How to Access the "HL7 Message" Tab in Site Option

[Shane Farney]

So I’m trying to troubleshoot some truncation differences I’ve seen between HL7 2.6 output on a 5.8 install, and output from a test 6.1 environment.  The routing, translates, tables, etc are identical between the two so I have been wondering if it might be this site-wide option which is mentioned in the 6.1 help files:

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(from the help page for Options > Site Options)

HL7 Message tab

Selecting Force engine not to truncate any content will force the engine not to truncate any field content even if the content is beyond the field length definition.

(additional info from the help page for HL7 messages)

HL7 Message Truncate Behavior

You can force the engine not to truncate any field content, even if the content is beyond field length definition, by selecting Force engine not to truncate any content on the Site Preferences dialog box

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[Steve Williams]

Shane,

  The Help doc was not very clear, but it did have a clue as to what you’re looking for in the engine.

This check box you are looking for is found in the Menu: Options > Control Field Length only when you are in the HL7 Configurator tool. That means it’s not a site level switch, but a variant specific switch.

This is a QC failure of the document team and the development team to communicate on changes made to the engine and how to activate it. As such, test this NEW feature carefully to make sure it does not break something in your HL7 deployments.

See screenshot for more…

[Shane Farney]

Thank you for your reply, Steve, I’m going to pose this to Infor to get a response.  To me, the text “You can force the engine not to truncate any field content, even if the content is beyond field length definition, by selecting Force engine not to truncate any content on the Site Preferences dialog box

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