Data Transformation Engine Introduction to the Design Studio

Chapter 2 - Integration Flow Designer Integration Flow Designer Interface
Introduction to the Design Studio
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Composition View Integration Flow Designer Navigator
The Composition view displays open system definition files and lists all
executable systems and their components in a compositional hierarchy. A
subsystem appears under the system that contains it; a map component appears
under the system or subsystem that contains it.
Systems and System Definition Files
The Integration Flow Designer graphically organizes maps into systems. A system:
♦ Is a collection of maps organized into a unit.
♦ Is assigned to a server on which it will execute.
♦ Is executed by Mercator transformation servers (Command Server, Platform
API, and MPI).
♦ Can include components that reference maps.
♦ Can include components that reference other systems.
Systems are components of system definition files. A system definition is a model
of a system of maps that you want to execute. A system definition file contains
the definitions for one or more systems and the servers on which those systems
are to execute. The system definition file is the file you open and save using the
commands on the File menu in the Integration Flow Designer. System definition
files have a file name extension of .msd.