Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

It is really hard to understand what the Partitioned property is used for.

In the EDIFACT pack, the mapping defined the partitioned group: inbound and outbound.
But I can not find any difference between inbound and outbound.

I think it is a dispensable feature in WTX.
Can any master help to clarify what the partitioned group is used for?
Is there any circumstances that we MUST use partitioned group?
Why does the EDIFACT pack define two identical partitioned groups?

Thanks a lot
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Partitioning is used to simplify map rules, speed up input validation and may be required in parsing differently formatted input files.

From Chapter 9, Partitioning, of the Type Designer 8.4 manual,
"Determining when to partition:
There are some cases in which you will need to partition your data and others in
which you will want to partition your data. You are required to partition for
unordered data when a data object at a certain place in the data stream can be any
number of types and each type has different definitions. Choose to partition for
convenience, either to simplify mapping rules or to put additional logic into your
data's definition."
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