TranslateHL7

Use the Translate HL7 activity to specify a translation type and translation map to be used to translate input data from one format to another with no interim staging required.

Examples

Refer to the associated examples:

Validate and Translate Example

Translated Data Formats

Translation for the following data formats is supported by this activity.

From (Source)	To (Target)
HL7	XML
HL7	HL7
HL7	Flat File
XML	HL7
Flat File	HL7

General

The General tab contains the following fields.

Field	Literal Value/Module Property/Process Property?	Description
Name	No	The name to be displayed as the label for the activity in the process.
Operation Type	No	This drop-down list allows you to specify the operation type. Refer to the Translated Data Formats section above.
CallBack	No	Select this checkbox to use a Java Class for callback (optional). Note: This function is not available for XML input. See to TranslateHL7 Callback for more complete information on Enabling Callbacks.
Class Name	No	Specify a Java Class. This field is enabled when CallBack is checked. Create a new Java Class. Browse to an existing Java Class using the Type selection dialog. See to TranslateHL7 Callback for more complete information on Enabling Callbacks.

Description

The Description tab is used to provide a short description for the activity.

Input

The Input tab contains the following fields.

Field	Datatype	Description
map_filename	string	This field specifies the name and extension of a map file. TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ Plug-in for HL7 supports map files with the .map and .xml file name extensions. A map file specifies the source and target guidelines for each translation map. The source guideline describes the data before translation. The target guideline describes the data after translation. Note: All involved XSD, STD, and MAP files must be in the TIBCO_FORESIGHT_HOME /Translator/Database directory. If you want to share guidelines with the TIBCO_FORESIGHT_HOME /Instream/Database directory, refer to the Share Guidelines and Maps section below.
msg_content	string	The message content to be translated.
input encoding	string	(Optional) The input encoding used for translation. This is used when translating to ISO-8859-1 only. Valid values are blank (no encoding) or ISO-8859-1.
output encoding	string	(Optional) The output encoding used for translation. Valid values are blank (no encoding), UTF-8, UTF-16, or ISO-8859-1.

Share Guidelines and Maps

If you install TIBCO Foresight® Translator and TIBCO Foresight® Instream® in different directories, you can share their Database directories by modifying the TIBCO_FORESIGHT_HOME /Instream/bin/$dir.ini or TIBCO_FORESIGHT_HOME /Translator/bin/$dir.ini file.

For example, if you want to use the TIBCO_FORESIGHT_HOME /Instream/Database directory as shared, perform the following steps:

Open the TIBCO_FORESIGHT_HOME /Translator/bin/$dir.ini file.
Modify the database path and point it to the TIBCO_FORESIGHT_HOME /Instream/Database directory.
The following is an example:
```
:* FORESIGHT Supplied .STD Standard Files
FSFACTORY ="C:\Foresight\Instream\Static"

:*User-defined .STD Standard Files
ALLUSERSSHARED ="C:\Foresight\Instream\Database"
```
Note: The value must be enclosed with double quotation marks.
After making the modification, you can put the involved XSD, STD, and MAP files either in the TIBCO_FORESIGHT_HOME /Translator/Database directory or in the TIBCO_FORESIGHT_HOME /Instream/Database directory.

Output

The Output tab contains the following fields.

Output Item	Datatype	Description
msg_content	string	The output of this activity is the translated message in the specified format, which can be the HL7, XML, or Flat File format. The generated message format is specified in the Operation Type field on the Configuration tab.
return_code	numeric	Specifies the TIBCO Foresight® Translator return code. For example, 100 means the transaction ran successfully, 158 means the map file cannot be opened, and so on. Translator return codes are listed in the TIBCO Foresight® Translator documentation.
encoding	string	The encoding used for translation.

Output Item

Datatype

Description

msg_content

string

The output of this activity is the translated message in the specified format, which can be the HL7, XML, or Flat File format.

The generated message format is specified in the Operation Type field on the Configuration tab.

return_code

numeric

Specifies the TIBCO Foresight® Translator return code.

For example, 100 means the transaction ran successfully, 158 means the map file cannot be opened, and so on.

Translator return codes are listed in the TIBCO Foresight® Translator documentation.

encoding

string

The encoding used for translation.

Fault

The Fault tab lists exceptions that are thrown by this activity.

Error Schema Element	Datatype	Description
msg	string	Error message description.
msgCode	string	The error code. It represents TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ Plug-in for HL7 and TIBCO Foresight® Translator errors. See Error Codes for details.