Developer Mapping Guide

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Binding Outputs from a Mapplet to Mapping Outputs

When you include the mapplet in a mapping, you can bind the outputs from the mapplet to the mapping outputs that you define at the mapping level.

Define a mapping and add the mapplet to the mapping.

Click the mapping canvas to view the mapping

Properties

Click the

Outputs

view.

Click

New

to create a mapping output.

The Developer tool creates a mapping output with default field values.

Change the mapping output type, the aggregation type, the precision and the scale to match fields from the mapplet that you want to bind to.

Optionally, change the name and enter a description.

Click the selection arrow in the Binding field to view a list of outputs.

The following image shows the Outputs Binding dialog box:

Select the mapplet ouput to bind to the mapping output.

You can select more than one mapplet output to bind to the same mapping output.

Click OK.

The mapplet outputs that you select appear in the

Binding

field.

The following image shows the mapplet output name in the

Binding

field of the mapping output: