Data Transformation Engine Design Studio Tutorial

Chapter 6 - Using the OR Function with a Lookup File MakePreferredData Map
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Creating the PreferredFile Output Card
The Schema of the card defines the CardName, TypeTree, and Type. The
Target and Target > FilePath define the output generated by this card.
♦ Create an output card named PreferredFile to represent the PreferredFile
data object.
♦ Define the output of this card as a text file named lookup.txt.
Note An input card is not required for the MakePreferredData map because the
output is generated from text literals entered in the map rules (and not from a
data source defined in the input card).
Creating Multiple Occurrences of Customer
When you know how many occurrences of a certain output object you need to
generate every time a map executes, you can index that many occurrences for
that output object. To index an output is to generate a specific number of
occurrences of that output.
Note In contrast to indexing an output, generating the number of occurrences of an
output object based on occurrences of the input data, you use a functional map.