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  1. Preface
  2. Data integration tasks
  3. Mapping tasks
  4. Dynamic mapping tasks
  5. Synchronization tasks
  6. Data transfer tasks
  7. Replication tasks
  8. Masking tasks
  9. Masking rules
  10. PowerCenter tasks

Tasks

Tasks

Field mapping

Field mapping

Configure field mapping in a
data transfer
task to map source fields to target fields. Configure field mapping on the
Field Mapping
page of the
data transfer
task wizard.
You must map at least one source field to a target field. If the task uses multiple sources, fields from the original source are prefixed with the characters
SRC_
or
IN_SRC_
.
You can configure the following field mapping options:
Options
Configure which fields to display. Click
Options
and select from the following display options:
  • Show All
  • Show Mapped
  • Show Unmapped
Automap
Data Integration
automatically links fields with the same name or similar name. Click
Automap
and select from the following mapping options:
  • Exact Field Name.
    Data Integration
    matches fields of the same name.
  • Smart Map.
    Data Integration
    matches fields with similar names. For example, if you have an incoming field
    Cust_Name
    and a target field
    Customer_Name
    ,
    Data Integration
    automatically links the
    Cust_Name
    field with the
    Customer_Name
    field.
  • Undo Automap.
    Data Integration
    clears fields mapping with Smart Map or Exact Field Name but does not clear manually mapped fields.
Actions
Additional field link options. Provides the following options:
  • Map Selected. Links the selected incoming field with the selected target field.
  • Unmap Selected. Clears the link for the selected field.
  • Clear Mapping. Clears all field mappings.
After you map a field, if you want to configure a field expression, click the mapped field name. You can include fields and built-in functions in the expression but not user-defined functions.
When you create a target at run time,
Data Integration
maps the source fields to the target fields. You cannot unmap or edit the source fields mapped to the target but you can add fields to the target. You can also edit the mapped field expression and metadata and reorder the added fields. You cannot reorder the fields copied from the source.

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