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Create a Dynamic Port and Define Input Rules

Create a dynamic port to receive columns from the Read transformation. Define input rules to include only the string ports in the dynamic port.

Drag the All Ports group from the Read_Customer_FF transformation to the All Ports group in the Exp_TRIM transformation.

The Developer tool creates a dynamic port From_Read_CUSTOMER_FF in the Exp_TRIM transformation.

The following image shows the dynamic port in the Exp_TRIM transformation that includes all ports from the Read transformation as generated ports:

Right-click the dynamic port, and select

Edit Input Rules

The

Input Rules

dialog box appears.

Select

by Type

from the

Selection Criteria

column.

Click the

Details

button to select the data type you want to include.

In the

Input Rule Detail: By Type

dialog box, select

string

data type from the list.

Verify the

Port Preview

area to ensure that only string ports appear.

The following image shows the updated input rule and the string ports in the

Port Preview

area of the

Input Rule

dialog box: