Data Transformation Engine Type Tree Maker Reference Guide

Type Tree Maker Reference Guide

Chapter 5 - Examples

This chapter discusses examples that are provided with the Design Studio. These

examples show how to use the Type Tree Maker and Type Tree Maker document

files.

Examples Folders

When you install the Design Studio, two example folders are created. One

example folder is created at: install_dir\examples\dsgnstud\ttmaker.

This ttmaker directory at this location contains the following folders:

Folder Description

export Export Example. Exporting item restrictions to create a cross-

refrence file.

import Import Example. Importing meta-data to create a type tree

The second examples folder is created at: install_dir\ttmaker.

The ttmaker directory at this location contains the following folder:

Folder Description

dtd DTD Example. The document type definition (DTD) defining the

structure of the Type Tree Maker document file.

Export Example

The export folder contains files that can be used to export an item’s restriction

list and then process the resulting document file to create a cross-reference file.

The topic Generating a Cross-Reference Table from a Restriction List describes this

procedure in detail. The following briefly describes the procedure:

♦ In the Type Designer, select the type and use the Export command to create

an .mts file for that type.

♦ A map to create a cross-reference table uses the .mts file exported from the

Type Designer. Each row in the resulting output contains two items from the

restriction list: the restriction and its description.

♦ The file can be used as a lookup file for some other mapping task.