Data Transformation Engine Type Designer Reference Guide

Chapter 8 - Components Defining Components
Note If you delete a type that is used as a component of another type, and then
perform an “Undo”, thus adding the type back, and the component name is
ambiguous; the component name remains unresolved in the component list. The
“Undo” operation will not result in a complete reversal of the operation being
undone.
Manual Entry of Types with Same Relative Type Names
Although the drag-and-drop method is the recommended method of entering
component names into the component list, it is possible to type the component list
manually into the text entry area of the group window. In the following example,
there are two component types with the name of Item in the type tree.
If you type Item in the text entry area at the top of the group window and press
Enter, the component name Item will appear in the component list, preceded by
an ambiguous type name icon (blue, red, or green ball).
This indicates that there is another type with the same relative type name in the
type tree. There are two ways of eliminating the ambiguity:
♦ You can drag and drop one of the types named Item from the type tree onto
the type name in the component list. When you do this, the ambiguous type
icon will change to a solid color to indicate that the ambiguous type name is
resolved. If you attempt to drag-and-drop the second type name called Item
from the type tree into the component list you will be blocked.
♦ You can also type a path name in the group window as shown in the following
illustration. You must type either the full path name of the type, or if you type
a partial path name it must contain enough of the path name to make the type
unique.