Originally posted by: @SRRT

I have studied about Implicit and explicit properties.I tried by placing Implicit group in explicit group and also viceversa. But I am not getting clear idea about that. Can any one please explain about the difference between these properties with a sample example.

Originally posted by: paul.brett

Copied from another developerWorks forum post:

"Consider we have a group which has multiple records.  Now the record group is implicit because it is not a fixed format i.e, we don't know how many records are present as they are distinguishable by their position.  The record group is explicit because it is a fixed format and the records are distinguishable by a delimiter i.e, we can know how many records are present."

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Originally posted by: paul.brett

See if you can build your own examples.  If you struggle, please post your efforts, with explanations as to what you tried, and the results achieved (content traces).

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Originally posted by: @SRRT

Hi paul,

      I have created a type tree of group with 4 records. Please check Explicit is working, but Implicit is not working .I am attaching my PI .Can you please find the solution for this.

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Originally posted by: paul.brett

This map works perfectly.

Input = SOUMYA*KUSUMA*CHINNA*PRESAD

Output = SOUMYA***PRESAD

What was you expecting?

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Originally posted by: @SRRT

Hi Paul,

Input = SOUMYA*KUSUMA*CHINNA*PRESAD

Output = SOUMYA***PRESAD.

This is the output for Explicit(Delimited) property.

But When I give the same input for Implicit (Delimited)Property.I am getting the same Output as SOUMYA***PRESAD . Then wat is the difference between these two...?.and  Can you please Explain about explicit (Fixed) also ...?

Thank You

Originally posted by: paul.brett

The difference is, the circumstances under which you would use them.  I would not necessarily expect the outut of the map to change, just because of a change to the input Typetree group properties.  (More likely, I would expect an input validation failure of some kind).

If your data has definitive syntax items that allow the components of a group to be explicitly identified, you would use explicit.

If it is only the properties of the items that distinguish where they start/end, then you would only be able to implicitly distinguish the components of the group, and therefore you would use implicit.

I hope that the explanation is clear.

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Originally posted by: @SRRT

Ok Thanks @paul .I got the answer.

Originally posted by: @SRRT

Hi paul,

I have a small doubt. According to my input ,The output for Explicit is Output = SOUMYA***PRESAD.

But In Implicit property, I should get this output as Output = SOUMYAPRESAD, according to this sentence what i searched 

"The implicit format relies on the properties of the component types.The format is not fixed. If delimiters separate components, they do not appear for missing components."

To get that output ,What changes i should make in the type tree...? Can  you please make changes for that PI.....