Data Transformation Engine Map Designer Reference Guide

Chapter 13 - Building Maps Compiled Map Files
Map Designer Reference Guide
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2 From the Map menu, choose Organizer.
3 Click the Build Results tab.
Compiled Map Files
If no errors occur, executing the Build command creates a compiled map file.
The compiled map file is written to the folder where the map source file (.mms) is
located. The name of the compiled map file is the name of the map that was built,
with the .mmc file name extension. For example, successfully building a map
called MyMap, creates the MyMap.mmc compiled map file.
Note If you have more than one executable map with the same name, make sure that
you save the different map source files in different folders.
The compiled map file is the input to the Transformation Server, Event Server,
and Platform API. Running a map from a command line uses the compiled map
file.
Building a Map for Another Platform
To run a map on another platform, you must build the map for that platform using
the Build for Specific Platform command. To run a map on another platform,
that platform must have the Command Server installed. To identify which map is
built for a specific platform, maps compiled for specific platforms are compiled
with platform-specific file name extensions. The name of the platform-specific
compiled map file is the executable map name with the platform-specific file name
extension. For example, building the map MyMap for the MVS platform compiles
the MyMap.mvs map.
These default file name extensions prevent you from inadvertently overwriting
your original compiled map and help identify the compiled map file to transfer to
the specific platform environment.