Data Transformation Engine Design Studio Tutorial

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Chapter 20 - Creating a Validation
Map
Validation maps provide a method of confirming your input type definitions are
accurate. Validation maps are used when you are developing type trees.
Objectives
This chapter provides an overview of creating a validation map.
By completing the exercises for Chapter 20, you will learn to:
♦ Create a map to validate your type definitions.
Files Used in this Chapter
You will be working in the c:\mercator\tutorial\MyFolder\Ch20 folder. Use
the files provided in Ch20.zip.
Files Provided for Chapter 20
The following table describes the files provided for this chapter.
Icon File type Name Description
Text file Contact.txt Input data text file that contains a
single contact record of
information about one customer.
Type tree Contact.mtt Type tree describing the contact
data.