Display
Action
Goal
String
Type a period [.] at the beginning of the string
To display the Select a known symbol assist box. Scroll through the
list and double-click an item to place it in the rule.
String
Type the first letter of an operation
To limit your display to the operations beginning with that letter. Scroll through the list and double-click an item to place it in the rule.
Example: Type S to display operations, such as starts-with, string, string-length, and so on.
String
Type the prefix "syexts"
To display a list of XSLT extension functions provided in the Map Editor. See Building a Transformation Rule.
String
Type the prefix "java_lang"
To display a list of the Java methods that are enabled in the Map Editor. See Building a Transformation Rule.
String
Drag and drop any icons from the tools palette into the text box
To add a function or operator to your rule.
String
Double-click the text string
To parse your rule and graphically display the rule method and arguments as a tree.
String
Use single quotes
To enclose all hexadecimal constants and constant strings. Do not use double quotes.
Examples: '0x53321' and 'PROD:835A'
String
Do not use quotes for numbers and XPath expressions
To enter values. You must include a 0 place holder for decimal values < 1.
Examples: 185, 100.50, and 0.2345
String
Use the prefix \
To embed all single quotes.
Example: 'Monday, June 3:834\'BLUE\':...
Note: This is important when constructing Date/Time format strings.
String
Use whitespace and carriage returns
To organize a rule.
Example: a/b/c > 100
and
/a/b/d < 200
Tree
Double-click the root node of a rule tree
To display the rule as a text string.
Tree
Double-click a parent node in a rule tree
To collapse its sub-tree.
Tree
Right-click and select Orientation and a direction from the short-cut menu
To change the orientation of your rule tree or to alleviate the condition of overlapping nodes.
Example: Select North to place the root of the tree at the top to bottom, and select West to place it to the left.
Tree
Right-click on your rule and select Icon Spacing>Larger from the shortcut menu
To proportionally increase the size of your rule tree display. Changes are incremental and may require multiple applications.
Tree
Right-click on your rule and select Icon Spacing>
Smaller from the shortcut menu
To proportionally decrease the size of your rule tree display. Changes are incremental and may require multiple applications.
Both
Press the spacebar
To parse your rule and display the Select a known symbol assist box to help you in completing your rule or viewing the current status of a rule. This action is useful if you are unsure as to how to proceed.
Both
Press Esc
To close the Select a known symbol assist box.
Both
View the status bar
To review the current status of a rule.
Example: If the rule is ./a=, the resulting status is
Unexpected end of expression.
Both
Click 
To close the builder and return to the active editor.
Both
Select text in your string, right-click and select Copy from the shortcut menu
To copy items contained in your rule definition.
Both
Select text in your string, right-click and select Paste from the shortcut menu
To paste items into your rule definition.