Chapter 12 Creating Mappings


Object mappings property sheet General tab

The General tab contains the following properties:

Property Description
Data Source Name of the data source where data is extracted.
Target Name of the target object that owns the mapping.
Parent [Sub-object only] Specifies the name of the parent object.
Name Specifies the name of the mapping.
Code Specifies the technical name of the mapping.
Comment Descriptive comment for the mapping.
Mapped to Mapping expression. You can customize the content of the "Mapped to" box by inserting comments manually. You can also click the Edit tool and use the SQL Editor (for PDM data source) or Object Expression Editor (for other data sources) to modify the default mapping syntax. You can recover the computed expression by clicking the User-Defined tool, this will remove any non calculated expression from the box. For more information about the use of the different editors, see the Defining queries with the SQL Editor section in the Physical Data Model Basics chapter in the Data Modeling guide or Modifying the default mapping syntax.

 


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