The output mapping includes the following areas:

The following figure shows the output mapping for a non-reusable Web Service Consumer transformation:

After you create output ports, map the nodes from the

Operation Output

area to the ports in the

Ports

area. When you map a node from the operation output to an output port, the location of the node appears in the

Location

column in the

Ports

area.

The Developer tool maps nodes in the first level of the operation output to output ports when you choose to map the first level of the output hierarchy. The Developer tool also creates the ports to perform the mapping. If the first level of the hierarchy contains a multi-occurring parent node with one or more multi-occurring child nodes, the Developer tool does not map the first level of the hierarchy.

You can choose to display the output ports in a hierarchy. Each child group appears under the parent group. You can also choose to view the lines that connect the nodes in the operation output to the output ports.

If the associated WSDL data object is deleted from the repository, the Developer tool retains the location of the operation nodes in the output mapping. When you show the output mapping, the

Ports

area still displays the location of the operation nodes in the

Location

column for the output ports. If you associate another WSDL with the transformation, the Developer tool checks whether each location is valid. The Developer tool clears the location of operation nodes in the

Ports

area of the output mapping if the location is no longer valid.