Hello folks,

we are trying to create a simple flat file with all rows following the same record definition. Therefore we don’t see the need for a record identifier. But if we create the flat file content without record identifiers, parsing the content results in an exception.

To be more specific:

We have a record definition looking like this:
Record-identifier: I
Field1 Extractor: 1-11
Field2 Extractor: 11-21
Field3 Extractor: 21-31

This is defined in a dictionary and used as record reference in a flat file schema using newline as record delimiter (we also tested carriage return line feed). There is no other record definition referenced or defined in this schema.

The flat file content then looks like this:
IField1cont Field2cont Field3cont

This is parsed correctly into a document with three fields containing Field1cont, Field2cont, and Field3cont

Now if we are going to use this flat file without the record identifier, we have a content like
Field1cont Field2cont Field3cont

We push all field extractors left in the record definition so the fields are expected at 0-10, 10-20 and 20-30. Then we set this record definition as Default Record for the flat file schema. When testing the schema with the afroementioned content we receive a “Found no valid records” error.

There must be something very simple and basic missing, but I can’t find anything in the documentation.

Greetz
Jochen

Hi,

After making the change (We push all field extractors left in the record definition so the fields are expected at 0-10, 10-20 and 20-30) …Did you create the SDT Schema document type…