Data Transformation Engine Design Studio Tutorial

Chapter 2 - Modifying the Contact Type Tree Objectives
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Chapter 2 - Modifying the Contact
Type Tree
The ContactToLabel map introduced in Chapter 1 uses a single Customer record
to generate a single mailing label. The Contact.mtt type tree represents the input
data. The Customer record in Chapter 1 did not have a middle name or initial.
In this exercise, you modify the input Contact.mtt type tree to add a definition
for the middle name field.
Objectives
This exercise modifies an existing type tree and introduces component ranges.
By completing the exercises for Chapter 2, you will learn how to use the Type
Designer to:
♦ View and understand type properties.
♦ View associated input data file.
♦ Open and close group windows components.
♦ Modify a type tree to create a new data field.
♦ Add a component to a group type.
♦ Add a component range to an optional component.
♦ Access Help for a field in a dialog box.
♦ Analyze and save a type tree.