HRL question

[Tim Gobbel]

I have a three line per record file.  I placed each line in a VRL and then placed the three VRLs in an HRL in the order of the line.  The tester processes the info in the first line/VRL but won’t go on to the next ones.  Any idea what I’m doing wrong??  Thanx!

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[Jim Kosloskey]

Tim,

Make sure the proper separators are set in the Global properties for the VRL.

If the source system does not terminate each message with something (like a hex 0D) then they will need to.

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[Levy Lazarre]

Tim,

In addition to what Jim said, did you code a “Repeat While” condition in the HRL? This is necessary for the iteration to occur.

[Tim Gobbel]

Thanx! I have the fields separated by a comma and a hex dump seems to show a 0D0A at the end of the lines and no message terminator. i tried r, n, rn, x0Dx0A, 0D0A, x0D and x0A with out success.

Everytime i put any repeat option on the HRL, the data disapears in my test tool.  Thanx!

[Christy Stepp]

Did anyone offer you a solution for this issue?  I am having the exact same problem with my HRL.

I am trying to convert a comma delimited file that looks like this:

EP0184829834,10923684,03/28/1945,”lname, fname”,6.60,412,chole with CDE

to an HL7 ORU, with the last 3 fields as the repeating OBX.5 result.

I have the first 4 fields in a VRL called “fields”.

I have the next 3 fields in a VRL called “obx”.

The HRL has the “fields” without repeating, and it works fine.

The HRL then has “obx” repeat 3 times.  NO DATA will show in the testing tool for the repeating fields.

I have added the segment terminator in the Global options, which got rid of an error, but no luck on getting the data to show up in the testing tool.

[Jim Kosloskey]

What release of Cloverleaf?

Is your example a single record from the file?

Will the next and all following records also have all 7 fields?

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[Christy Stepp]

Cloverleaf 6.1.1

My example is a single record in the file.  Every record in the file will have all 7 fields valued.  The file is terminated with r and I have added this to both VRL formats.

[Jim Kosloskey]

If this layout always has those three fields I fail to see the need for a repeating anything.

If each of those fields needs to go into a separate OBX segment or field use absolute notation rather than %xnn.

So instead of …OBX(%s1)… on the outbound, 3 COPY’s with …OBX(0)… …OBX(1)… and …OBX(2)…

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

[Robert Kersemakers]

Hi Christy,

Seems to me like you only need one VRL-definition for all the fields in one line/record. You will probably need to read the file with style ‘nl’, so each line is treated as one record.

Test your VRL-definition against a test-file to make sure the definition works. Then use the definition to make your translation.

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