Split an ORM into multiple ORM

[Robert Hamden]

Cloverleaf 5.5MB, I am attempting to split an ORM so each resulting message is a single ORC OBR message. I tried via the GUI using continue and suppress with no luck a I tired with:

If I echo $Outmsg I see the message split as it should be, but I get the following message in the process log.

No destination list on message

What am I missing, if it is not obvious I am very new at this…

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[Rob Abbott]

Instead of ‘msgcreate $msg’, use

Code:

set newMh [msgcopy $mh]
msgset $newMh $msg

This will preserve the metadata from the inbound message – part of which contains a destination list if the message has already been routed.

I don’t recommend re-using the mh variable, your code can get confusing.  Create a new variable if you’re creating new messages.

Rob Abbott
Cloverleaf Emeritus

[Robert Hamden]

I replced the lines now I get the following as the output :

[0:TEST] ‘splitHL7_DH ‘ returned bogus strMsgId ‘message0’

[Rob Abbott]

Note what I said about re-using the ‘mh’ variable.  Since you are now using a new variable, you’ll need to change references to ‘mh’ in your code after each msgcopy.

e.g. change “lappend displist “CONTINUE $mh”” to “lappend displist “CONTINUE $newMh””

Rob Abbott
Cloverleaf Emeritus

[Robert Hamden]

I tried that

set newMh [msgcopy $mh]

msgset $newMh $msg

[Robert Hamden]

I got it to work, limited testing has been done.

The TCL must go in the outbound thread

Thanks to the originator of the script and many thanks to Russ for his guidance.

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[Jim Kosloskey]

Robert,

Just so you know – most likley that could be done with an Xlate as well.

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

[Robert Hamden]

I was able to make this happen in the GUI see the attached file.

[Jim Kosloskey]

Robert,

Very good.

I prefer to use CONTINUE rather than SEND.

The difference is CONTINUE moves the message to the next step immediately following the Xlate whereas SEND moves the mesages directly to the outbound thread.

Normally no difference in effect – until – one decides to add a post Xlate but pre Outbound Tcl proc or something and then with SEND that added facility won’t be executed. That makes for some interesting head scratching.

I suspect that the ability to stack Xlates (Cloverleaf 5.8 and beyond) might be affected by the decision to use SEND vs CONTINUE although I don’t have any confirmation of that.

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

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