The Integration Engineer
When it just has to work.

Introduction: This is a quick exercise to familiarize you with mapping from an EDI file to a Flat File.  If you are new to mapping, or want an idea of what mapping EDI will be like, this exercise should be a good place to start.  If you are familiar with mapping this should be a quick review with a few tips.  I use Target Based mapping.  Check out my post on Target Mapping here.  If EDI is unfamiliar and you need some basic information, my EDI primer is here.  If you are ready to map, and understand EDI basics, then lets get started.

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A circular file is not a nickname for the waste can. Circular files, sometimes called round files, are useful in some applications and support tasks.  With a normal log file or repository, the log grows as logged events are added to the log.  The obvious danger is that if the space where the log is located becomes saturated when the log grows to fill this space.  Many applications will shut down and refuse to restart if this happens.  For some applications, having the log write to a circular file is the answer.

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