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  1. Preface
  2. Mappings
  3. Mapping tutorial
  4. Parameters
  5. CLAIRE recommendations
  6. Data catalog discovery
  7. Visio templates

Mappings

Mappings

Input control options

Input control options

Input control options define how the task developer configures template parameters in a
mapping
task. You can configure template parameter input control options when you upload or edit a Visio template.
When you configure an input control option for a template parameter, select a logical input control option for the template parameter type.
For example, for a filter template parameter, you could use a condition, expression, or text box input control, but the condition input control would best indicate the type of information that the template parameter requires. The field or field mapping input controls would not allow the task developer to enter the appropriate information for a filter template parameter.
The following table describes the input control options that you can use:
Input control type
Description
Recommended usage
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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