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Copying Metadata to a Flat File Data Object

You can create metadata in Excel and then copy it to a flat file data object in the Developer tool.

Create a mapping that includes a flat file data object.

Define metadata for a flat file data object in Excel.

Copy the metadata from Excel.

To move the metadata to the flat file data object, right-click within columns and click Paste (Replace).
The following image shows a sample Excel table and the resulting flat file data object after you copy the metadata to the Developer tool: The first image shows an Excel table with business information, type values, precision values, and scale values. The second image shows the same information after it has been copied to a flat file data object in the Developer tool.