Hello,

Any help appreciated! I spent couple of hours looking at this XSLT and searching on Google but stillan't see the issue.

This is my XSLT script that gives me an error -'xsl:template' cannot be a child of the 'ns0:X12_00501_856'

<xsl:template name="BuildFullASN">                  
<xsl:for-each select="//Shipment">
   <xsl:element name = "HLLoop1">            
  <xsl:call-template name="BuildHL">
    <xsl:with-param name ="HL02" select=" '' "/>
    <xsl:with-param name ="HL03" select=" 'S' "/>
  </xsl:call-template>
 <xsl:element name="ns0:DTM_2">
   <xsl:element name="DTM01">11</xsl:element>
   <xsl:element name="DTM02">
  <xsl:value-of select="//ShipmentDate"/>
   </xsl:element>
    </xsl:element>
 </xsl:element>

 <!--Create HL loop for each Order-->
  <xsl:element name = "HLLoop1">
   <xsl:call-template name="BuildHL">
    <xsl:with-param name ="HL02" select=" 'S' "/>
    <xsl:with-param name ="HL03" select=" 'O' "/>
  </xsl:call-template>
   <xsl:element name="ns0:PRF">
    <xsl:element name="PRF01">
    <xsl:value-of select="./PONumber"/>
   </xsl:element>
  </xsl:element>
  </xsl:element>
 
 <!--Create HL loop for each Item-->
  <xsl:for-each select="./Item">
      <xsl:element name = "ns0:HLLoop1">
         <xsl:call-template name="BuildHL">
    <xsl:with-param name ="HL02" select=" 'O' "/>
    <xsl:with-param name ="HL03" select=" 'I' "/>
   </xsl:call-template>
   <xsl:element name = "ns0:LIN">
    <xsl:element name = "LIN01">
     <xsl:value-of select="ItemLineNo"/>
    </xsl:element>
    <xsl:element name = "LIN02">VP</xsl:element>
    <xsl:element name = "LIN03">
     <xsl:value-of select="PartNumber"/>
    </xsl:element>
   </xsl:element>
   <xsl:element name = "ns0:SN1">
    <xsl:element name = "SN101">
     <xsl:value-of select="ItemLineNo"/>
    </xsl:element>
    <xsl:element name = "SN102">
       <xsl:value-of select="QuantityShipped"/>
    </xsl:element>
    <xsl:element name = "SN103">EA</xsl:element>
   </xsl:element>
  </xsl:element>
 </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>
 
 <!--Build CTT Segment-->
 <xsl:element name = "ns0:CTT">
  <xsl:element name = "CTT101">
   <xsl:value-of select="userCSharp:GetHL01()"/>
  </xsl:element>
 </xsl:element> 
</xsl:template>  
 
 <!--Build HL Segment-->
 <xsl:template name="BuildHL">
  <xsl:param name="HL02"/>
  <xsl:param name="HL03"/>
  
  <xsl:element name = "ns0:HL">
   <xsl:element name = "HL01">
    <xsl:value-of select="userCSharp:ReturnHL01($HL03)"/>
   </xsl:element>
   
   <xsl:if test="$HL02 != ''">
   <xsl:element name = "HL02">
    <xsl:value-of select="userCSharp:ReturnHL02($HL02)"/>
   </xsl:element>
   </xsl:if>
   <xsl:element name = "HL03">
    <xsl:value-of select="$HL03"/>
   </xsl:element>
  </xsl:element>
 </xsl:template>&

Can you provide some context?

Thank you John-305 for getting back to me. I'm new to EDI and this is just simplified example of 856 that I'm facing. The real thing contains more HLLoop layers and I hope that if I can manage this sample then I can work on my real source document.

<Package>
<Segment_BSN>
      <TransactionSetPurposeCode>00</TransactionSetPurposeCode>
      <ShipmentID>20090422051</ShipmentID>
      <BSNDate>20090422</BSNDate>
      <BSNTime>1704</BSNTime>
   </Segment_BSN>
 <Shipment>
  <ShipmentPurposeCode>00</ShipmentPurposeCode>
  <ShipmentID>123456789</ShipmentID>
  <ShipmentDate>20150726</ShipmentDate>
  <ShipmentTime>1232</ShipmentTime>
  <PONumber>ORD123456</PONumber>
  <PODate>20150720</PODate>
  <Item>
   <ItemLineNo>001</ItemLineNo>
   <PartNumber>0072356665</PartNumber>
   <QuantityShipped>100</QuantityShipped>
  </Item>
  <Item>
   <ItemLineNo>002</ItemLineNo>
   <PartNumber>0072322222</PartNumber>
   <QuantityShipped>200</QuantityShipped>
  </Item>
 </Shipment>
</Package> 

Actually, I means how are you executing this Xslt?  In a Scripting Functoid, Map replacement, some other means?

Sorry. It's Scripting functoid to HLLoop1.

Sorry again, hit Submit button too fast.

