Purpose
For concatenating multiple source strings into one. A source string can be a static string value or a reference to a data element.
Format
CONCAT (source-value-1, source-value-2, … , source-value-N)
Example
The following config entry in am HL7DataTransformer handler appends a prefix and a suffix to the MSH-3 field of an HL7 record.
<Parameter>
<!-- CONCAT Example -->
<Name>transformation-rule</Name>
<Value>$MSH-3=>CONCAT("prefix-", $MSH-3, "-suffix")</Value>
</Parameter>
Input | Outcome |
MSH|^~\&|Foldda|| | MSH|^~\&|prefix-Foldda-suffix|| |
Related
Nil.