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Assignment Step

Use the Assignment step to set a value to a field.

To create an Assignment step, click a process, and then select

Assignment

from the Design canvas. Then, from the Assignments properties panel, click the

Add

icon to assign Name and Assignment values.

The following image shows an Assignment step:

You can view an Assignment step with five fields.

To add a field, click the

Add

icon, and then add the following information for each field:

Name: This is the fully-qualified field name. The name can contain only alphanumeric characters, underscores (_), spaces, and Unicode characters.
Assignments: This is the source from which the field takes values. The fields you see depend on the data type you defined
under
Start
Properties
Input Fields or Temporary Fields
.; For example, if you define the data type in the Input Fields as Date or Time, the following options appear for that field in the Assignment step:
Specific date
Days from today
Days before/after
Field
Formula; If you define the data type as Integer or Text, you see the following options to specify the value of the field:
Content
Field
Formula; For more information about data types, see Using the Field Properties Dialog.; You can also map the fields automatically including complex process objects configured in the input fields or temporary fields in the process.

To map the fields automatically, add the fields and click
AutoMap
.

You must ensure that you have meaningful field names to find the most accurate field matches. If the field name that you want to match contains some random text, Application Integration does not recognize the field name and the mapping field remains empty.

Application Integration matches the best possible fields based on the field name and data type that are configured in the process. Informatica does not guarantee exact field matches. After the fields are mapped, you must manually verify if the mappings are correct and update as needed.