Addresses for message don’t match variant

[Eric Wright]

I have a variant that I’ve built, where a segment should be addressed in the 4th group.  But, when I use that variant and read a message into the testing tool (and in production), that segment is being addressed in the 6th group.  In the message I’m using, all of the prior segments are addressed in the 0th group (as expected), and after the last segment of that group there is one carriage return.  Based on that, I don’t know how, with the variant setup, and the message that I’m using, I could have the segment being addressed where it is.

Here is the message structure:

MSH

EVN

PID

PV1

ZCL

As mentioned, there is one single carriage return after every segment.  Here is the setup for the variant:

MSH

EVN

PID

[PD1]

[{ROL}]

[{NK1}]

PV1

[PV2]

[

{ROL}

]

[{DB1}]

[{OBX}]

[{AL1}]

[{DG1}]

[DRG]

[{

PR1

[{ROL}]

}]

[{GT1}]

[{

IN1

[IN2]

[{IN3}]

[{ROL}]

}]

[ZCL]

The ZCL segment is where I’m having the problem.

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[Jim Kosloskey]

This is thee way I see it by eyeball. I just let the HL/7 or the Xlate tool tell me what the grouping is.

I also normally use the default message structure and modify it to what I need rather than create a completely restructured variant.

If you would like to discuss why I do that email me.

What Version, Message/Event Type message is this anyway?

   Group 0

MSH

EVN

PID

[PD1]

[{ROL}]

[{NK1}]

PV1

[PV2]

   Group 1

[

{ROL}

]

   Group 2

[{DB1}]

[{OBX}]

[{AL1}]

[{DG1}]

[DRG]

   Group 3

[{

PR1

[{ROL}]

}]

   Group 4

[{GT1}]

   Group 5

[{

IN1

[IN2]

[{IN3}]

[{ROL}]

}]

   Group 6

[ZCL]

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.

[Eric Wright]

I realized what the problem was, I was looking at the variant for the type of message I was receiving, and comparing it with the translation.  What I hadn’t noticed is, the translation uses a different message type, but the formats are very close to each other.  I’m going to have to separate the translation for this message type from the others so that it’ll address the message correctly.

Thanks Jim

[Jim Kosloskey]

Gets me frequently – the faster I go the more behind I get  😛

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.

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