Developer Transformation Guide

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Creating an XMap

Create an XMap on the Data Transformation

Objects

view. When you create an XMap, you must have a schema that describes the input and the output hierarchal documents. You select the element in the schema that is the root element for the input hierarchy.

In the Data Processor transformation

Objects

view, click

New.

Select XMap and click

Next.

Enter a name for the XMap.

If the XMap component is the first component to process data in the transformation, enable

Set as startup component

Click

Next.

If you choose to create a schema reference, select

Add reference to a Schema Object

, and browse for the Schema object in the Model repository.

To import a new Schema object, click

Create a new schema object

If you have a sample hierarchical file that you can use to test the XMap with, browse for and select the file from the file system.

You can change the sample hierarchical file.

Choose the root for the input hierarchy.

In the

Root Element Selection

dialog box, select the element in the schema that is the root element for the input hierarchal file. You can search for an element in the schema. You can use pattern searching. Enter

*<string>

to match any number of characters in the string. Enter

?<character>

to match a single character.

Click

Finish

The Developer tool creates a view for each XMap that you create. Click the view to configure the mapping.

Rename Saved Search

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Developer Transformation Guide

Developer Transformation Guide

Creating an XMap

Creating an XMap