Data Transformation Engine Design Studio Tutorial

Chapter 6 - Using the OR Function with a Lookup File Creating the Preferred Type Tree
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The type tree window is displayed with a root type of ROOT. The ROOT type has
a red icon, indicating ROOT is a category type. A category type is used for
organizing other types in a type tree.
The root category type of a type tree is named ROOT by default. You may change
this name to any name suitable for your purpose.
To rename the root type
1 Right-click the ROOT type in the type tree window and choose Properties
from the context menu.
The Properties window appears.
2 For the Name property, enter Data.
3 Press Enter (or click anywhere else to save the property change).
Naming the Preferred Type Tree
Before populating the type tree, save it to establish the name of the type tree file.
To save the type tree
1 Save the type tree using one of the following methods:
♦ From the File menu, choose Save.
Or
♦ Click
(Save current type tree).
The Save As dialog box appears.
2 Navigate to your current working folder:
c:\mercator\tutorial\MyFolder\Ch06.
3 By default, the file is named TypeTree1.mtt. In the File name field, enter
Preferred to change the name of the type tree.
Note The .mtt extension is automatically added to the filename.
4 Click Save.
The Preferred.mtt name of the type tree file is displayed in the title bar of the
type tree window.