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Starting Value:Thestartingnumberforthecounter.Defaultsto1.
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Increment Value:Thevaluebywhichtoincrementthecounterforeachrecord.Forexample,an
incrementvalueof3andstartingvalueof1wouldgivethecountervaluesof1,4,7,10,[...]
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Number of records:Thetotalnumberofcounterrecordstogenerate.Thisisnottheendvalue
butratherthetotalnumberofactualrecordstogenerate.
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Padding character:Whichcharactertoaddifthecounter'svalueissmallerthanthewidth.
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Width:Thenumberofdigitsthecounterwillhave.Ifthewidthislargerthanthecurrentcounter
value,thepaddingcharacterwillbeusedontheleftofthecountervalue,untilthewidthisequal
tothesetvalue.Forexampleforacountervalueof"15",awidthof"4"andpaddingcharacterof
"0",thevaluewillbecome"0015".
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Prefix:Stringtoaddbeforethecounter,forexample,adding#toget#00001.Theprefixlengthis
notcountedinthewidth.
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Suffix:Stringtoaddafterthecounter.Thesuffixlengthisnotcountedinthewidth.
Opening a data mapping configuration
Toopenanexistingdatamappingconfiguration,inthe"Menus"onpage290,selectFile > Open.Make
surethatthefiletypeiseitherDataMapperfilesorConnectfiles.Browsetotheconfigurationfileto
open,selectitandclickOpen.
Alternatively,clickonFile > Open Recenttoselectoneoftherecentlyopenedconfigurationfiles.
Saving a data mapping configuration
Adatamappingconfigurationfilehastheextension.OL-datamapper.Thefilecontainsthesettings,the
extractionworkflow('Steps'),theDataModelandtheimportedDataSamples(excludingdatabase
sourcefilessuchasmySQL,oracle,etc).
Tosaveadatamappingconfiguration:
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Inthe"Menus"onpage290,clickonFile > Save,orclickonSave Astosaveacopyofadata
mappingconfigurationunderadifferentname.
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Inthe"Toolbar"onpage357,clicktheSavebutton.
Ifthedatamappingconfigurationhasnotbeensavedbefore,youhavetobrowsetothelocationwhere
thedatamappingconfigurationshouldbesavedandtypeaname,thenclickSave.
Down-saving a data mapping configuration
TheConnectsoftwareisbackwardscompatible:datamappingconfigurationsthatweremadewithan
olderversionofConnectcanalwaysbeopenedwiththenewestversionofthesoftware.
Butnewerdatamappingconfigurationscannotbeopenedwithanolderversionofthesoftware.
Connect,however,allowsyoutosaveadatamappingconfigurationintheformatofapreviousversion
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