Creating the Global Inbound Script |
The next step is to create a Global Inbound script that defines the scrub_name function.
To create the Global Inbound script:
- From the Chameleon menu, select Global Inbound Script. An Editing Script window appears:
- In the Editing Script window, type (or paste) the following code:
def scrub_name(Field):
for FieldIndex in range(0, Field.count_of_subfield()):
if not Field.subfield(FieldIndex).is_null():
Field.subfield(FieldIndex).value = 'fff'
return Field.subfield(0).value |
- Click Ok to create the Global Inbound script.
This script replaces each non-null subfield with fff.
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The scrub_name() function has been defined as a Global Inbound script because Chameleon executes Global Inbound scripts before it executes any other Python scripts that have been defined. This means that scrub_name() is available for other scripts to use. See Scripted Transformation to see the order in which scripts are executed when performing scripted transformation. In this script, the scrub_name() function manipulates a Field object. This object contains the data that has been specified for a field of a segment. For more information on the functions and variables that have been defined for the Field object, see the Field Object section of the manual. | ||
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Once you have created the Global Inbound script, your transformation is defined and is ready to be tested.
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| If you are having trouble creating the VMD file, you can use this sample file: hl7_transformation.vmd. | ||
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