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  1. Preface
  2. Mappings
  3. Mapplets
  4. Mapping Parameters
  5. Where to Assign Parameters
  6. Mapping Outputs
  7. Generate a Mapping from an SQL Query
  8. Dynamic Mappings
  9. How to Develop and Run a Dynamic Mapping
  10. Dynamic Mapping Use Cases
  11. Mapping Administration
  12. Export to PowerCenter
  13. Import From PowerCenter
  14. Performance Tuning
  15. Pushdown Optimization
  16. Partitioned Mappings
  17. Developer Tool Naming Conventions

Developer Mapping Guide

Developer Mapping Guide

Dynamic and Generated Port Configuration

Dynamic and Generated Port Configuration

You can create a dynamic port from the All Ports group of a Read transformation, a group of an upstream transformation, or a dynamic port in an upstream transformation. The Developer tool creates dynamic ports with the data type value as dynamic. You can create more than one dynamic port in a transformation.
When you use the
New
button to create a port, the Developer tool assigns a default name. Rename the dynamic ports to ensure that the port names within each transformation are unique. When you add ports of the same name to a transformation, the Developer tool appends a number to the dynamic port or the generated port to resolve port naming conflicts.
You can create dynamic ports in the following transformations:

    Aggregator

    Expression

    Filter

    Joiner

    Lookup

    Macro

    Rank

    Read

    Router

    Sequence Generator

    Sorter

    Update Strategy

    Write

If the mapping contains transformations that cannot include dynamic ports, you might need to manually update the mapping when the source metadata changes.
Any change to the port attributes propagates to the generated ports in the pipeline. You do not need to manually propagate the changed port attributes.

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