Reply To: Interate help!

[Mike Grieger]

A quick test case to kind of review what I am thinking you are getting at.

My test message:

MSH|^~&|Send Ap|Send Facility|||20060602083331||ORU^R01||P|2.2

PID|1||123456||TEST^TEST|||Male||

ORC|NW||1||||||20060602083331||

OBX|0001|ST|||element1~element2~element3~element4|

My test variant (kind of based on your info given… according to your copy path, your OBX’s are in the zero level… no groups):

MSH

PID

ORC

{OBX}

Xlate:

ITERATE 0(0).OBX(0).00573     %f1

PATHCOPY   0(0).OBX(0) -> 0(0).OBX(%f1)    (to copy all OBX fields per OBX_5)

PATHCOPY  @null ->  0(0).OBX(%f1).00573   (so that element1~element2~element3~element4 do not appear in each OBX)

COPY  0(0).OBX(0).00573(%f1).[0]  ->  0(0).OBX(%f1).00573(0).[0]   (so the correct repeat of OBX_5 is in the respective OBX)

Output:

MESSAGE 1

0(0).MSH(0)  :  >|^~&|||||||ORU||P|2.3< 0(0).PID(0)  :  >< 0(0).ORC(0)  :  >< 0(0).OBX(0)  :  >|0001|ST|||element1< 0(0).OBX(1)  :  >|0001|ST|||element2< 0(0).OBX(2)  :  >|0001|ST|||element3< 0(0).OBX(3)  :  >|0001|ST|||element4< Now, I’m using the same test variant on inbound and outbound, so it isn’t exactly what it looks like you have, as your in/out variants must not match.  But this should get you started.  Remember, with some quick test data, the Xlate Test tool is your friend!