Data Transformation Engine Type Designer Reference Guide

Chapter 9 - Partitioning Partitioning Types
The subtypes of Department inherit the restrictions of Department. Now
allocate restrictions among subtypes. To do this, delete the restrictions from the
subtype that do not apply to that particular office. For example, the MainOffice
item has only the departments in that office, DevelopmentOffice item has only
the departments in that office, and the SupportOffice item has only the
departments in that office.
Partitioning an Item Type by Format
Subtypes that differ by their format are distinguishable from each other.
Example of Using Format
The following example illustrates the differences between two representations of
the same data:
The following illustrates how these two dates can be defined in a type tree:
Note The two types can be distinguished based on their format.
The MMDYY Date type is defined as a date with this format:
The MM_DD_YY Date is a custom format.
07/12/99
071299