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Step 3. Configure the Serializer

Configure a Data Processor transformation Serializer in the IntelliScript editor. In this example, send hierarchical input to text output.

To open the IntelliScript editor, click the Script object.

In the following image, the IntelliScript editor displays a Serializer:

To define the input root element, perform the following steps:

To show the properties in the

MySerializer

element, in the

IntelliScript Editor

view, double-click the double-right arrows >> near the element.

Double‐click the double-arrows under the

source

property and select the Locator
property.

To expand the

Locator

property, click the plus sign to the left of the property.

Double‐click the

data_holder

property to display the

Choose Node

picker.

Expand the

no target namespace

element and select the

/Invoice

output node. Click

OK.

In the following image, the

IntelliScript Editor

view displays the Locator
property that defines the input root element:

To transform the Invoice_No
element in the input XML data into text output, perform the following steps:

Under the Contains
line, double-click the empty space near the double-right arrows >>, and select

ContentSerializer

To expand the

ContentSerializer

anchor, click the double-right arrows >> near it.

Double‐click the

data_holder

property to display the

Choose Node

picker.

Expand the

no target namespace

element and select the

/Invoice/*s/Invoice_No

node. Then, click

OK.

In the following image, the IntelliScript editor displays the final ContentSerializer
element:

To follow the Invoice_No
element data with a carriage return and line return in the output text, create a

newline

anchor with ASCII characters 013
and 010
with separators. To configure the anchor, perform the following steps:

At the end of the Serializer, double-click the empty space near the double-right arrows >>, and type

newline

After the equals sign, select

StringSerializer

Expand the

newline

anchor.

In the

str

parameter that you created, double-click the quotation marks and type CTRL-A.

A small dot appears in the text box that signifies that the separator contains ASCII input.

Type 013
.

The closing string appends a carriage with the ASCII code 013.

Type CTRL-A.

A small dot appears next to 013 to signify that the separator contains further ASCII input.

Type 010
.

The closing string appends a line return with the ASCII code 010. In the following image, the IntelliScript editor displays the configured newline
element:

To add the

newline

anchor that you configured, double-click the double-arrows >> after the Invoice_No
element, then type

newline

In the following image, the IntelliScript editor displays the newline
element after the Invoice_No
element:

To transform the CheckRunDate
element in the input XML data into text output, perform the following steps:

Select the

ContentSerializer

anchor that you created. Right-click and select Copy
.

Click the double-right arrows >> after the Serializer anchor that you created, right-click, and select Paste
.

To expand the

ContentSerializer

anchor, click the plus sign near it.

Double‐click the

data_holder

property to display the

Choose Node

picker.

Expand the

no target namespace

element and select the

/Invoice/*s/CheckRunDate

node. Then, click

OK.

To transform the VendorNo
, Sub_Total
, Tax
, Current_Total
, Balance_Due
, and Total_Checks
elements in the input XML data into text output, repeat the previous step, and choose the relevant node each time in the

Choose Node

picker.

To transform the Order
element and its sub-elements, create a Repeating Group to perform repeated actions for these elements. To create the Repeating Group, Click the empty space near the double-right arrows >> after the Serializer anchors that you created and select RepeatingGroupSerializer

To create a Serializer anchor in the Repeating Group, double-click the nested double-right arrows under the Repeating Group and select

ContentSerializer

To transform each of the CheckNo
elements in the input XML data into text output, perform the following steps:

To expand the

ContentSerializer

anchor, click the double-right arrows >> near it.

Double‐click the

data_holder

property to display the

Choose Node

picker.

Expand the

no target namespace

element and select the

/Invoice/*s/Order/*s/CheckNo

node. Then, click

OK.

To separate the output text with a comma, double-click the

closing_str

element and type a comma

In the following image, the IntelliScript editor displays the Repeating Group element with the
ContentSerializer
element:

To transform the repeating elements Check_Value
and Vendor_Name
, in the input XML data into text output, repeat the previous step, and choose the relevant node each time in the

Choose Node

picker.

To transform the repeating element Check_Date
element in the input XML data into text output, repeat the previous step but do not add a comma for the

closing_str

parameter.

In the following image, the IntelliScript editor displays the final Repeating Group element with the
ContentSerializer
elements:

To follow the Check_Date
element data with a carriage return and line return in the output text, add the newline
anchor after the Check_Date
element. To add the

newline

anchor that you configured, double-click the double-arrows >> after the Check_Date
element, then type

newline

To save the transformation, in the Developer tool click

File

Save

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