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

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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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.