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This is good example of how we can Eliminate bottlenecks with IguanaX . This is the problem. usePrefix Namespaces for Separating Concerns by building a custom file reader component which has a simple interface for a unique purpose rather than using a general purpose no code solution - see The problem with no-code solutions.

Here’s a scenario:

A large lab needs to have a file reading component which can feed files from different customers based on the prefix of the file, i.e. some files start with

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JJ99, others XYZ etc. depending on the source.

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How can we make a super streamlined component which:

Matches the requirements
Is easy to implement
Simplifies operations

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title	Build a custom configuration

See Custom Fields. We take the base File Reader and add Client ID List which will be a comma delimited list of the prefixes we want to filter on:

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title	We need to modify the matching algorithm - what do we start with?

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Let’s do it!

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title	Use +FROM URL to import a custom version of the file reader component for this tutorial

This component generates some test files to make it easier to learn how to make a custom file reader.

You can useCreate component +FROM URL to import the component.

Copy paste the URL from here:

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git@bitbucket.org:interfaceware/file_tutorial.git

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title	Click Edit on the component card, then MAKE A COPY AND EDIT to open the Translator editor

Refer to Edit a Component to see how it's done if you have not done this before.

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title	Examine the Custom Field configurations in the component in config.json

To simplify the tutorial we have set these up a ClientList with the filename prefix Ids. Click on the config.json and you should see:

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See Custom Fields to understand how this was created.

--What file extensions do we match? local FileExtensionMatchSet={ txt=true, log=true, hl7=true }

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title	Click on MatchRules.lua in the Project Tree to see where we need to alter the code

Navigate to MatchRules.lua in the Project Tree. This is the function we need to alter:

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language	lua

function MatchFile(FileName)
   return true
end

The file reader component is deliberately simple and uses /wiki/spaces/IXB/pages/3181903910 separation of concerns to make it more obvious how to modify the code to meet new needs. So this is what we are starting off with. We We need this function to return true when the matching criteria are met.

https://bitbucket.org/interfaceware/fromfile/src/main/MatchRules.lua

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title	Let's extract the filename using FILfilename() from the FIL Library, so we can look at it:

Change the matching to add in two lines so we can see the filenames we need to filter on.

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language	lua

function MatchFile(FileName)
   --local JustFileName = FILfilename(FileName)
   local Extn = FILextension(FileNametrace(JustFileName)
   Extnreturn = Extn:lower()
   return FileExtensionMatchSet[Extn]
endtrue
end

These are the concepts we have used:

A function
FIL Library used to get the file name
Using trace() function

We’ll apply /wiki/spaces/IXB/pages/3181903910 and write this as a function:

function IdListfunction MatchFile(FileName

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title	Start the new MatchFile logic with getting the list of prefixes and removing white space

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Edit MatchRules.lua to extract the prefixes from the custom fields

Create a second function, APPidList, to extract the ClientList prefixes from the custom fields and update MatchFile to call APPidList.

You can replace the contents of the MatchRules.lua file with this new code:

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language	lua

function APPidList()
   local IdList = component.fields()["Client Id ListClientList"]
   forreturn iIdList
=end
1,
#IdList dofunction MatchFile(FileName)
   local   IdList[i] = IdList[i]:trimWSAPPidList()
   end
end

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title	We need to get the list of prefixs

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trace(IdList)
   local

IdList

JustFileName =

component.fields()["Client Id List"]

FILfilename(FileName)
   trace(JustFileName)
   return true
end

Concepts used:

Writing a function
Using trace() function
Using APP as a prefix, to maintain a common naming convention
Custom Fields

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title	Break the comma delimited string into a list to get each prefix Id

We can quickly do this by adding one line to AppidList after line 2:

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language	lua

IdList = IdList:split(",")

You should see something like:

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Concepts used:

String:split()

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title	Make a matching function which takes the prefix and sees if the filename starts with it

Create a third function, APPmatchPrefix, to determine if the filename matches the prefix. You can copy the code below:

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language	lua

function

APPmatchPrefix(Prefix, FileName)
   local

JustFileName

Part =

FILfilename(FileName) for i =

FileName:sub(1,

#IdList do

#Prefix)

trace(

IdList[i]

Part, Prefix)
   return (Part ==

local Id = IdList[i]:trimWS() local Part = JustFileName:sub(1, #Id)

Prefix)
end

See the screenshot below and add a line to MatchFile to call and invoke AppmatchPrefix.

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Concepts used:

A function
# Operator on Strings to get the length of the prefix
String:sub()
Equality and inequality operators

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title	Now change the matching code in MatchFile() so we iterate through the prefix list

Let’s modify the code to go through the entire list of prefixes:

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language	lua

for i = 1, #IdList do
   if APPmatchPrefix(IdList[i], JustFileName) then

trace(Id,

Part)

 return true
   end

if (Part == Id) then

end
return

true

false

end

-- we didn't

end end

match anything

And this is what you should see:

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Concepts used:

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title	Make it super simple to see the status

Commit your changes, alter the component to run on the new commit, and run it!

Commit and Push Changes to Git and go to the component card for Choosing the code to run for your component.

You’re done! The next steps are how you could further refine the code

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title	Make the logging really intuitivethe configuration more robust by trimming the white space from the list of prefixes

This means refining the APPidList function.

That would involve looping through the list and removing white space from each ID:

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Concepts:

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title	Avoid the bottlenecks of waiting on development resources

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title	Do it fast!

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title	Now find the next bottleneck, fix it and rinse-repeat

Customize the logging using iguana.log*

Add intuitive Custom Logging for your component to increase visibility into processing and adding meaningful messages to help with troubleshooting.

You can see an example of this in main.lua on line 25:

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language	lua

iguana.log("Polling every "..Polltime.." seconds");

Try it for yourself!

See Concatenating strings for a quick explanation on the double-dot notation.

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title	Customize the status using component.setStatus{data="Text"}

Add Custom Status for your component to have it display real time updates at the bottom of the component card as its running.

This component already creates custom status on lines 31-36 of main.lua.

Try it for yourself!

There is no limit to how you can streamline the usage of a custom component - if that helps address a bottleneck, then it is well worth it.

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