Data Transformation Engine Introduction to the Design Studio

Chapter 4 - Map Designer Map Designer Interface
Introduction to the Design Studio
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The map source files and the maps contained in those map source files are shown
in the Navigator.
Map Designer Navigator
The icons and file names that appear in the Navigator graphically represent all of
the open map source files and the maps that they contain. Similar to the
Integration Flow Designer Navigator, the Map Designer Navigator may be
shown or hidden. If shown, the Navigator may be docked or floated.
Docked
Navigator
Floating
Navigator
shows title bar
You can view the Navigator using the List or Composition view. The icons for
map source files (
) and maps ( ) appear in the Composition view. The List
view of the Navigator also shows the input (
) and output ( ) cards.
The Composition view shows how maps are related. It displays a compositional
hierarchy of the map source files and the maps they contain. Functional maps
appear underneath the executable map that calls them.
The Cars map source file
The FixedToDelimited
executable map
The RecordMap functional map