Data Transformation Engine Type Designer Reference Guide

Chapter 7 - Group Properties Implicit Format
Implicit WhiteSpace Syntax
Select WhiteSpace for the Component Syntax value when white spaces are not
allowed it the data. When you select the WhiteSpace option, define the Build As
and Character Set properties.
Tip Helpful for XML data.
Build As
Enter the characters that will replace white spaces.
Note The Build As property is only available when the Component Syntax property is
defined as WhiteSpace.
Character Set
Select one of the following from the drop-down list in the Value column:
Property Description
Native Literal values for this character text item use the machine’s
native character set.
ASCII Literal values for this character text item use ASCII (American
Standard Code for Information Interchange) for the data
language.
EBCDIC Literal values for this character text item use EBCDIC
(Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code), which is
an IBM code for representing characters as numbers.
Latin1 Literal values for this character text item use Latin1 for the
data language. Latin1 uses the byte values in the 0x80-0xFF
range to represent characters that are not defined in ASCII.
UNICODE Big
Endian
Literal values for this character text item use UNICODE for the
data language. The rightmost bytes are most significant.
UNICODE Little
Endian
Literal values for this character text item use UNICODE for the
data language. The leftmost bytes are most significant.
UTF-8 Literal values for this character text item use UTF-8 (Universal
Transformation Format 8), which is an ASCII- compatible
multibyte Unicode and UCS encoding.