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clipboard. To place the step at its destination, right-click any step and select Paste Step, or use
the Paste button in the toolbar. The pasted steps will be positioned below the selected step.
Keep in mind that steps may influence each other, so you may have to move other steps as well
to ensure that the workflow continues to function properly. In a Text file for example, an Extract
step may require a Goto step to be positioned immediately before it to move the current position
to a certain location in the source data.
Deleting steps
To delete a step, right-click on it in the Steps pane and select Delete Step.
Testing the extraction workflow
The extraction workflow is always performed on the current record in the data source. When an
error is encountered, the extraction workflow stops, and the field on which the error occurred
and all subsequent fields will be greyed out. Click the Messages tab (next to the Step
properties pane) to see any error messages.
To test the extraction workflow on all records, you can:
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Click the Validate All Records toolbar button.
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Select Data > Validate Records in the menu.
If any errors are encountered in one or more records, an error message will be displayed. Errors
encountered while performing the extraction workflow on the current record will also be visible
on the Messages tab.
Data source settings
After opening a data file you have to make a number of settings to make sure that the source
data is interpreted and grouped the way you want. These settings are found on the Settings
pane at the left.
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Input Data settings help the DataMapper read the data source and recognize data
correctly.
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Boundaries mark the start of a new record. They let you organize the data, depending on
how you want to use them.
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