Data Transformation Engine Type Designer Reference Guide

Chapter 4 - Type Properties Basic Type Properties
If you change a type to an item, all the types in its sub-tree become items. If you
change a type to a group, all the types in its sub-tree become groups. This is
because the type tree has a classification hierarchy and all the nested subtypes of
an item must be items. Similarly, all the nested subtypes of a group must be
groups.
Description
For the type Description, enter a description of the type. The Description value
is used for user information. The Description is not used for identifying data
objects at execution time.
It helps to add a meaningful description for the type, when you create the type.
Many months and many new types from now, you may have no idea what this
type actually represents.
Partitioned
If the data of this type can be divided into mutually exclusive subtypes, it can be
partitioned. For information about partitioning, see Chapter 9 - Partitioning.
Property Description
Yes Partitioning is enabled for this type.
No Partitioning is not enabled for this type.
Order Subtypes
Choose the method in which the subtypes of this type will be added or viewed in
the type tree.
Property Description
Ascending Add and view subtypes of this type in alphabetic or numeric
order.
Descending Add and view subtypes of this type in reverse alphabetic or
numeric order.
Add First Add subtypes of this type to the top of the type list.
Add Last Add subtypes to the bottom of the type list.
Note To manually reorder the subtypes in a type tree, the Order Subtypes property
must be either Add First or Add Last.