I have a process where I am trying to generate a fixed width flat file. The output file has multiple row types, each row has the same total width but the columns within the row would have different individual widths.
1. The header record would have 5 columns of widths 1, 25, 30, 4, 196
2. Then there is a Account record with 5 columns of widths 1, 16, 30, 6, 203
3. Then there are multiple Transaction records with 16 columns of widths 1, 16, 3, 14, 8, 6, 20, 23, 1, 19, 6, 20, 20, 24, 8, 67
Repeat line 2 + 3 for each Account and each transaction for that account
4. Finally a Trailer record with 3 columns of widths 1, 9, 246
Can Alteryx generate a file with those parameters?
Some further information, the source file is an XML file. We currently have a solution which maps the XML file into the Fixed Width file format but the process is not easy to follow nor is the tool as polished as Alteryx is. My manager has tasked me to see if Alteryx can be a replacement for it, though I'm not sure if this translation is in scope with what Alteryx does.