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Electronic reporting: import blank column/value from CSV to entity

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Hi there,

i am working on ER where i have to pass/import blank columns from csv to respective entity (say customer payment journal entity).

So file structure is like Value1,,,,,,, 

So after 1st column, all columns are blank during import. so i have created string columns in mapping & format and wanna to pass null value to those columns...but i am getting below error:

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Could you please let me know how can i pass blank value during import or m i missing anything here.

Thanks in advance!!

  • Stefano Cordeiro Profile Picture
    Stefano Cordeiro 11 on at
    RE: Electronic reporting: import blank column/value from CSV to entity

    Hello, I'm having trouble configuring it to import a txt/csv... when simulating the import it generates an XML with this data:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

    <Root />

    What could I have done incorrectly?

    Regards,

    Stefano

  • PK Axapta Profile Picture
    PK Axapta 140 on at
    RE: Electronic reporting: import blank column/value from CSV to entity

    Many thanks Ievgen, by changing multiplicity property, it's working as expected.

    Thanks again Ievgen & Dr. Ludwig for all your help as always.

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    Mea_ Profile Picture
    Mea_ 60,278 on at
    RE: Electronic reporting: import blank column/value from CSV to entity

    In the format mapping change Multiplicity property for those fields to allow blanks

  • Ludwig Reinhard Profile Picture
    Ludwig Reinhard Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: Electronic reporting: import blank column/value from CSV to entity

    Hi Peter,

    I have not dealt many times with CSV files but one of my friends has.

    Let me try to bring him in here.

    Best regards,

    Ludwig

  • PK Axapta Profile Picture
    PK Axapta 140 on at
    RE: Electronic reporting: import blank column/value from CSV to entity

    Many thanks Ludwig for your reply.

    If it's ER, your blog posts are always very helpful :)

    Actually i am referring/deriving my model from camt.054 and to that custpaymjournal entity is integration point.

    Rest of the part is working as expected...only concern is how to pass blank/optional values from csv file to format/mapping fields (as explained above).

    i did test.... if record is value1,,,,,,, then it's throwing above error but if i pass

    Value1,"","","","","" then it's not throwing any error.

    Any pointers how can i pass blank/optional values. i tried with IF(LEN(field)=0,"","") but no luck.

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    Ludwig Reinhard Profile Picture
    Ludwig Reinhard Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: Electronic reporting: import blank column/value from CSV to entity

    Hi Peter,

    Do you need to import those files into a customer payment journal?

    Using a GL journal might be easier and gives you more flexibility if you have different payments included in the CSV file.

    This series of blog posts might help:

    Link to part 1:

    dynamicsax-fico.com/.../

    Best regards,

    Ludwig

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