Chapter 15 The Mapping Editor

Creating a mapping

You can create a mapping from the Mapping Editor dialog box using any of the following way:

• Drag and Drop feature.
• Create Mapping tool from the Mapping Editor toolbar to graphically create a mapping.
• Create Mapping tool from the Mappings pane to create a mapping using selection lists.
• Create Mapping command from the contextual menu of an object icon.

With the Create Mapping tool and the Create Mapping command in the contextual menu, you can create several different mappings for the same target object. Each mapping object is added to the Mapping list and you can access its property sheet.

With the Drag and Drop feature, you can either create a mapping if no mapping is defined for an object icon or reuse and complement an existing mapping.

Automatic mapping

When parent objects in the Source and Target pane are mapped, their child objects are automatically mapped if the current model (target) contains child objects whose name and code match those of the child objects in the source models.

Then, you can force the mapping using the Generate Mapping tool in the Child Object sub-tab of the Mappings pane to automatically generate a mapping between child objects with same name or code in the source and target models.

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