Data Inputs (ILM)

A data input represents a source of data in a data transformation diagram, and is linked to a database, an XML document, a web service or a flat file.

In the following example, the Small Corp and Acme databases in the Information Liquidity Diagram are represented by the Small Corp and Acme database inputs in the Data Transformation Diagram:

You can create the following data inputs in a data transformation diagram:

Object	Tool	Symbol	Description
Database input			Database from where data is extracted.
XML input			XML document from where data is extracted.
Web service input			Business process from where data is extracted.
Flat file input			Flat file from where data is extracted.

Creating a Data Input
You can create a data input in any of the following ways:
Data Input Properties
You can modify an object's properties from its property sheet. To open a data input property sheet, double-click its diagram symbol or its Browser entry in the Data Inputs folder. The following sections detail the property sheet tabs that contain the properties most commonly entered for data inputs.

Parent topic: Building Data Transformation and Control Flow Diagrams