Data Transformation Engine Type Designer Reference Guide

Contents
Type Tree ................................................................................................41
Group Window...........................................................................................42
Item Window ............................................................................................45
Category Window .......................................................................................46
Analysis Results .........................................................................................47
Confirmations ...........................................................................................47
Type Properties.........................................................................................48
Chapter 3 - Type Trees
Basic Steps to Create a Type Tree........................................................................49
Creating a New Type Tree .................................................................................49
Creating Types ...............................................................................................50
Viewing Types................................................................................................51
Expanding a Type.......................................................................................51
Collapsing a Type.......................................................................................51
Opening an Existing Type Tree............................................................................52
Exporting a Type Tree ......................................................................................52
Type Tree Differences ......................................................................................54
Exercise .......................................................................................................56
Chapter 4 - Type Properties
Overview ......................................................................................................60
Defining Type Properties...................................................................................60
Basic Type Properties.......................................................................................62
Name...................................................................................................... 62
Class.......................................................................................................63
Description...............................................................................................64
Partitioned...............................................................................................64
Order Subtypes..........................................................................................64
Initiator...................................................................................................65
Terminator............................................................................................... 66
Release Characters..................................................................................... 66
National Language......................................................................................69
Document Type ......................................................................................... 69
Where Used..............................................................................................70
Chapter 5 - Item Properties
Item Subclass.................................................................................................71
Number Item Subclass Properties.........................................................................73
Interpret as Binary .....................................................................................73
Length (bytes)........................................................................................... 75
Byte order................................................................................................ 75
Interpret as Character.................................................................................76
Size (content) ...........................................................................................78
Separators................................................................................................79
Pad ........................................................................................................85
Restrictions .............................................................................................. 89
National language ......................................................................................89
None ......................................................................................................90
Places.....................................................................................................91
Text Item Subclass Properties.............................................................................91
Date & Time Item Subclass Properties...................................................................92