Data Transformation Engine Type Designer Reference Guide

Chapter 7 - Group Properties Explicit Format
Explicit Delimited Syntax
An explicit format group with a delimited syntax is one whose components are
separated by a delimiter and the delimiter appears as a placeholder even when a
component has no content. The only time a delimiter can be missing is if
components following the delimiter are all optional and there is no data for these
optional components.
A delimiter is a character or series of characters that separates data objects.
Note A delimiter cannot be longer than 500 bytes.
The delimiter of a group appears inside the group, separating its components.
When a group is delimited, that indicates something about the components of the
group. The delimiter inside a group is delimiting the components.
For example, the group Employee has an explicit delimited format because a
comma delimiter appears between Employee’s components, the items that make
up the Employee object. In addition, the delimiter appears when a component is
missing and there is data for components following it.
The components of Employee are the items ID#, Name, Department,
Address, and Age: