Mapping Analyst for Excel Guide

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Rule Section

The Rule section contains the rule name and description.

The following table describes the properties that you can configure in the Rule section:

Property	Required/ Optional	Description
Name	Required	Name of the rule. Each rule name must be unique and cannot be a function or a reserved word in the PowerCenter transformation language. To use the rule in a mapping, enter the rule name within percent characters in the Expression column of the Mappings worksheet. For example: %<rule_name>% The PowerCenter Repository Service assigns this name to the Java transformation.
Description	Optional	Description of the rule. The PowerCenter Repository Service does not import this value.