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  1. Preface
  2. Using the Designer
  3. Working with Sources
  4. Working with Flat Files
  5. Working with Targets
  6. Mappings
  7. Mapplets
  8. Mapping Parameters and Variables
  9. Working with User-Defined Functions
  10. Using the Debugger
  11. Viewing Data Lineage
  12. Comparing Objects
  13. Managing Business Components
  14. Creating Cubes and Dimensions
  15. Using the Mapping Wizards
  16. Appendix A: Datatype Reference
  17. Appendix B: Configure the Web Browser

Designer Guide

Designer Guide

Creating a Mapplet

Creating a Mapplet

A mapplet can be active or passive depending on the transformations in the mapplet. Active mapplets contain one or more active transformations. Passive mapplets contain only passive transformations. When you use a mapplet in a mapping, all transformation rules apply to the mapplet depending on the mapplet type. For example, as with an active transformation, you cannot concatenate data from an active mapplet with a different pipeline.
Use the following rules and guidelines when you add transformations to a mapplet:
  • If you use a Sequence Generator transformation, you must use a reusable Sequence Generator transformation.
  • If you use a Stored Procedure transformation, you must configure the Stored Procedure Type to be
    Normal
    .
  • You cannot include PowerMart 3.5-style LOOKUP functions in a mapplet.
  • You cannot include the following objects in a mapplet:
    • Normalizer transformations
    • COBOL sources
    • XML Source Qualifier transformations
    • XML sources
    • Target definitions
    • Other mapplets
Although reusable transformations and shortcuts in a mapplet can be used, to protect the validity of the mapplet, use a copy of a transformation instead. Reusable transformations and shortcuts inherit changes to their original transformations. This might invalidate the mapplet and the mappings that use the mapplet.

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