X12 Help

[Haider Ali]

Hi, i want to ask as im generating HL7 message form db same as i will generate X12 837 message using sample x12 outbound message template , and one more thing where can i get Mirth ref. guide

thanks

[narupley]

Exactly what help do you need? Are you stuck on anything specifically?

As far as a reference guide goes, Mirth does have one, but I believe it's only given out to those who attend training. The wiki, forums, source code, and IRC channel are great reference guides too though...

[Haider Ali]

Great
I did not start yet, im just exploring Mirth.

But how can I perform iteration in x12 loops (1000, 2000 etc), or add/modify/delete segments ???



thanks

[narupley]

Here's an example of iterating through every PID segment in the message:

for each (pid in msg.PID)
	logger.info(pid['PID.05']['PID.05.1'].toString());

And an example of adding a new PID segment to the message:

var pid = <PID/>;
pid['PID.05']['PID.05.1'] = 'test';
msg.appendChild(pid);

It's very much the same thing as HL7 2.x... Mirth just pads the X12 element index with a zero (PID.05 rather than PID.5). Other than that, it really just comes down to using JavaScript and E4X efficiently, with which the links I provided earlier will help!

[Haider Ali]

very nice. it means i have to write lot of JavaScript for manipulation of x12 segments...

Could you please describe a little bit about the objects like msg, tmp, messageObject etc. when i use javascript/E4X

thanks

[narupley]

Originally Posted by Haider Ali

very nice. it means i have to write lot of JavaScript for manipulation of x12 segments...

Could you please describe a little bit about the objects like msg, tmp, messageObject etc. when i use javascript/E4X

thanks

For each connector, msg is your inbound E4X XML object, tmp is your outbound E4X XML object, and messageObject is a Java MessageObject that contains everything related to a unique message and position in the channel (source/destination connectors). Look here for more info:

http://www.mirthcorp.com/community/f...ead.php?t=6433