Create a PIDX Map

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About this task

When you create a new map, you can either manually create a PIDX layout or you can use a wizard that creates a layout for you based on the PIDX standard. The wizard saves you time and effort and minimizes the risk of having an invalid standard format.

To create an PIDX map:

Procedure

  1. From the Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor File menu, select New.
  2. In the New Map Wizard, complete the questions in the first window and click Next.
    Note: Be sure that IBM® Sterling B2B Integrator is selected in the What kind of map are you creating list.
  3. If you are translating from PIDX, in the Input Format window (Create a New Data Format Using this Standard option) select PIDX and click Messages. If you are translating from another format, select that format and continue to the next screen.
  4. Select the version of the standard and the message you want to use, select Build codelists for enumerated attributes, and click Next.
  5. Clear the checkboxes next to any subelements that you do not want included in the map and click Next.
    Note: If you clear any checkboxes your map will not conform to the PIDX standard.
  6. Click Finish to load the message.
  7. Click Next to select the Output Format.
  8. If you are translating to PIDX, in the Output Format window (Create a New Data Format Using this Standard option) select PIDX and click Messages. If you are translating to another format, select that format and continue to the next screen.
  9. Select the version of the standard and the message you want to use, select Build codelists for enumerated attributes, and click Next.
  10. Clear the checkboxes next to any subelements that you do not want included in the map and click Next.
    Note: If you clear any checkboxes your map will not conform to the PIDX standard.
  11. Click Finish to load the message.
  12. Click Finish. The Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor displays the new map.

Validating PIDX Service Content Against a DTD or Schema

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Sterling B2B Integrator supports validating PIDX service content against either a DTD or an XML schema, since many new PIPs are XML schema-based.

Note: You must check the schemas that you will use for validation into Sterling B2B Integrator schema repository.