Creating a New Transform Project

How to:

This section describes how to create a new Transform project.

Procedure: How to Create a New Transform Project

To create a new Transform project:

  1. Open iWay Integration Tools (iIT).
  2. Right-click the Integration explorer window, select New, then select Integration Project.
  3. In the New Integration Project window, provide a Project name and click Finish.
  4. Right-click the Transforms folder/Integration project, select New, and click Transform.
  5. In the Name field, type a name for your new project, for example, PRYM_ASN-WITH_VARIABLES.
  6. In the Description field, type a project description (optional).
  7. Click Next.

    The Transform Type Selection dialog box opens as shown in the following image.

  8. From the list in the Transform From pane, select the format of your input, for example, XML.
  9. From the list in the Transform To pane, select the format of your output data, for example, XML.
  10. Click Next.

    The XML Input properties dialog box opens with the Dictionary tab active, as shown in the following image.

  11. In the Structure field, enter the location of the sample IDoc file in XML format, which will be used as the dictionary, or click the Import button to import the sample IDoc file to the transform project.
  12. Select the sample IDoc file in XML format, for example, ASN_IDOC_one_asn.xml.
  13. Click on the Data tab and browse to the location of the sample IDoc file in XML format, which will be used as the input data file.
  14. Click Next.

    The XML Output properties dialog box opens.

  15. In the Structure field, enter the location of the sample EDI XML schema document (.xsd file) which will be used as the dictionary, or click the Import button to import a sample EDI XML schema file to the transform project.

    The Open dialog box is displayed.

  16. Select the sample EDI XML schema document, for example, X12_856_005010.xsd.
  17. Click Open.
  18. Click the Data tab.
  19. Select Remove All Empty Tags from the Optimization drop-down list.
  20. Click Finish.

    The new Transform project is created in iWay Integration Tools (iIT), as shown in the following image.

  21. Click the Save icon on the toolbar to Save your project.

    Tip: As a best practice, it is recommended to Save your Transform project often as you proceed through this tutorial.