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2.
On the Step properties pane, under Field Definition, click the Order and rename fields
button.
See "Order and rename fields dialog" on page290.
Note
Fields cannot have the same name, unless they are on a different level in the record.
If you intend to use the field names as metadata in a Workflow process, do not add
spaces to field names, as they are not permitted in metadata field names.
Setting the data type
Fields store extracted data as a String by default. The data type of a field can be changed via
the properties of the Extract step that the field belongs to.
1. Select the Extract step that contains the field. You can do this by clicking on the field in
the Data Model, or on the step in the Steps pane that contains the field.
2.
On the Step properties pane, under Field Definition, set the Type to the desired data type.
See "Data types" on page230 for a list of available types.
Changing the type does not only set the data type inside the record. In the case of dates,
numbers and currencies, it also means that the DataMapper will expect the data in the data
source to be formatted in a certain way. If the actual data doesn't match the format that the
DataMapper expects, it cannot interpret the date, number or currency as such. If for example a
date in the data source is formatted as "yyyy-mm-dd" but the default format adds the time, the
date cannot be read and the DataMapper will stop with an error.
The default format for dates, numbers and currencies can be set in the user preferences
("DataMapper preferences" on page892), in the data source settings ("Data source settings" on
page177) and per data field (in the Extract step properties, see "Data Format" on page289).
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