNAME

Specifies the name of the transformer, used to identify it.

IV_FILEFORMAT TYPE /AWS1/BDIFILEFORMAT /AWS1/BDIFILEFORMAT

Specifies that the currently supported file formats for EDI transformations are JSON and XML.

IV_MAPPINGTEMPLATE TYPE /AWS1/BDIMAPPINGTEMPLATE /AWS1/BDIMAPPINGTEMPLATE

Specifies the mapping template for the transformer. This template is used to map the parsed EDI file using JSONata or XSLT.

IO_EDITYPE TYPE REF TO /AWS1/CL_BDIEDITYPE /AWS1/CL_BDIEDITYPE

Specifies the details for the EDI standard that is being used for the transformer. Currently, only X12 is supported. X12 is a set of standards and corresponding messages that define specific business documents.

Optional arguments:

IV_SAMPLEDOCUMENT TYPE /AWS1/BDIFILELOCATION /AWS1/BDIFILELOCATION

Specifies a sample EDI document that is used by a transformer as a guide for processing the EDI data.

IV_CLIENTTOKEN TYPE /AWS1/BDISTRING /AWS1/BDISTRING

Reserved for future use.

IT_TAGS TYPE /AWS1/CL_BDITAG=>TT_TAGLIST TT_TAGLIST

Specifies the key-value pairs assigned to ARNs that you can use to group and search for resources by type. You can attach this metadata to resources (capabilities, partnerships, and so on) for any purpose.

RETURNING

OO_OUTPUT TYPE REF TO /AWS1/CL_BDICREATEXFORMERRSP /AWS1/CL_BDICREATEXFORMERRSP