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  1. Preface
  2. Components
  3. API collections
  4. Business services
  5. File listeners
  6. Fixed-width file formats
  7. Hierarchical mappers
  8. Hierarchical schemas
  9. Industry data service customizer
  10. Intelligent structure models
  11. Refining intelligent structure models
  12. Mapplets
  13. Saved queries
  14. Shared sequences
  15. User-defined functions

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Creating a hierarchical mapper

Creating a hierarchical mapper

Create a hierarchical mapper to map a hierarchical schema, such as the schema for an industry-standard message, to another hierarchical schema.
  1. Click
    New
    Components
    Hierarchical Mapper
     and then click
    Create
    .
  2. In the
    Hierarchical Mapper
     designer, configure the properties on the
    General
     page.
    The following table describes the general properties:
    Property
    Description
    Name
    Name of the hierarchical mapper.
    Description
    Description of the hierarchical mapper.
    Location
    Project folder where you want to save the hierarchical mapper.
  3. Click
    Next
    .
  4. On the
    Hierarchical Mapper
     page, click
    Select a source schema
    . Use one of the following options based on the source type that you select:
    • If you select
      Hierarchical Schema
      , click
      Browse
       to browse for the source schema that you want to load into the designer, and then click
      Select
      .
    • If you select
      Data Services Repository
      , click
      Browse
       to browse for the data service and click
      Select
      . Then, select the root that you want to load into the designer.
  5. To add a target schema, use one of the following methods:
    • Click
      Select a target schema
       to select a hierarchical schema or a data service from the data services repository. For a data service, select the root that you want to load into the designer.
    • Click
      Populate simplified source tree
      . Then check or uncheck the source elements to include or exclude in the target schema.
  6. Optionally, add variables to the source and target schemas.
    1. Click the
      Variables
       icon.
    2. In the
      Variables
       dialog box, click
      Add
       to add a variable and configure the variable properties.
  7. To generate mapping statements, use one of the following options:
    • Drag a source element to a target element to automatically generate a statement.
    • On the
      Statements
       tab, click
      Add new statements
       to add a new statement and configure the statement properties.
    • On the
      Statements
       tab, click
      Upload statements from CSV file
       and then select a file to upload.
  8. After you configure the statements, click
    Save
    .
  9. To preview the hierarchical mapper, use the
    Preview
     tab.
    1. Click
      Choose File
       to select an input file.
    2. Select a runtime environment.
    3. In the
      Preview Results
       area, click
      Run
      .
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