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  1. Preface
  2. Using Metadata Manager
  3. Configuring Metadata Manager
  4. Application Resources
  5. Business Glossary Resources
  6. Business Intelligence Resources
  7. Custom Resources
  8. Data Integration Resources
  9. Data Modeling Resources
  10. Database Management Resources
  11. Universal Resources
  12. Managing Resources
  13. Loading and Monitoring Resources
  14. Managing Permissions
  15. Resource Migration
  16. Repository Migration
  17. Appendix A: Metadata Manager Login
  18. Appendix B: Metadata Manager Properties Files
  19. Appendix C: Resource Configuration Files
  20. Appendix D: Glossary

Metadata Manager Administrator Guide

Metadata Manager Administrator Guide

Step 3. Get the Image Mapping Information

Step 3. Get the Image Mapping Information

After you create the plug-in definition file, you can use it to get the image mapping information for each group and class in the model. You need the image mapping information if you want to use custom icons for the groups and classes in the model. The image mapping information associates each group and class with an icon file.
If you do not want to use custom icons, you can skip this step. Metadata Manager uses the class icon ( blue circle with white letter "C" 
		  ) for any group or class that does not have an icon file.
To get the image mapping information, run the mmXConPluginUtil generateImageMapping command with the definition file (-x) option, for example:
mmXConPluginUtil generateImageMapping -x C:\MMPlugInDefs\HypoStores_QlikViewDef.xml
mmXConPluginUtil generates a CSV text file that lists each group and class in the model and the corresponding icon file. It generates the image mapping file in the following directory, where the owner and name are defined in the plug-in definition file:
<Informatica services installation directory>\services\MetadataManagerService\utilities\mmxconpluginutil\<owner>.<name>
mmXConPluginUtil names the image mapping file
mm-<owner>.<name>-xconnect.txt
.
For example:
<Informatica services installation directory>\services\MetadataManagerService\utilities\mmxconpluginutil\HypoStores.QlikView\mm-HypoStores.QlikView-xconnect.txt
The following example shows part of an image mapping file for an XConnect that you use to extract metadata from QlikView Files:
Group,ReportAttribute.gif StatisticsBox,Statistics Box.png StraightTable,Table.gif Variable,ReportAttribute.gif Slider,Slider Calendar.png SearchObject,Search Object.png TableBox,Table Box.png QVWModel,qvw.png TextBox,Text Object.png Document,Document.gif …
In the previous example, the icon file for the Group class is
ReportAttribute.gif
. The icon for the StatisticsBox class is
Statistics Box.png
.

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