Data Transformation Engine Type Designer Reference Guide

Chapter 4 - Type Properties Basic Type Properties
5 Enter the type Description.
The description of a type is recommended but not required.
6 Define other properties as needed. To define a certain property for the selected
type, enter or select the property value in the Value column.
You might need to expand each property to view all associated values of that
property. For example, to define the type initiator as a literal value, for
Initiator, select Literal from the drop-down list and then expand the
Initiator property to define the literal initiator value.
7 After you have completely defined properties for this type, select another type
to define or close the Properties window.
8 To save changes, click (Save).
Basic Type Properties
This section discusses type properties common to categories, groups, and items.
Item-specific properties are discussed in more detail in Chapter 5 - Item
Properties. Group-specific properties are discussed in more detail in
Chapter 7 - Group Properties.
Name
The name of the type should be as descriptive as possible and reflect the
information that the type represents.
A type name must conform to the following guidelines:
♦ A type name cannot be more than 256 characters long.
♦ A type name cannot be a reserved word or contain a reserved symbol. For a
list of reserved words, see Chapter 8 in the Introduction to the Design Studio
book.
♦ A type name cannot contain only digits and/or periods.
♦ A type name may contain numbers and special characters.
♦ A type name cannot contain spaces. Use an underscore instead.
♦ A type name can contain the following:
! Letters
! Digits
! ASCII characters 128-255
! Special characters: #, ~, %, _, ? or \