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Input control type
| Description
| Recommended usage
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Text Box
| Use for any information.
Displays an empty text box.
Requires an understanding of the type of information to enter. If the information is not obvious, use a template parameter description to create a tooltip.
Default for string template parameters.
| Expressions or partial expressions. Data values and other template parameters that do not fit in the other input control types.
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Condition
| Use to create a boolean condition that resolves to True or False.
Displays a
Data Filter dialog box that allows you to create a simple or advanced data filter.
| Filter expressions defined in a Filter object, conditions used in a Router object, and other boolean expressions.
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Expression
| Use to create simple or complex expressions.
Displays a
Field Expression dialog box with a list of source fields, functions, and operators.
| Expressions in the Expression and Aggregator objects.
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Field
| Use to select a single source or lookup field.
Displays a list of fields and allows you to select a single field.
| Field selection for a lookup condition or other expressions. Or for a link rule to propagate specific fields.
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Field Mapping
| Use to map more than one field.
Displays a field mapping input control like on the
Field Mapping page of the
synchronization task wizard.
Allows you to map available fields from upstream sources, lookups, and mapplets to downstream mapplets or targets.
Defines whether you can use aggregate functions in expressions.
| Define a set of field level mappings between sources, lookups, mapplets, and targets.
To allow aggregate functions in expressions, enable the
Aggregate Functions
option.
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Custom Dropdown
| Use to provide a list of options.
Displays a drop down menu with options that you configure when you upload the Visio template.
When you define the options, you create a display label and a value for the label. In the
mapping task wizard, the label displays. The value does not display.
| Define a set of options for possible selection. Does not display the values that the options represent.
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