Designing XSL Transformations

You need an XSL transformation script for each service you designed in Designing XAI Inbound Services, where you determined a transformation is necessary. In addition, you need XSLT scripts for your outgoing messages. Each sender, which receives a message, probably requires a transformation of the message into a local format. Refer to How To Design Outgoing Messages for more information.

For each message requiring transformation, determine the format used by the external system. In most cases, it is not the same format recognized by the system. For each case, you must create an XSL transformation, which maps the message format from the external format to one expected by your product or from your product format to one expected by the external system.

When identifying the required XSL transformations, remember to take into consideration the data that is processed by the staging control table. This service reads data stored in a file or database table and uses the Record XSL to map the individual records to an individual service request.