When you archive to a file, the Data Archive project includes the Data Vault Loader job. One of the tasks that the Data Vault Loader job performs is the datatype conversion between the source database and Data Vault. The Data Vault Loader job can convert datatypes from Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2 UDB, and Teradata databases.
If you have custom datatypes on your source database, you must manually map each custom datatype to a Data Vault datatype before you run the Data Vault Loader job. For information on how to map custom datatypes, see the