Controlling iterates help

[Jodi Agosta2]

Hi All, Is there a way to control an iterate (say a %s1, can I do a %s1+1 or set %s1 to 3 etc?).  

Here is the request I recieved. I have a non standard ORM coming in. In it it has multiple DG1s, NTEs and OBR’s in the format of

{

{OBR}

{[NTE]}

{[DG1]}

}.

They are requesting that these be outputed to  ORU OBX segments. They also want a hardcoded set OBX and some PID data added to the first part of the OBX to make a header of sorts. I am at a loss as to how to do this without having some control over the iterates of OBX. I would need to move the hard code to OBX 1. The PID info to OBX 4,5,and 6. and then iterated OBR,NTE, and DG1’s through the next OBX segments repeating as needed.  Does that make sense? So I would have to set %s1 to a number to start the iteration and then control it throughout.  This probably could be done through a program also but it sounds way to complex for my skills.

Has anyone done this before?

Thanks,

Jodi

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[Max Drown (Infor)]

Yes indeed! I would suggest doing and a forum search for “xlate” and “iterate” (search for all terms). There are several real good threads discussing the subject.

Here is one of the many good threads: http://clovertech.infor.com/viewtopic.php?t=3706&highlight=xlate+iterate

-- Max Drown (Infor)

[Jodi Agosta2]

Thanks Max,

Will do. The thread you gave me is giving me some great ideas on how to make this work.

Much appreciated!!

[Jim Kosloskey]

You are going to need to use your own counter for the outbound repetitions (OBX for example).

I like to make my counters start with 99 – so for example if I need a segment counter I would use %s99 as my counter.

This stands out to me then when looking at the Xlate when I see counters in the 90s that these are counters I am managing. Of course I also put in lots of comments to help.

I would not recommend changing the inbound counters (the ones actually specified in the ITERATEs – beside I do not think you will need to.

To reference any counter (yours or the Xlates) as a variable (As in the MATH ADD Action) you need to add a $ – like this: $%s99.

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

[Jodi Agosta2]

Right now I am trying to figure out why my add is not working. Mind you I have never done this before but it seems to be straight forward. Here is what I have

COPY {=Hospital Name}->{1(0).1(0).1(%s99).OBX.00573.[0]

MATH:ADD =1->{$%s99}

COPY {=Patient Name}->{1(0).1(0).1(%s99).OBX.00573.[0]

Keeps clobbering  the hospital name.

If I substitute a static address it looks fine.

btw I am on a windows machine running v5.4.

Thanks for the help.

[Tom Rioux]

Jodi,

On your MATH ADD try this:

=1 $%s99 —> $%s99

Hope this helps…

Tom Rioux

[Jodi Agosta2]

Thanks Thomas, will do.  I did finally get it to iterate but on the wrong value (%g1 instead of my $%s99) . I plan to play with it this afternoon.  I don’t know how I got away with not knowing this for so long. It looks pretty powerful, I just need to figure it out.

[Jodi Agosta2]

Max, Jim, Thomas,  

You guys are the greatest. Once I got the hang of it , it was amazingly easy to do.  Thanks for giving me such good advise. Very much appreciated.

Jodi

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