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    • December 12, 2006 at 8:22 PM #16861
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        Hi,

        A newbie to BizTalk, I have found a lot of information on de-batching messages. But my concern is to batch incoming messages.

        I would be using a File Receive Adapter. I need to accept various XML input messages (may be at any time during the day) . There is a need to Batch these XML messages and at the end of the day I must send a Batched Flat File.

        Conversion from XML to Flat file is not a problem. But my concern is how do I store the various Input messages and then create a batch. I tried using a map with looping, but the map works on every single input sent to it.

        Must I write a DotNet component etc. Please can anyone help me with the approach.

        Thanks in advance

          

      • December 12, 2006 at 9:55 PM #16862
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          There's an impact on performance, but check out the idea of a "convoy pattern" by which you use a single orchestration instance to collect up the messages in your batch, combine them all together, and send out a single file.  Check out the whitepaper by the man himself, Stephen Thomas …. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/bts_2004wp/html/956fd4cb-aacc-43ee-99b6-f6137a5a2914.asp?frame=true.

          • December 12, 2006 at 10:26 PM #16863
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              Thanks,

              I shall go through it.

              • December 13, 2006 at 2:40 AM #16868
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                  Hi,

                  I am currently using a custom pipeline to debatch a XML file. How can i get the records count.

                  <xml>
                  <record1>
                  <field>
                  </field>
                  </record1>
                  <record2>
                  <field>
                  </field>
                  </record2>
                  </xml>

                  I read some where, ths can be done by promoting some fields. But not aboe to search the post again. Any guidence is much appreciated.

                  Thanks in advance.

                   

                   

                   

                   

                   

                   

                   

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