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Map Denormalized Data

You can map denormalized data and pass it to normalized nodes in a SOAP message.

When you map denormalized data, you pass data from one input group to multiple nodes in the SOAP message hierarchy. You can create group relationships in the SOAP message similar to the following types of relationships:

Linear Node Relationship: Node A is parent to Node B. Node B is a parent to Node C. Node C is the parent of Node D.
Hierarchical Node Relationship: Node A is a parent to Node B. Node A is also a parent to Node C. Node B and Node C are not related.

The following table shows input rows that contain denormalized division and department data:

Division	Dept_Num	Dept_Name	Phone	Employee_Num	Employee_Name
01	100	Accounting	3580	2110	Amir
01	100	Accounting	3580	2113	Robert
01	101	Engineering	3582	2114	Stan
01	101	Engineering	3582	2115	Jim
02	102	Facilities	3583	2116	Jose

The input data contains unique employee numbers and names. The division and department data repeat for each employee in the same department and division.

Linear Group Relationship

When you configure ports, you can configure a separate group for Division, Department, and Employee. Division is a parent of Department, and Department is the parent of Employee. You can configure groups in the following linear structure:

Division
   Division_Key
   Division_Num
   Division Name

      Department
        Department_Key
        Division_FKey 
        Dept_Num
        Dept_Name
        Phone
   
        Employee
           Department_Fkey
           Employee_Num
           Employee_Name

The SOAP message contains unique instances of Division and Department although Division_Num and Dept_Num repeat in the input data. Define the Division_Num as the primary key in the Division group. Define Dept_Num as the primary key in the Department group.

Hierarchical Group Relationship

You can create a group hierarchy that contains the Division parent group and Department and Employee child groups. Department and Employee do not have a primary key-foreign key relationship. Department and Employee are children of Division. You can configure the groups in the following structure:

Division
   Division_Key
   Division_Num
   Division_Name
   
   Department
      Division_FKey
      Dept_Num
      Dept_Name

   Employee
      Division_FKey
      Employee_Num
      Employee_Name

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Map Denormalized Data

Map Denormalized Data

Linear Group Relationship

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