A map is a set of instructions used to transform source data in one format to destination data in a different format. ECMap provides many options for your source and destination data. Each can be a flat file, a database, XML/HTML, or standards data – X12, EDIFACT, or HL7. This means that ECMap can convert X12 data to a flat file, a flat file to a database, EDIFACT to XML/HTML, a database to HL7, a flat file to a flat file, a database to a database, HL7 to X12, and many other combinations.
During this tutorial of ECMap, you create and run a map to convert data from the format of one proprietary application to the format of a different proprietary application. ECMap calls this kind of map an any-to-any map. The data in each application is a flat file.
For this exercise, you are a company called Major Insurer, Inc. that sells insurance policies to large companies. In order to provide health insurance coverage to the employees of these companies, you need enrollment information for each covered employee. The goal of this exercise is to create and run a map to convert data from the format of the proprietary Human Resources application of your trading partner, Big Manufacturing Company, to the format of your own enrollment database.
Complete this exercise in three easy steps:
Install ECMap on your PC to use this tutorial.
WARNING! You must create the following directory in order for the map to run:
c:\QT\output
Starting the tutorial
From the desktop, double-click the ECMap (globe) icon on your desktop. (When you install ECMap, the installation process automatically places this icon on your desktop.)
In the Password text box on the Login window, type ecmap. Press Enter or select OK.
The main ECMap window opens and you are ready to begin the tutorial. To perform actions in ECMap, you can use the menu options at the top of the window or the icons on the toolbar. (The icons are also available on the ECMap Work Space, which can be opened by choosing Workspace from the View menu on the main ECMap window.)
Project  |
Map  |
Company  |
Partners  |
Application Directories  |
Files/Databases  |
Records/Tables  |
Memory Variables  |
Rules  |
Mapping  |
Map Flow  |
Generate Map  |
Run Map  |
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On many windows with a drop-down list of available choices, if you begin typing your choice, ECMap automatically enters it for you.
You can use the Tab key to move from text box to text box when entering data on a window.
On windows with a Next option, you can either select Next or press Alt-N.
We assume you are using C as your hard drive. If not, substitute your hard drive letter for C.
