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About This Manual

HL7 Overview

Iguana

Getting Started

Iguana Overview

Using Iguana

Monitoring Iguana

Tutorials and Sample Scenarios

HL7 to Database

Database to HL7

Step 1 - Setting Up the VMD

Step 2 - Setting up the Channel

Step 3 - Generating Messages

Step 4 - Using Python to go Beyond Mapping

Setting the Message Control ID

Creating a Unique ID for MSH.10

Setting the HL7 Version

Testing the Changes

VMD File After Step 4

Step 5 - Table Groups and Repetition

Using the Transformation Window For Testing Mappings, Outbound Messages and Outbound Python Scripts

Simple Routing

HL7 Transformation

Data Validation

Supporting Two Different Systems with One VMD File and One Instance of Iguana

Determining Your System Requirements

HL7 <-> XML Tutorial

Designing HL7 Interfaces in Iguana

Unix Deployment

Troubleshooting

Chameleon

Step 4 - Using Python to go Beyond Mapping

Data is now successfully flowing from your database to the HL7 world. However, up to this point, all you have done is straight mapping of data from database tables to HL7 message fields. In reality, you will often want to harness the extensive power of Chameleon to do much more than straight mapping. One way to do this is to use its built-in Python Scripting capabilities.

Setting the Message Control ID
Creating a Unique ID for MSH.10
Setting the HL7 Version
Testing the Changes
VMD File After Step 4

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