Outbound files are assumed to be in Informatica canonical format. If an outbound file is structured in a back-end customer specific format it must be first mapped to the Informatica canonical format. Informatica canonical format contains information about the EDI document structure and version. For more information about the Informatica canonical format see EDI-X12 library guide.

It is recommended to create a DT Mapper per every EDI type and EDI control version. For example, to support EDI type 810 and versions 4010 and 5030 create two separate Mappers, a Mapper per EDI version. These Mappers will map from the back-end customer specific format to the Informatica canonical format. For more information about DT Mappers development see

Data Transformation User Guide

. Please use the Outbound workflow parameters in order to map their values into the Informatica canonical format. For example, use the Separators parameters to populate their values into the Informatica canonical format as part of the Mapper.

A PowerCenter mapping that will use the Data Transformations services should be created. The EDI Accelerator package contains an example that can be used as a starting point. More information about PowerCenter mapping development can be found in the

PowerCenter Designer Guide

.