Filed under: Biztalk 2004, Biztalk 2006, Configuration, Examples | Tags: Biztalk Server 2004, BizTalk Server 2006, Configuration, Correlation, Debugging, Heath and Activity Tracking, Monitor, Tracking, Tutorial
You can access an attribute or element in two different ways within Biztalk using ‘Distinguished Fields’ and ‘Promoted Properties’. A basic rule for ‘which to use’ would be: Always use a Distinguished Field, unless you need to route, track, or correlate on the content, then use promoted fields. (more…)
Filed under: Biztalk 2004, Examples | Tags: BizTalk, Biztalk Server 2004, Correlation, FFDasm, FlatFile
Problem
The problem is that I’m receiving a header and a detail file (both are flatfiles) in the same directory with different filenames and I need to merge those two files together and transform it into our standard xml format.
Solution
After some thinkwork I decided to create two pipeline components and two inbound xsd-schemas to disassemble the inbound message into xml files. With this solution it does not matter if we receive the header of detail first. We just wrap it in one Wrapper xml and passes it to the orchestration. (more…)
