MappingIntroduction

Mapping script

Definition: Instructions to get data from incoming edi-message and put it in the outgoing edi-message

Mapping scripts are python programs.
Mapping script are in: usersys/mappings/editype/mapping script name.py
Within a mapping script function main() is called.

Notes:

• All data in the incoming/outgoing messages are strings.
• Errors in a mapping script are caught by Bots and displayed in bots-monitor.
• You can Raise an exception in your mapping script if you encounter an error situation.
• (Bots>=3.0) if an error is raised in a script, other translations for message in same edi-file will continue.
• (Bots>=3.0) when an error situation is met in script: you can send specific error-email to responsible people.