title: Read EDI X12 File and convert Using Talend Open Studio
body: <p>I am new to EDI. I got some information about EDI from <a href="http://www.xtranslator.com/prod/beginguidex12.pdf" rel="nofollow">Here</a>. I heard that <a href="http://www.talend.com/" rel="nofollow">Talend</a> supports reading of EDI X12 files using some technique called <strong>Smooks</strong>. I downloaded 
  <strong>Talend Open Studio for Data Integration v5.3.1</strong>. But I don't know how to Use it for reading EDI file</p>
  
  <p>I got a EDI text from one site</p>
  
  <pre><code>ISA*00* *00* *12*3109992367T *ZZ*IAISNOKIST *070103*0839*^*00307*000024398*0*P*&gt;~
  GS*OG*3109992367*IAISNOKIST*20070103*0839*24398*T*004010UCS~
  ST*875*000024479~
  G50*N*20071230*59590001~
  G62*10*20070106~
  NTE*GEN*59590001~
  NTE*GEN*IF ANY CHANGES OR SHORTAGES PLEASE~
  NTE*GEN*CONTACT ALLY SMITH (310) 256-9388~
  NTE*GEN*OR EMAIL ASMITH@AOL.COM~
  G66*CC*H~
  N1*BT*UNIFIED WESTERN GROCERS*9*0063333040005~
  N3*PO BOX 11111 TERMINAL WAY~
  N4*LOS ANGELES CA 900250000~
  N1*ST*CGC MECHANIZED WAREHOUSE*9*0069333040180~
  N3*1200 SHEILA AV~
  N4*COMMERCE CA 900400000~
  N1*BO*MY COMPANY NAME*9*193807245~
  G68*10*CA*1.57*006121100201~
  G69*SPRINGFIELD APPLESAUCE~
  G70*1*5*OZ~
  G68*10*CA*3.98*006121100202~
  G69*SPRINGFIELD FANCY APPLESAUCE~
  G70*1*5*OZ~
  G76*100*CA~
  SE*23*000024479~
  GE*1*24398~
  IEA*1*000024398~
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to save this as a EDI file. What should be its extension? And is there any link for steps or demo for using Talend to read this file and parse it to some readable file like <strong>CSV or XML</strong>?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>