You can create simple process objects by manually adding fields and configuring the field properties. You can also reference other process objects.
In Application Integration, click
New
Process Object
Process Object
Create
.
The process object editor appears.
The following image shows the process object editor:
In the
Details
section, specify a name for the process object.
The name must start with a letter, and can contain only alphanumeric characters, multibyte characters, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). The name must not exceed 120 characters.
Click
Browse
to specify a location to save the process object.
Optionally, enter a description for the process object.
In the
Process Object Fields
section, perform the following steps to add a field to the process object:
Click
+
to add a field.
Enter a name for the field.
The name must start with a letter, and can contain only alphanumeric characters and hyphens (-).
Optionally, enter a label for the field.
From the
Type
list, select an appropriate data type for the field. Default is
Text
.
To reference another process object, select the type as
Reference
.
Optionally, expand the data types available in the
Data Types
section to add a field to the
Process Object Fields
section. When the
Categorized View
toggle is enabled, you can view the data types grouped in categories, such as
Multi-Select Picklist
,
Numeric
,
Object List
,
Picklist
,
Reference
, and
Textual
. The
Categorized View
is enabled by default. Disable the toggle to view the data types as a list.
Click the
+
icon that is available for each of the data types.
If you selected the type as
Object List
or
Reference
, expand the name, and browse and select the process object to be referenced. Enter the process object name in the
Find
box to search for a process object. You can also create a new process object from the editor.
You can click
View Dependencies
to view the referenced process object from the process object editor itself. The referenced process object opens on a new tab on the left navigation bar in a read-only mode.
You can click
Edit
to update the referenced process object.
If you change the name of a referenced process object, you must also save the parent process object. For example, you can make a minor change to the description of the parent process object and click
Save
.
If you selected the type as
Picklist
or
Multi-Select Picklist
, enter one or more options.
To set the type as a list of simple types for the text, integer, number, check box, date, date time, or time data types, select the row that contains the type, and then select the
Is a list
check box.
The list of simple types feature in process object is in preview. Preview functionality is supported for evaluation purposes but is unwarranted and is not supported in production environments or any environment that you plan to push to production. Informatica intends to include the preview functionality in an upcoming release for production use, but might choose not to in accordance with changing market or technical circumstances. For more information, contact Informatica Global Customer Support.
To configure additional fields for the text, date, date time, time, number, or integer data types, expand the
Name
field and enter the additional fields as follows:
Length and format of the text for the text data type
Date range for the date data type
Date time range for the date time data type
Time range for the time data type
Minimum and maximum values for the number data type
Minimum and maximum values for the integer data type
To set the field as a required field, select
Required
.
A required field must be included in the request payload. It can contain a value, be empty, or be null.
If you do not want the field to accept null values, clear the
Nullable
check box. By default, the check box is selected.
Configure the required fields for the process object.
The following image shows an Employee process object with three fields namely, MemberName, MemberID, and MemberAddress:
.
.
Edit the process object if needed.
To edit the field values, click anywhere on the row that contains the field. All the fields in the row become editable.
To delete a field, hover over the row that contains the field and click the
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