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Validation Settings

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Using BizTalk Accelerator for HL7, you can validate your messages against the HL7 standard. BTAHL7 ensures that the messages you send or receive have a message structure and body segment that conforms to the HL7 standard. You can also validate HL7 supported custom data types, and allow trailing delimiters. You use the BTAHL7 Configuration Explorer Validation tab to configure validation.

Configuring Validation Settings

You use the Validation tab of BTAHL7 Configuration Explorer (under the high-level Parties tab) to configure validation settings. You can select the following types of validation:

  • Syntax, structure, and schematic validation on body segments, based on the message schema

  • HL7 standard validation on custom data types (DT, TS, TM, and TN)

  • Validation of field delimiters (trailing delimiters are allowed)

    Using this tab, you can also set the schema namespace used for the validation on the messages for this party.

    The following figure shows the BTAHL7 Configuration Explorer Validation tab.

    Image that shows the Validation tab.
    BTAHL7 Configuration Explorer Validation tab

    Use the following procedures to configure validation settings.

To open BTAHL7 Configuration Explorer

  • Click Start, click Programs, click Microsoft BizTalk <version> Accelerator for HL7, and then click BTAHL7 Configuration Explorer.

To configure validation settings

  1. In BTAHL7 Configuration Explorer on the Validation tab, do the following:

    Use this To do this
    Validate body segments Select this option to perform syntax, structure, and schema validation.
    Validate custom data type Select this option to perform HL7 standard validation on DT, TS, TM, and TN custom data types.
    Allow trailing delimiters (separators) Select this option to enable trailing field delimiters in message instances.
    Schema Namespace Type the schema namespace location. The default value is http://microsoft.com/HealthCare/HL7/2X.

  2. Click Save.

See Also

Logging Configuration
Acknowledgment Settings
Operational logging, message batching, validation and asknowledgment settings