PowerCenter 9.0.1 Workflow Basics Guide (English)

The following table describes the properties you define in the XML Writer:

XML Targets Options

Output File Directory

Output Filename

Validate Target

Format Output

XML Datetime Format

Description

Enter the directory name in this field. By default, the Integration Service writes output files in the service process variable directory, $PMTargetFileDir.

You can enter the full path and file name. If you specify both the directory and file name in the

Output Filename field, clear this field. The Integration Service concatenates this field with the

Output Filename field when it runs the session.

You can also use the $OutputFileName session parameter to specify the file directory.

Enter the file name or file name and path. By default, the Workflow Manager names the target file based on the target definition used in the mapping: target_name.xml.

If the target definition contains a slash character, the Workflow Manager replaces the slash character with an underscore.

Enter the file name, or file name and path. Optionally, use the $OutputFileName session parameter for the file name.

If you specify both the directory and file name in the Output File Directory field, clear this field. The

Integration Service concatenates this field with the Output File Directory field when it runs the session.

If you specify an absolute path file name when using FTP, the Integration Service ignores the

Default Remote Directory specified in the FTP connection. When you specify an absolute path file name, do not use single or double quotes.

Validate XML target data against the schema.

Format the XML target file so the XML elements and attributes indent. If you do not select Format

Output, each line of the XML file starts in the same position.

Select local time, local time with time zone, or UTC. Local time with time zone is the difference in hours between the server time zone and Greenwich Mean Time. UTC is Greenwich Mean Time.

Choose how to represent null content in the target. Default is No Tag.

Null Content

Representation

Empty String Content

Representation

Null Attribute

Representation

Empty String Attribute

Representation

Choose how to represent empty string content in the target. Default is Tag with Empty Content.

Choose how to represent null attributes. Default is No Attribute.

Choose how to represent empty string attributes in the target. Default is Attribute Name with Empty

String.

Integration Service Handling for XML Targets

You can configure some of the settings the Integration Service uses when it loads data to an XML target:

¨ Character set. Configure the Integration Service to run sessions with XML targets in either ASCII or Unicode

data movement mode. For more information about character sets, see “Character Set” on page 101.

¨ Null and empty string. Choose how the Integration Service handles null data or empty strings when it writes

data to an XML target. For more information about null and empty strings, see “Null and Empty Strings” on page 101.

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