# Not able to create flat file schema from SEF file **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** EDI\ **Created:** [July 20, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/not-able-to-create-flat-file-schema-from-sef-file/108961 "2006-07-20T05:17:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sivakumar\_Vellakkalpatti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Sivakumar\_Vellakkalpatti](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Sivakumar_Vellakkalpatti)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/not-able-to-create-flat-file-schema-from-sef-file/108961/1 "2006-07-20T05:17:15Z")
Hello Friends, I am trying to create flat file schema for an ANSI X12, version 4010, transaction 214. To do this, using webMethods supplied flow service - wm.b2b.edi:createTemplateFromSEF. All the required parameter inputs were supplied and while executing the service, it throws error as below, Could not run “createTemplateFromSEF” com.wm.ff.parse.StorageException:[ISS.0085.9080] node name already in use. I am using wM 6.1 and WmEDI package without other webMethods components. So, I cannot install schema from webMethods Admin page. Also, I am using SEF files supplied by webMethods. Parameter inputs are, 1). SEFfileName : \webMethods6\IntegrationServer\packages\WmEDI\pub\SEFS\X12\4010.sef 2). TransactionName : 214 3). TargetSchema : EDIX12:FFSchV4010214 4). TargetPackage : EDIVF 5). TargetDictionary : EDIX12:FFDictV4010214 6). OverwriteDictionary : True Your help/suggestions would be greatly apprecaited. Thanks, Siva ---
**Author:** ![gupta\_r.17495](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc348/32.png) [@gupta\_r.17495](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/gupta_r.17495)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 6:44am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/not-able-to-create-flat-file-schema-from-sef-file/108961/2 "2006-07-20T06:44:27Z")
com.wm.ff.parse.StorageException:[ISS.0085.9080] node name already in use. Based on this error did you checked if this EDIFFSchema T214 already exists in any of your existing packages?? Check this advantage thread also… [URL=“[https://advantage.webmethods.com/advantage?targChanId=kb\_home&oid=1611828884](https://advantage.webmethods.com/advantage?targChanId=kb_home&oid=1611828884)”][https://advantage.webmethods.com/advantage?targChanId=kb\_home&oid=1611828884[/URL]](https://advantage.webmethods.com/advantage?targChanId=kb_home&oid=1611828884%5B/URL%5D) HTH, RMG ---
**Author:** ![spg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@spg](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/spg)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/not-able-to-create-flat-file-schema-from-sef-file/108961/3 "2006-07-20T19:26:38Z")
Siva, You can also use this service to determine if the schema or the dictionary you are trying to create already exists. wm.b2b.edi.util:nodeExists Shubhro ---
**Author:** ![Sivakumar\_Vellakkalpatti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Sivakumar\_Vellakkalpatti](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Sivakumar_Vellakkalpatti)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/not-able-to-create-flat-file-schema-from-sef-file/108961/4 "2006-07-20T21:33:18Z")
Hi Subhro, ``` Thanks for your reply. Tried per your suggestion and this is what the result. Could you please provide more hint, if you can. Checked with executing the service - wm.b2b.edi.util:nodeExists. Looks like this service takes "Element" name i.e., like flow service, schema, trigger name as Input value and checks for its existance. This service has one input (service) and one output (status). However, before executing wm.b2b.edi:createTemplateFromSEF, I need to create TargetSchema and Dictionary. So, if I provide these names as input to the service -wm.b2b.edi.util:nodeExists, I am getting Status as "true". Can you explain about this nodeExists, I cannot find documentation for this Built-In-Service in EDIModuleBISRefernce.pdf ``` Hi RMG, ``` Thanks for your help. I checked advantage thread and modified file extension (sef) to uppercase and restarted IS. Unfortunately, did not work. ``` Thanks, Siva ---
**Author:** ![spg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@spg](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/spg)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/not-able-to-create-flat-file-schema-from-sef-file/108961/5 "2006-07-20T23:45:21Z")
Can you try by deleting the schema, but leaving the dictionary. Shubhro ---
**Author:** ![Sivakumar\_Vellakkalpatti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Sivakumar\_Vellakkalpatti](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Sivakumar_Vellakkalpatti)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/not-able-to-create-flat-file-schema-from-sef-file/108961/6 "2006-07-21T00:25:37Z")
Shubhro, Thanks very much for your suggestion. It worked. Lesson learned: Only dictionary should be created not schema, before invoking service - createTemplateFromSEF Thanks to all replied to this thread. Siva ---
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