Here is thee Inline XSLT for HLLoop1:

int HL01 = 0;
int ShipHL = 0;
int OrdHL = 0;
int PackHL = 0;
int ItemHL = 0;

public string ReturnHL01(string LevelCode)
{
  HL01 += 1;
  if (LevelCode == "S")
      ShipHL = HL01;
 if (LevelCode == "O") 
  OrdHL = HL01;
 if (LevelCode == "P") 
  PackHL = HL01;
 if (LevelCode == "I") 
  ItemHL = HL01;
 return HL01.ToString(); 
  
}

public string ReturnHL02(string LevelCode)
{
int retlevel = 0;
if (LevelCode == "S")
    retlevel = ShipHL;
if (LevelCode == "O")
    retlevel = OrdHL;
if (LevelCode == "P")
  retlevel = PackHL;
if (LevelCode == "I")
  retlevel = ItemHL; 
return retlevel.ToString();  
}

public string GetHL01()
{
   return HL01.ToString();
}
<xsl:template name="BuildFullASN">                  
<xsl:for-each select="//Shipment">
   <xsl:element name = "HLLoop1">            
  <xsl:call-template name="BuildHL">
    <xsl:with-param name ="HL02" select=" '' "/>
    <xsl:with-param name ="HL03" select=" 'S' "/>
  </xsl:call-template>
 <xsl:element name="ns0:DTM_2">
   <xsl:element name="DTM01">11</xsl:element>
   <xsl:element name="DTM02">
  <xsl:value-of select="//ShipmentDate"/>
   </xsl:element>
    </xsl:element>
 </xsl:element>

 <!--Create HL loop for each Order-->
  <xsl:element name = "HLLoop1">
   <xsl:call-template name="BuildHL">
    <xsl:with-param name ="HL02" select=" 'S' "/>
    <xsl:with-param name ="HL03" select=" 'O' "/>
  </xsl:call-template>
   <xsl:element name="ns0:PRF">
    <xsl:element name="PRF01">
    <xsl:value-of select="./PONumber"/>
   </xsl:element>
  </xsl:element>
  </xsl:element>
 
 <!--Create HL loop for each Item-->
  <xsl:for-each select="./Item">
      <xsl:element name = "ns0:HLLoop1">
         <xsl:call-template name="BuildHL">
    <xsl:with-param name ="HL02" select=" 'O' "/>
    <xsl:with-param name ="HL03" select=" 'I' "/>
   </xsl:call-template>
   <xsl:element name = "ns0:LIN">
    <xsl:element name = "LIN01">
     <xsl:value-of select="ItemLineNo"/>
    </xsl:element>
    <xsl:element name = "LIN02">VP</xsl:element>
    <xsl:element name = "LIN03">
     <xsl:value-of select="PartNumber"/>
    </xsl:element>
   </xsl:element>
   <xsl:element name = "ns0:SN1">
    <xsl:element name = "SN101">
     <xsl:value-of select="ItemLineNo"/>
    </xsl:element>
    <xsl:element name = "SN102">
       <xsl:value-of select="QuantityShipped"/>
    </xsl:element>
    <xsl:element name = "SN103">EA</xsl:element>
    </xsl:element>
   </xsl:element>
  </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>
 
 <!--Build CTT Segment-->
 <xsl:element name = "ns0:CTT">
  <xsl:element name = "CTT101">
   <xsl:value-of select="userCSharp:GetHL01()"/>
  </xsl:element>
 </xsl:element> 
</xsl:template>  
 
 <!--Build HL Segment-->
 <xsl:template name="BuildHL">
  <xsl:param name="HL02"/>
  <xsl:param name="HL03"/>
  
  <xsl:element name = "ns0:HL">
   <xsl:element name = "HL01">
    <xsl:value-of select="userCSharp:ReturnHL01($HL03)"/>
   </xsl:element>
   
   <xsl:if test="$HL02 != ''">
   <xsl:element name = "HL02">
    <xsl:value-of select="userCSharp:ReturnHL02($HL02)"/>
   </xsl:element>
   </xsl:if>
   <xsl:element name = "HL03">
    <xsl:value-of select="$HL03"/>
   </xsl:element>
  </xsl:element>
 </xsl:template>

And another Scripting functoid on the above it with Inline C#:

int hl01 = 0;

public int PutHL01()
{
   return ++hl01;
}

public string PutHL02()
{
  if (hl01 > 2) return "2";
  else if (hl01  == 1) return "";
return "1";
}

public string HL03()
{
  if (hl01 > 2) return "I";
else if (hl01 == 1) return "S";
return "O";
}

:

Is the Scripting Template set to XSLT Template?

No, it was Inline XSLT. So I changed it to the Template and then found out some errors and after I fixed the errors I got the output I needed!! thank you very much for all your help Johns-305 [boatseller]!!

Great.

As for the Loops, you might want to create custom loops for the different entity types.

You can follow the sample in this Wiki Article: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/27099.biztalk-edi-features-not-just-for-hipaa.aspx

The method for creating Custom Fields can be used equally with Loops.