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l About PlanetPress Connect Designer: Displays the software's About dialog.
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Welcome Screen: Click to re-open the Welcome Screen.
Panes
The DataMapper screen contains the following panes.
l "Settings pane" on page203. The Settings pane contains settings for the data source.
l "Steps pane" on page213. The entire extraction workflow is visible in the Steps pane.
l "The Data Viewer" on page200. The Data Viewer shows one record in the data source.
l "Step properties pane" on page215. The Step properties pane contains all settings for
the step that is currently selected on the Steps pane.
l "Data Model pane" below. The Data Model pane shows one extracted record.
l "Messages pane" on page202.
Data Model pane
The Data Model pane displays the result of all the preparations and extractions of the extraction
workflow. The pane displays the content of a single record within the record set at a time.
Data is displayed as a tree view, with the root level being the record table. On the level below
that are detail tables, and a detail table inside a detail table is called a nested table.
The Data Model is also used as a navigation tool between records and in all detail tables.
Data Model toolbar buttons
: Import a Data Model.
: Export the Data Model.
: Synchronize the Data Model and the data sample.
: Show the ExtraData field. Note that this field is not meant to be filled via an extraction. It
can be used in Workflow to add data to the Data Model; see "About adding fields and data via
Workflow" on page154.
Data Model contextual menu
The Data Model is generally constructed by extracting data; see "Extracting data" on page118.
It is however possible to modify the Data Model, even if no data is present in the pane. To do
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