To view the sample message with the Message Browser:

• Open Chameleon. The Start Page window appears.

Start Page Window

• Under New, click Empty Project. The Message Browser appears.

	For more information about the Message Browser, see Using the Message Browser.

Message Browser

• Copy and paste the following message into the top pane of the Message Browser:

MSH|^~\&||.|||199908180016||ADT^A04|ADT.1.1698593|P|2.5
PID|1||000395122||THOMAS^KYLE^C^^^||19880517|M|^^^^^||12914 164TH AVE NE^^RICHMOND^ON^98052||(157)883-6176|||S||12354768|87654321|
NK1|1|SMITH^MARY^C|M|12914 164TH AVE NE^^RICHMOND^ON^98052|(157)883-6176
PV1|1|E|EMG-W^^|1||||||||||ER||||ER||H|||||||||||||||||||OVL||REG|||199908180015
ZAA||||PAIN R HAND
GT1|1||SMITH^JAMES^M||12914 164TH AVE NE^^RICHMOND^ON^98052|(157)883-6176|||||F|535-52-9776||||WEISS JENSON|.^^WELLINGTON^ON^.|(206)340-9577
IN1|1|PRE2|00601|LIFE PRUDENT BUYER|PO BOX 23523^WELLINGTON^ON^98111|||19601||||||||THOMAS^JAMES^M|F|||||||||||||||||||ZKA535529776

	A copy of this message is available here: hl7_to_database_sample.txt.

• Click Parse. Chameleon parses the message you have copied into the top pane of the Message Browser and displays the output in the bottom pane.

• In the Message Browser, click the Segment View tab and select the Message View option. The Message View displays the parsed output of the entire message in the bottom pane of the Browser. A yellow panel appears, indicating that segments with red icons are unrecognized.

At present, all of the segments are displayed with red icons next to them. The next step is to import these segments from the built-in segment library.