Real Time Information Director User Documentation

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Real Time Information Director (RTID)

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Table of Contents

Overview ______________________________________________________________ 3

Guidelines for Analyzing Mapping Requirements _____________________________ 4

Defining a New Native Document __________________________________________ 5

Delsert or Upsert? ____________________________________________________ 6

Creating Native Document Metadata ____________________________________ 6

Defining a New IDoc ____________________________________________________ 7

Creating IDoc Metadata _______________________________________________ 8

Validating an IDoc mapping____________________________________________ 9

Adding Alternate Mappings for an IDoc ____________________________________ 10

Aliased or Variant? __________________________________________________ 10

Creating Metadata for an Aliased Document _____________________________ 10

Creating Metadata for a Variant Document______________________________ 11

Converting Data Representations__________________________________________ 12

Using Formatter Classes ______________________________________________ 12

Updating Metadata Mappings for an IDoc __________________________________ 14

Changing Existing Metadata __________________________________________ 14

Updating Metadata for a Native Document Definition_________________________ 15

Changing Existing Metadata __________________________________________ 15

Updating the SQL Schema _______________________________________________ 16

Compiling Metadata ____________________________________________________ 17

Deploying Metadata ____________________________________________________ 18

Dynamically Deploy New or Updated Metadata ______________________________ 18

Adding a New Document Type _________________________________________ 18

Replacing Existing Format Metadata ___________________________________ 19

Replacing Existing Content Metadata___________________________________ 19

Creating Metadata for a Substitute Document____________________________ 19

Dynamically Deploying Metadata ______________________________________ 20