Specifying a Floating Record

Use the Floating Record property to designate any single record of a given flat file schema to be a floating record. By designating a floating record, you enable that record to appear in any position within a flat file without causing a parsing validation error.

Note: If you do not use this property, validation errors will occur if the record structure of an inbound document does not match the record structure defined in its flat file schema.

To specify a floating record

1. In the Package Navigator view of Designer, open the flat file schema to which you want to add a floating record.

2. In the Properties view next to Floating Record, click

3. Enter the name of the existing record that you want to designate as the floating record, then click OK. If a floating record has an alternate name, specify the alternate name in this field. For more information about alternate names, see Record Definition Properties.

4. Save the flat file schema.