After generating XML to EDI with BW plugin, extra characters are being inserted before the ISA segment.

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Article ID: KB0088050

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Products Versions
TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Plug-in for EDI -
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Description

Resolution:
Description
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When converting XML to X12 EDI documents in the BW EDI plugin, extra characters are being placed in front of the ISA segment.

Environment
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TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Plug-in for EDI 1.X

Cause
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The encoding for the output EDI document is set to UTF-8 or UTF-16. The translator is inserting a BOM (Byte Order Mark) in the front of the file.

Resolution
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Make sure that the file encoding to iso8859-1 for both Read file and Translator task in your BW project.

Issue/Introduction

After generating XML to EDI with BW plugin, extra characters are being inserted before the ISA segment.