You can generate a web service mapping from the following types of mapplets:

When you generate a web service mapping from a mapplet, the Designer lists the mapplets and shortcuts to mapplets that are permitted for the process.

When you generate a web service mapping from a mapplet, the Designer uses the ports in the mapplet to define the columns for the source and target definitions. It then creates a mapping that contains a source with XML views that reflect the mapplet input ports and a target definition with XML views that reflect the mapplet output ports.

The web service mapping generated from a mapplet contains the following objects:

The Designer links the ports from the source instance through the target instance.