Recently someone asked if you can use custom XSLT in Biztalk Maps . The answer is of course yes as the map you built .btm gets translated to an xslt anyway if yo look at the code that gets spewed out .
In any case to do that create the map and select source and destination . Click on the map and go to properties. There you will see a property custom XSLT . You can select your custom XSLT here . This feature was there since 2004 but I am not sure if it widely used though , on the flip side using custom xslt you kind of lose the graphical view on the map on what is being done , which many BI analysts like (the visual part of the transformation ) . but sometimes custom XSLT's could be the way to go .
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For an interesting example using custom XSLT to call a .Net assembly see http://www.topxml.com/BizTalk/rn-233138_Pre-Processing-on-Send-Port.aspx or http://www.biztalkgurus.com/forums/AddPost.aspx?PostID=2234&Quote=True. I have recently had the job of reconstructing some assemblies that contain maps using this. It took me awhile to work out what was going on until clicked that the map is taking the each name -value pair, matching on the name value , decoding the value field and then finally copying the decoded value. This is an interesting way of decoding and encoding in a map rather than a pipeline.
Hi Abhilash,
I have a map which is using table looping functoid.
my source schema looks like as below:
Root
child1FirstName
child1LastName
child1MiddleName
child1Contact
child1phone1
child1phone2
child2FirstName
child2LastName
child2MiddleName
child2phone1
child2phone2
child2Contact
Root
my target schema looks like as below:
Root
Start-Childs(Unbounded)
Name
FirstName
LastName
MiddleName
:
:
Name
Contacts
:
:
Contacts
Phone(Unbounded)
:
:
:
Phone
End-Childs
Start-Childs
:
:
:
Phone(Unbounded)
:
:
:
Phone
End Childs
End Root
The thing is I am able to generate the target schema for all except for the two phones. I am getting only one phone in target schema. I could not make loop on phone element in target schema.I could make loop on Childs element in target.
Can anyone throw idea on how to do this.
I want to make loop on phone element as each child has two phone elements.
please help;
Thanks In advance.
I have a map which is using table looping functoid.
my source schema looks like as below:
Root
child1FirstName
child1LastName
child1MiddleName
child1Contact
child1phone1
child1phone2
child2FirstName
child2LastName
child2MiddleName
child2phone1
child2phone2
child2Contact
Root
my target schema looks like as below:
Root
Start-Childs(Unbounded)
Name
FirstName
LastName
MiddleName
:
:
Name
Contacts
:
:
Contacts
Phone(Unbounded)
:
:
:
Phone
End-Childs
Start-Childs
:
:
:
Phone(Unbounded)
:
:
:
Phone
End Childs
End Root
The thing is I am able to generate the target schema for all except for the two phones. I am getting only one phone in target schema. I could not make loop on phone element in target schema.I could make loop on Childs element in target.
Can anyone throw idea on how to do this.
I want to make loop on phone element as each child has two phone elements.
please help;
Thanks In advance.
Hi Abhilash,
This article is really good..it has really good info...there are so many people (Naveen Karamchetti) who claim they are experts in Biztalk but does not seem to be...keep going
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