From the Mapping window, you can perform the same actions related to cross-reference tables that you performed from the Tools menu on the main ECMap window. The difference is that from the Mapping window, you can build and use cross-reference tables on the fly while you are mapping. You can also create and remove associations between cross-reference tables and elements. (You get to the Mapping window by selecting the globe icon or by choosing Mapping from the Build menu on the main ECMap window.)
Accessing the Cross Reference Tables window from
the Mapping window
On ECMap’s main window, select Build > Mapping from the menu. The Mapping window displays.
Highlight an element and expand it.
Choose one of the following:
From the menu, select Element > Cross Reference Table. A submenu provides options for New, Properties, Select and Remove.
Right-click an element in the EDI standards data pane and select Cross Reference Table from the submenu. The Cross Reference Tables pane is superimposed over the application data pane.
From either submenu, select either New, Properties, Select, or Remove. If you choose:
New – you can add a new cross-reference table. The New Cross Reference Table window displays. See “Adding a new cross-reference table”.
Properties – you can modify a cross-reference table. The Cross Reference Table Properties window displays. From this window, you can add, delete, modify or find an entry in the cross-reference table associated with the highlighted element. See “Modifying an entry in a cross-reference table”.
Select – you can associate the highlighted element with a cross-reference table. This action is available only from the Mapping window. See the procedure, Associating a cross-reference table with an element.
Remove – you can remove the association between a cross-reference table and the highlighted element. This action is available only from the Mapping window. If you choose Remove and there is no cross-reference table associated with the element, you receive an error message. See the procedure, “Removing the association between a cross-reference table and an element”.
Associating a cross-reference
table with an element
This procedure is for transaction maps.
On ECMap’s main window, select Build > Mapping from the menu. The Mapping window displays.
Highlight an element and expand it.
From the menu, select Element > Cross Reference Table > Select.
This step, available only from the Mapping utility, lets you create an association between a cross-reference table and the highlighted element.
Drag a table from the list of available tables on the Cross Reference Tables pane and drop it onto the element.
Removing the association
between a cross-reference table and an element
This procedure is for transaction maps.
On ECMap’s main window, select Build > Mapping from the menu. The Mapping window displays.
Highlight an element and expand it.
From the menu, select Element > Cross Reference Table > Remove.
This option removes the association between the highlighted element and the cross-reference table to which it is linked, but it does not delete the cross-reference table.
The program does not ask you to confirm your choice
before it performs the action.
If you make a mistake and want to restore the link between the element and the cross-reference table, simply choose Select to drag and drop the cross-reference table back onto the element from which you removed it.
This is a different action from Delete, which permanently removes the cross-reference table.
