copy command

[RUDY RAMOS]

Hi, I am trying to copy

TXA12, TXA10.1 and TXA10.2 into TXA16

I already have an Xlate, but when I use the copy command below it only copies TXA12, but not TXA10 into TXA16.  I am separating the fields by a space. I also tried the CONCAT and it did the same thing. Please assist

ource                                                                        Destination

COPY 0(0).TXA(0).#12(0).[0] 0(0).TXA(0).#10(0).[0] 0(0).TXA(0).#10(0).[1]     0(0).TXA(0).#16(0)

Rudy Ramos

480-495-9024

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[Jim Kosloskey]

The TXA-10 field can be 60 characteers long and the TXA-12 an be 30 characters long but the TXA-16 is only defined to hold 30 characters.

Is the length of the data in the source fields when added together longer than 30?

If so you will need to modify your variant to make TXA-16 bigger.

Oh and you wil need to use CONCAT I think – I don’t think COPY will work in this case.

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

[RUDY RAMOS]

I did use the concat command, but it still only place TXA12 into TXA16

I don’t mind if it truncates once it gets into TXA16, but I do need to place as much data as possible into TXA16. Why is it only copying TXA12, and not TXA10?

Source

Concat

0(0).TXA(0).#12(0).[0]

0(0).TXA(0).#10(0).[0]

0(0).TXA(0).#10(0).[1]

Destination

0(0).TXA(0).#16(0)

[RUDY RAMOS]

is there a way to specify, say 8 characters from field txa12, 7 characters from TXA10.1 and 15 characters from TXA10.2?

[Jim Kosloskey]

Is the data in TXA-12 equal to or greater than 30 characters? If so there is your answer.

TXA-12 and TXA-10 are multiple component fields, TXA-16 is a String (single component). Do the TXA-12 and TXA-10 fields in your input actuallly have more than one component?

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

[RUDY RAMOS]

TXA Segment

TXA|1|2||||20160217111900|20160217111942||123456^TEST^DOCTOR ONE|123456^TEST^DOCTOR ONE|01343^MINUTEMAID^DEBRA^S|64587||||64587|PA

TXA12 Value=64587

TXA10.1 =123456

TXA10.2 = TEST

The onlything that is placing on TXA16 is TXA12(64587)

I need to place all three into TXA16.

[Jim Kosloskey]

Interesting.

What release of Cloverleaf?

Can you target the CONCAT to a temp variable and then COPY that to TXA-16 and does that give you what you want?

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

[Jim Kosloskey]

Also have you tried

0(0).TXA(0).#16(0).[0]  for the destination (note the component notation).

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

[RUDY RAMOS]

Version 5.8

[RUDY RAMOS]

Yes, I just tried the destination notation below and I get the same result on TXA16 (only TXA12 included in TXA16

0(0).TXA(0).#16(0).[0]

[Jim Kosloskey]

Have you tried CONCAT to a temp variable then COPY the temp variable to TXA-16?

Do you knoow what patch level of 5.8? I think the best patch level to be at on that release is 5.8.5. I am not sure you can even get that anymore.

Probably past time to consideer an upgrade..

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

[RUDY RAMOS]

I used copy temp variables

copy txa12.0 into @docid

copy txa10.0 into @physid

copy txa10.1 into @physname

CONCAT

@docid

=-

@physid

=-

@physname

DEST

TXA16.0

Output Below,it still copies only txa12

TXA|1|2||||20160217111900|20160217111942||123456^TEST^DOCTOR ONE|123456^TEST^DOCTOR ONE|01343^MINUTEMAID^DEBRA^S|64587||||64587- – |PA

[Jim Kosloskey]

CONCAT

TXA-12[0]

TXA-10[0]

TXA-10[1]

Destination

@myvar

then

COPY

@myvar –> TXA-16.

Try the above.

Also check to make sure there are no Xlate Actions following this work which put anything in TXA-16 as that will overwrite what you are doing here.

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

[RUDY RAMOS]

I just realize that my original concat command would have worked, my issue was that I was copying TXA9 into TXA10, so I was trying from the inbound message, but the inbound TXA10 was empty only the outbound TXA10 field was populated. I should have used the outbound TXA field as the source so that it should have worked. Hope it helps anyone who is trying to do the same thing.

[Russ Ross]

Your test outcome of

|64587- – |

makes me suspicious your HL7 path definition for TXA-10.1 and TXA-10.1 might be off or nothing exists in those locations.

Try running 3 separate tests of a straight copy for each item you want to eventually concat to make certain you get that working first before trying to concat them.

Russ Ross
RussRoss318@gmail.com

[Russ Ross]

Well I see by the time I got around to posting you figured it out.

I was looking for a very old proc I thought I wrote to squeeze/caoncat multiple fields into a trimmed down version but it took me a while to realize I started it but never finished.

Russ Ross
RussRoss318@gmail.com

[RUDY RAMOS]

Russ, thanks for your response.

I was cpturing data from the inbound message, instead of grabbing the already change data from the outbound message.

TXA10 from inbound message was blank, but TXA10 from outbound message was populated.

Thanks for your assistance.

[Jim Kosloskey]

So the bottom line is the CONCAT was working properly and no need for Tcl in this case.

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

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