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Creating Process Objects Manually

You can create simple process objects by manually adding fields and configuring the field properties.

In Application Integration, click

New

Process Object

Create

The process object editor appears.

The following image shows the process object editor:

The image shows the process object editor.

Specify a name for the process object.

The name must start with a letter, and can contain only alphanumeric characters, multibyte characters, underscore (_), 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.

To add a field to the process object, perform the following steps:

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.

Optionally, 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

Click

Add Field

to add the field to the process object.

If you selected the type as

Object List

Reference

, browse and select the process object to be referenced. You can also enter the process object name in the

Find

box to search for a 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

You can click

View Referenced Process Object

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.

If you selected the type as

Picklist

Multi-Select Picklist

, enter one or more options separated by commas.

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

This is a list

check box.

The list of simple types feature in process object is in technical preview. Technical preview functionality is supported but is unwarranted and is not production-ready. Informatica recommends that you use in non-production environments only. Informatica intends to include the preview functionality in an upcoming GA 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.