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BizTalk 2010 Recipes : EDI Solutions - Defining Complex Mappings in External XSLT

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1. Problem

Your map is getting out of control, and you want to move away from using the mapper.

2. Solution

In this solution, we will move all processing in the map to an external XSLT style sheet. Take these steps to accomplish this:

  1. Create a new map, and specify the source and target schemas. This is the end of the traditional mapper; it is used simply to define the source and target schemas and house the external XSLT code

  2. Create an XSLT document, and implement your mapping. An example of the header of an external XSLT document is shown in Figure 1.

    Figure 1. An external XSLT
  3. To reference this file, click anywhere on the map surface, and look at the properties of the map. In the Custom XSLT Path property, set the path to your XSLT file (see Figure 2).

    Figure 2. Setting the Custom XSLT property of the map

3. How It Works

When working with EDI maps, you will invariably encounter challenges that are difficult (or impossible) to solve with functoids. You will need to learn (or brush up on) your XSLT skills and approach mapping issues creatively. Using external XSLT is great for many activities, but for not all. Database lookups, callouts to .NET assemblies, and other similar processes are not possible. In many cases, more than a single map may be needed to successfully map a complex EDI document.

Testing maps with external XSLT documents is quite simple. Use the standard mapper functionality to test a map by defining the input document and other properties (see Figure 3). Note that it is very useful to not validate the inbound and outbound documents during development—make sure and set the Validate TestMap Input and Validate TestMap Output properties to False. Once you're ready, right-click the map file in Visual Studio, and select the Test Map option.

Figure 3. Properties used for testing the map
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