Data Template Method

Data engine supports the following functionality:

·         Single and multiple data queries

·         Query links

·         Parameters

·         Aggregate functions (SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX, COUNT)

·         Event triggers

·         Multiple data groups

XML output generated by the data engine supports the following:

·         Unicode for XML Output

Unicode is a global character set that allows multilingual text to be displayed in a single application. This enables you to develop a single multilingual application and deploy it worldwide.

·         Canonical format

The data engine generates date elements using the canonical ISO date format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH24:MI:SS.FF3TZH:TZM for a mapped date element, and ######.## for number elements in the data template XML output.

Data Template Definition:

The data template is an XML document that consists of 4 basic sections:

- Define parameters,

- Define triggers,

- Define data query,

- Define data structure.

This structure is shown as follows:

As shown in the sample figure, the data template consists of 

     a <parameters> section in which parameters are declared in child <parameter> elements; 

     a <dataQuery> section in which the SQL queries are defined in child <sqlStatement> elements; 

     a <dataStructure> section in which the output XML structure is defined.

Create Data Definition & Associate with Data Template

XML Publisher Administrator -> Data Definitions -> Create Data Definition